Conducting Focus Groups in Terms of an Appreciation of Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Romm, Norma R. A.

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“…Ways of knowing are deeply rooted and inextricably tied to identity. Cultural and indigenous ways of knowing are the platform on which individuals build their worldviews in relational ways (Bang et al 2007;Romm 2017). Women's ways of knowing develop in response to their experience within gendered learning environments where their positionality may prevent or affect their knowledge construction (Belenky et al 1986;Hayes et al 2000).…”

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Paired Measures of Competence and Confidence Illuminate Impacts of Privilege on College Students

Watson¹,

Nuhfer²,

Moon³

et al. 2019

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117

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We seek to understand how the experiences of groups that differ in gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation produce college-level educational performances that differ from the experiences of the dominant majority group. We employ two datasets: a National Database of 24,701 participants and a Paired-Measures Database with 3,323 participants. Both datasets provide demographic information, socioeconomic conditions of status as first-generation student, English as a first language, and interest in majoring in science, and competency scores on understanding science as a way of knowing obtained from the Science Literacy Concept Inventory. The Paired-Measures Database includes additional selfassessed competence ratings that enabled quantifying affective confidence. We meld the ways of knowing of ethics, numeracy, and social justice, especially the social justice concept of Othering, to interpret our data. Two of three competing hypotheses about self-assessment encourage Othering. Our data strongly support the third-that all groups are good at self-assessment and merit equal respect. Women and men are equally competent in science literacy. Women, on average, are more accurate in their self-assessments whereas men, on average, are overconfident. Those with minority sexual orientations register higher competence than the binary-sexual majority but are less confident of their competency. Minority ethnicities, on average, produce significantly lower science literacy scores. With one exception (Middle Eastern), groups produce mean self-assessed competence ratings that are remarkably accurate predictors of their mean competence scores. The three socioeconomic conditions exert significant and unequal impacts across ethnic groups, with Hispanic, Middle Eastern and Pacific Islander data providing some unique results.

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Section: Ways Of Knowingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Paired Measures of Competence and Confidence Illuminate Impacts of Privilege on College Students

Watson¹,

Nuhfer²,

Moon³

et al. 2019

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117

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“…A combination of group and individual interviews was used to capitalize on the strengths of both approaches. Group interviews account for the Indigenous way of knowing, which is linked to process of individuals collectively constructing their understandings by experiencing their social being in relation to others [ 40 ]. Additionally, intragroup interactions inherent in group interviews can stimulate participants to consider and reflect upon forgotten or unconsidered details that would otherwise be overlooked [ 41 ].…”

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The hidden costs: Identification of indirect costs associated with acute gastrointestinal illness in an Inuit community

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BackgroundAcute gastrointestinal illness (AGI) incidence and per-capita healthcare expenditures are higher in some Inuit communities as compared to elsewhere in Canada. Consequently, there is a demand for strategies that will reduce the individual-level costs of AGI; this will require a comprehensive understanding of the economic costs of AGI. However, given Inuit communities’ unique cultural, economic, and geographic contexts, there is a knowledge gap regarding the context-specific indirect costs of AGI borne by Inuit community members. This study aimed to identify the major indirect costs of AGI, and explore factors associated with these indirect costs, in the Inuit community of Rigolet, Canada, in order to develop a case-based context-specific study framework that can be used to evaluate these costs.MethodsA mixed methods study design and community-based methods were used. Qualitative in-depth, group, and case interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis to identify and describe indirect costs of AGI specific to Rigolet. Data from two quantitative cross-sectional retrospective surveys were analyzed using univariable regression models to examine potential associations between predictor variables and the indirect costs.Results/SignificanceThe most notable indirect costs of AGI that should be incorporated into cost-of-illness evaluations were the tangible costs related to missing paid employment and subsistence activities, as well as the intangible costs associated with missing community and cultural events. Seasonal cost variations should also be considered. This study was intended to inform cost-of-illness studies conducted in Rigolet and other similar research settings. These results contribute to a better understanding of the economic impacts of AGI on Rigolet residents, which could be used to help identify priority areas and resource allocation for public health policies and programs.

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“…In focus groups, the discussion is driven by the group, and not by the researcher, which allows participants to set their priorities and establish their framework of analysis as the norm (Romm 2015;Kitzinger 1994). Having participants interacting among equals fosters the feeling of a shared struggle and facilitates the discussion of sensitive issues, thus making it likely that discrepancies between expressed behavior and actual behavior are unearthed.…”

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“…In that way, focus groups can thus produce insights that are likely to remain hidden in individual interviews (Kind 2004;Vennix 1996). Furthermore, focus groups do not aim at consensus or closure, but rather at conserving the diversity of people's perspectives and the co-existence of different perceptions (Romm 2015;Kind 2004). Hence, focus groups are often used when data are needed on how people think about something and why they think about it in that way (Kitzinger 1994), when people's motivations and lifestyles need to be explored (Kind 2004), and when information on their behavioral rationales is needed (Romm 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, focus groups do not aim at consensus or closure, but rather at conserving the diversity of people's perspectives and the co-existence of different perceptions (Romm 2015;Kind 2004). Hence, focus groups are often used when data are needed on how people think about something and why they think about it in that way (Kitzinger 1994), when people's motivations and lifestyles need to be explored (Kind 2004), and when information on their behavioral rationales is needed (Romm 2015). These methodological advantages of focus groups were the reason why the method was chosen to elicit data on people's decision-making strategies in the face of an environmental dilemma, and the values, constraints, and considerations that they draw upon and face in this context.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Participatory Modeling to Elicit Behavioral Drivers in Environmental Dilemmas: the Case of Air Pollution in Talca, Chile

Meinherz

Videira

2018

Environmental Management

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The aim of this paper is to contribute to the exploration of environmental modeling methods based on the elicitation of stakeholders' mental models. This aim is motivated by the necessity to understand the dilemmas and behavioral rationales of individuals for supporting the management of environmental problems. The methodology developed for this paper integrates qualitative and quantitative methods by deploying focus groups for the elicitation of the behavioral rationales of the target population, and grounded theory to code the information gained in the focus groups and to guide the development of a dynamic simulation model. The approach is applied to a case of urban air pollution caused by residential heating with wood in central Chile. The results show how the households' behavior interrelates with the governmental management strategies and provide valuable and novel insights into potential challenges to the implementation of policies to manage the local air pollution problem. The experience further shows that the developed participatory modeling approach allows to overcome some of the issues currently encountered in the elicitation of individuals' behavioral rationales and in the quantification of qualitative information.

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Conducting Focus Groups in Terms of an Appreciation of Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Cited by 12 publications

References 36 publications

Paired Measures of Competence and Confidence Illuminate Impacts of Privilege on College Students

Paired Measures of Competence and Confidence Illuminate Impacts of Privilege on College Students

The hidden costs: Identification of indirect costs associated with acute gastrointestinal illness in an Inuit community

Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Participatory Modeling to Elicit Behavioral Drivers in Environmental Dilemmas: the Case of Air Pollution in Talca, Chile

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