How Useful Are Focus Groups for Obtaining the Views of Minority Groups?

Chiu, Lai-Fong; Knight, Deborah

doi:10.4135/9781849208857.n7

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“…Focus groups are a valuable tool for the design of culturally relevant intervention strategies,22, 23 specifically for exploring sensitive topics among ‘vulnerable’ populations 24, 25…”

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confidence: 99%

A Church-Based Intervention to Promote Informed Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening Among African American Men

Drake

Shelton

Gilligan

et al. 2010

Journal of the National Medical Association

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Objectives This feasibility study developed and pilot tested an intervention to: (1) increase knowledge about prostate cancer (CaP) screening; and (2) promote self-efficacy to participate in the informed decision-making (IDM) process. Setting African-American (AA) men are a priority audience for CaP screening interventions to promote IDM, and faith-based settings have been shown to be an effective venue to reach this population. Therefore we used predominantly AA churches to develop and test our intervention. Participants Participants (N=73) were recruited and the intervention was administered by an AA health educator. Intervention We developed and pre-tested a CaP screening IDM intervention based on the Ottawa Decision Support Framework and the Health Belief Model. The intervention included a tool called the ‘Road Map’ that depicts the potential consequences of a decision to undergo, or to forgo screening. A quasi-experimental design was used to test the intervention. Main Outcome Measures The main outcome measures were change in knowledge and self-efficacy post intervention. Results CaP knowledge (p<0.0001) and self-efficacy (p=0.025) significantly increased. Conclusions A church-based intervention delivered by anAA health educator is a promising strategy for promoting IDM among AA men.

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“…Focus groups are a valuable tool for the design of culturally relevant intervention strategies,22, 23 specifically for exploring sensitive topics among ‘vulnerable’ populations 24, 25…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Church-Based Intervention to Promote Informed Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening Among African American Men

Drake

Shelton

Gilligan

et al. 2010

Journal of the National Medical Association

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“…In contrast, recruited from the practice neighbourhood where the majority of the Pakistani communities resided, the Mirpuri/Pakistani CHE appeared to have built trust and rapport with many members of her community. Consequently, she was able to recruit more women to the focus groups, and engage them in articulating their health needs and expressing some of their most intimate feelings about a whole range of sexual health issues (Chiu and Knight 1999).…”

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Engaging communities in health intervention research/practice

Chiu

2008

Critical Public Health

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Asking communities to participate in heath intervention is an increasingly popular strategy in public health and health promotion. The Community Health Educator Model, developed through a series of Participatory Action Research (PAR) projects in cancer screening in the UK during the 1990s, is a participatory health intervention model that emphasises community engagement. Although the model has been adopted by many health districts in the UK, little is known about the effectiveness of its appropriation; crucially, how researchers/practitioners engage with communities has seldom been reported. This paper presents the author's reflection on her experience in developing a set of community organising tools to respond to the diversity found in communities in practice. It suggests that engagement can be enhanced if the contingent and constructed nature of the concepts of 'ethnicity' and 'community' in the real world can be better understood. Researchers and practitioners need to cultivate a tolerance to difference and ambiguity so as to negotiate the ever-shifting boundary of engagement.

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“…It can be assumed that the translation process to a certain extent impeded our understanding initially, particularly between the principle investigator and the focus groups participants. Chui and Knight (1999) similarly have described this as crucial for qualitative research in terms of linguistic and cultural diversity and skills for obtaining the view of minority groups. The coinvestigator and translator, however, became increasingly familiar with the method and in some FGDs she acted as the moderator.…”

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Endurance of Aloneness Among Tibetan Indigenous Women in Western China: Application of Repeat Focus Group Discussions as a Tool for Empowerment and for Data Collection

Ljunggren

Johansson

Wang³

et al. 2009

Health Care for Women International

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In this article we describe Tibetan indigenous women's perceptions and experiences of their own health and life situation in Shichuan Province, China. Fifteen focus group discussions (FGDs) and 10 interviews were conducted. Repeat FGDs were used to empower the women and as a tool to collect data. Content analysis was used to analyze the data, and three subthemes were identified: 'shouldering responsibility in family life,' "enduring reproductive hardship and ill health" and "reflecting on the future." The main theme, "experiencing aloneness," contained two dimensions: "strength for surviving under extreme living conditions" and "negative influence on women's endeavor to maintain a healthy behavior."

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How Useful Are Focus Groups for Obtaining the Views of Minority Groups?

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A Church-Based Intervention to Promote Informed Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening Among African American Men

A Church-Based Intervention to Promote Informed Decision Making for Prostate Cancer Screening Among African American Men

Engaging communities in health intervention research/practice

Endurance of Aloneness Among Tibetan Indigenous Women in Western China: Application of Repeat Focus Group Discussions as a Tool for Empowerment and for Data Collection

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