“I use salt. However, I also use soy sauce, oyster sauce, sometimes chili sauce and….”: interviews with Australians of Chinese ancestry regarding reducing salt consumption for hypertension prevention

Table 2 Facilitators for and barriers to reducing dietary salt consumption

Theme	Facilitators	Barriers
Perceived health benefits	• Individual perceptions	• Physical changes (benefits) are not apparent
Perceived health benefits	• Negative health impacts
Resources and support	• Salt alternatives	• Inadequate salt-related health education
Resources and support	• Digital information
Wide availability of commercial food products		• Hidden salt in commercial food products
		• Inadequate food literacy (food labelling)
		• Affordability and convenience
Factors affecting health behavioural change	• Peer influence^a • Family influence^a	• Individual food taste and cooking habits • Low perceived susceptibility • Peer influence^a • Family influence^a

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