The Nominal Group Technique: A Research Tool for General Practice?

Gallagher, M; Hares, T; Spencer, John; Bradshaw, Colin; Webb, Ian

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“…We used the Nominal Group Technique, a highly structured qualitative method used to generate and prioritize ideas around a research question [38][39][40] to elicit participant' s childhood adversities.…”

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Adverse Childhood Experiences of Low-Income Urban Youth

Wade¹,

et al. 2014

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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Current assessments of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may not adequately encompass the breadth of adversity to which low-income urban children are exposed. The purpose of this study was to identify and characterize the range of adverse childhood experiences faced by young adults who grew up in a low-income urban area. METHODS: Focus groups were conducted with young adults who grew up in low-income Philadelphia neighborhoods. Using the nominal group technique, participants generated a list of adverse childhood experiences and then identified the 5 most stressful experiences on the group list. The most stressful experiences identified by participants were grouped into a ranked list of domains and subdomains. RESULTS: Participants identified a range of experiences, grouped into 10 domains: family relationships, community stressors, personal victimization, economic hardship, peer relationships, discrimination, school, health, child welfare/juvenile justice, and media/technology. Included in these domains were many but not all of the experiences from the initial ACEs studies; parental divorce/separation and mental illness were absent. Additional experiences not included in the initial ACEs but endorsed by our participants included single-parent homes; exposure to violence, adult themes, and criminal behavior; personal victimization; bullying; economic hardship; and discrimination. CONCLUSIONS: Gathering youth perspectives on childhood adversity broadens our understanding of the experience of stress and trauma in childhood. Future work is needed to determine the significance of this broader set of adverse experiences in predisposing children to poor health outcomes as adults.

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Adverse Childhood Experiences of Low-Income Urban Youth

Wade¹,

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“…Previous research suggests that this approach balances participation across group members, balances the influence of individuals, produces a greater number of ideas and more creative ideas than do traditional group interaction meetings, and results in greater satisfaction for participants. 18,19 At the beginning of each of our nominal group technique sessions, we provided participants with an overview of the study goals and asked them the following question: "From the perspective of your profession, what are the reasons for not reporting medication errors in the nursing home setting?" During the first step of the nominal group technique process (generating ideas), we asked the participants to think silently and write down any reasons that occurred to them.…”

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Identifying Modifiable Barriers to Medication Error Reporting in the Nursing Home Setting

Handler

Perera

Olshansky

et al. 2007

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

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Objectives-To have healthcare professionals in nursing homes identify organizational-level and individual-level modifiable barriers to medication error reporting.Design-Nominal group technique sessions to identify potential barriers, followed by development and administration of a 20-item cross-sectional mailed survey.Participants and Setting-Representatives of 4 professions (physicians, pharmacists, advanced practitioners, and nurses) from 4 independently owned, nonprofit nursing homes that had an average bed size of 150, were affiliated with an academic medical center, and were located in urban and suburban areas.Measurements-Barriers identified in the nominal group technique sessions were used to design a 20-item survey. Survey respondents used 5-point Likert scales to score factors in terms of their likelihood of posing a barrier ("very unlikely" to "very likely") and their modifiability ("not modifiable" to "very modifiable"). Immediate action factors were identified as factors with mean scores of <3.0 on the likelihood and modifiability scales, and represent barriers that should be addressed to increase medication error reporting frequency.Results-In 4 nominal group technique sessions, 28 professionals identified factors to include in the survey. The survey was mailed to all 154 professionals in the 4 nursing homes, and 104 (67.5%) responded. Response rates by facility ranged from 55.8% to 92.9%, and rates by profession ranged from 52.0% for physicians to 100% for pharmacists. Most respondents (75.0%) were women.Corresponding Author: S. M. Handler, MD, MS, Division of Geriatric Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3471 Fifth Ave, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA, 412-692-2360 (office phone), 412-291-2141 (fax), handlersm@upmc.edu. Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Respondents had worked for a mean of 9.8 years in nursing homes and 5.4 years in their current facility. Of 20 survey items, 14 (70%) had scores that categorized them as immediate action factors, 9 (64%) of which were organizational barriers. Of these factors, the 3 considered most modifiable were (1) lack of a readily available medication error reporting system or forms, (2) lack of information on how to report a medication error, and (3) lack of feedback to the reporter or rest of the facility on medication errors that have been reported. NIH Public AccessAuthor Manuscript J Am Med Dir Assoc. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2008 November 1. Conclusions-The study results provide a broad-based perspective of the barriers to medication error reporting in the nursing home setting...

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“…Nominal Group Technique was originally developed in the early 1970s [57] as a group discussion technique oriented to solve and identify problems, and support decision-making processes [54,58,59]. The technique involves a structured process that aims to give participants an equal opportunity to share their thoughts.…”

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Sustainability Assessment in Wine-Grape Growing in the New World: Economic, Environmental, and Social Indicators for Agricultural Businesses

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Abstract:Indicators have been used in many sustainability assessment methods, however, disagreements over a common definition and scope for the sustainability concept have led to many distinct assessment methods, which are not often directly comparable. Before developing a sustainability assessment, it is essential to: define sustainability and specify the viewpoint of the assessor, the purpose of the assessment, and the context and time frame of the assessment. This article presents a short list of indicators and a method that can be readily adopted by any agricultural business or region to assess sustainability, making any organization, region or crop qualitatively comparable. These indicators were proposed by 83 top-level executives in 14 group interviews conducted using our adapted nominal group technique (ANGT). Executives were sourced from wine-grape growing organisations from New World wine-producing countries that also owned vineyards, and they considered everyday management practices of farms. These indicators, grouped within three categories (economic, environmental, and social) were ranked by their importance. The method defines OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 8179 qualitative indicators that, in the context of distinct wine regions or crops should be quantified to maintain their relevance and usefulness.

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The Nominal Group Technique: A Research Tool for General Practice?

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Adverse Childhood Experiences of Low-Income Urban Youth

Adverse Childhood Experiences of Low-Income Urban Youth

Identifying Modifiable Barriers to Medication Error Reporting in the Nursing Home Setting

Sustainability Assessment in Wine-Grape Growing in the New World: Economic, Environmental, and Social Indicators for Agricultural Businesses

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