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Table 2.

Summary of themes from the focus group

Interview topic	Themes	Illustrative quote
Suitability of contents	Interesting and relevant	“It is empowering for teachers to learn that they can implement the intervention in the classroom for promoting students’ mental health”
	Easy to understand	“Contents are easy to understand because it does not use complex technical terms that are difficult to understand”
	Require more detailed guidelines for intervention	“It is challenging for teachers to provide intervention in the classroom with just some tips and protocols”
Suitability of format	Volume is adequate	“Teachers would not have difficulty completing the reading and exercises in the booklet for two weeks”
	A simple learning format will be most suitable	“Simple learning format for self-paced learning booklet and online live interactive session without technological complexity will be useful because any difficulty in completing a booklet and joining live interactive session can demotivate teachers from learning”
	Difficult to read	“Words in the booklet and PowerPoint slides are small and a bit wordy”
Suggestions for improvement	Include detailed guidelines for providing intervention	“To effectively provide intervention learnt in training, teachers must have a detailed guideline that provides exactly how they can provide intervention”
	Provide material that teachers can readily use for providing intervention	“It will help provide intervention if the training could provide intervention worksheet that teachers can use in the classroom”
	Increase font size, reduce the words and increase images in the booklet and PowerPoint presentation slides	“It will be useful to increase the font size, reduce words and increase images, diagrams and tables in the booklet and PowerPoint slides”

Interview topic	Themes	Illustrative quote
Suitability of contents	Interesting and relevant	“It is empowering for teachers to learn that they can implement the intervention in the classroom for promoting students’ mental health”
	Easy to understand	“Contents are easy to understand because it does not use complex technical terms that are difficult to understand”
	Require more detailed guidelines for intervention	“It is challenging for teachers to provide intervention in the classroom with just some tips and protocols”
Suitability of format	Volume is adequate	“Teachers would not have difficulty completing the reading and exercises in the booklet for two weeks”
	A simple learning format will be most suitable	“Simple learning format for self-paced learning booklet and online live interactive session without technological complexity will be useful because any difficulty in completing a booklet and joining live interactive session can demotivate teachers from learning”
	Difficult to read	“Words in the booklet and PowerPoint slides are small and a bit wordy”
Suggestions for improvement	Include detailed guidelines for providing intervention	“To effectively provide intervention learnt in training, teachers must have a detailed guideline that provides exactly how they can provide intervention”
	Provide material that teachers can readily use for providing intervention	“It will help provide intervention if the training could provide intervention worksheet that teachers can use in the classroom”
	Increase font size, reduce the words and increase images in the booklet and PowerPoint presentation slides	“It will be useful to increase the font size, reduce words and increase images, diagrams and tables in the booklet and PowerPoint slides”

Source: Authors’ own work