The focus group method: Insights from focus group interviews on sexual health with adolescents

Hyde, Abbey; Howlett, Etaoine; Brady, Dympna; Drennan, Jonathan

doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.04.040

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“…25 Nonetheless they are useful at capturing discourses within which group members position themselves. 26 A range of types of schools in Ireland were approached as the site of sample selection, initially sourced through the website of the Department of Health and Children. Ten schools (out of a total of 22) agreed to facilitate the focus groups, 5 in rural areas and 5 in the city of Dublin, in both working-class and middle-class neighbourhoods.…”

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“…This was supplemented by semi-structured interviews with patient focus groups and one-to-one interviews with relatives and health care professionals. All group interviews were guided by a moderator who provided questions for discussion and video-recording [14][15][16]. Statements were displayed, discussed [17] and rated at the end of each group session by the patients.…”

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“…It is important to sample relevant cases purposely to generate a theoretical sample rather then to interview a representative sample [14][15][16]31]. The open-ended questions did not identify any problems in the final version of our questionnaire and all questions had been analysed for missing or skewed answers and adequacy.…”

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The Heidelberg Peri‐anaesthetic Questionnaire – development of a new refined psychometric questionnaire*

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Fornaschon

Frankenhauser

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SummaryWe have developed a questionnaire to assess patients' peri-anaesthetic satisfaction. We recruited 1398 patients and 59 health care professionals for construction and validation. Relevant items were rated for preferences. The resulting questions underwent a cognitive and a standard pretest. The resultant Heidelberg Peri-anaesthetic Questionnaire consists of 38 questions about five identified themes: trust and atmosphere; fear; discomfort; treatment by personnel; and information and waiting. Internal consistency was demonstrated for the sum score (Cronbach's a = 0.79) and the five factors (Cronbach's a = 0.42-0.79). Multivariate analysis found significant influences of age, school education, marital status and duration of anaesthesia. Dissatisfied patients had a median (IQR [range]) of 73% (66-76% [35-83]), and satisfied patients 92% (90-94% [88-100]) of the sum score. The Heidelberg Peri-anaesthetic Questionnaire offers a valid and reliable way to identify dissatisfied patients and generate quality improvement and also has use as a benchmark tool.

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“…Children and young people frequently draw on personal experience and knowledge of their immediate social groups rather than abstract theories around health (Backett-Milburn, Cunningham-Burley, and Davis 2003). As such, focus groups were considered an appropriate method, allowing for social interaction and debate amongst peer groups, which can be useful in encouraging critical discussion amongst disempowered populations (Barbour 2008, Kitzinger 1995, Hyde et al 2005). In addition focus groups have successfully been used with young people to discuss sensitive health related behaviours, such as drinking behaviour (Johnson 2010), smoking (Robinson 2010), and drug use (Amos 2004).…”

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Gendered forms of responsibility and control in teenagers' views of alcohol

Laverty

Robinson

Holdsworth

2015

Journal of Youth Studies

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There has been a shift in the most recent UK Government's Alcohol Strategy (2012) from personal responsibility towards a model of shared responsibility for young people's drinking. On closer examination of the strategy however, it appears that rather than exonerating young people from blame, governance is merely extended to include wider partners. Using findings from nine focus groups with young people in Liverpool, UK, we explore who they believe are responsible for their drinking behaviours and how they learn to become 'good drinkers'. Our findings show that while teenagers' were aware of dominant alcohol related messages and maintained a moral position as responsible citizens; they also negotiated and resisted norms about teenage drinking. Although both boys and girls agreed that parents were the primary responsible authority for regulating their drinking, there was gendered disagreement about personal responsibility. The girls described how they were ultimately responsible for any adverse consequences if they drank too much whilst the boys considered a wide range of partners who would be implicated. However, unlike the girls, the boys described a willingness to either abstain or moderate their alcohol intake in order to remain in control and avoid any alcohol related trouble or harm.Word Count: 7699 4

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The focus group method: Insights from focus group interviews on sexual health with adolescents

Cited by 116 publications

References 19 publications

Safer heterosex: perspectives from young men in Ireland

Safer heterosex: perspectives from young men in Ireland

The Heidelberg Peri‐anaesthetic Questionnaire – development of a new refined psychometric questionnaire*

Gendered forms of responsibility and control in teenagers' views of alcohol

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