Focus groups with children: A resource for sexual abuse prevention program evaluation

Charlesworth, Leanne W.; Rodwell, Mary K.

doi:10.1016/s0145-2134(97)00095-1

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“…Focus group literature usually proposes no more than 8 participants in groups with children (Charlesworth & Rodwell, 1997;Vaughn et al 1996). However, we were keen that as many children who wanted to participate would be given the opportunity to do so.…”

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

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Howlett

Brady

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Social Science & Medicine

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

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Howlett

Brady

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“…Foram utilizados dois instrumentos de coleta: 1-um questionário estruturado com o objetivo de caracterizar os participantes da pesquisa, solicitando informações referentes a dados sociodemográficos, como sexo, idade, nível de escolaridade, estado civil e renda familiar; 2-entrevista de grupo, conhecida como "Grupo Focal", técnica que busca coletar os dados através da interação grupal (Charlesworth, & Rodwell, 1997). Tal escolha se deu pela possibilidade de conhecer os sentimentos e percepções dos pais acerca do envolvimento na tarefa escolar dos filhos, já que esta é uma técnica que considera a visão dos participantes em relação a uma experiência ou a um evento, a partir de seus sentimentos, ideias e percepções.…”

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Envolvimento parental na tarefa escolar

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ResumoO objetivo deste trabalho foi investigar os sentimentos e percepções dos pais em relação ao envolvimento na tarefa escolar dos filhos. Foi utilizada pesquisa qualitativa, com ênfase na utilização do grupo focal. Participaram do estudo 12 responsáveis de adolescentes que cursavam o 7º, 8º e 9º anos do Ensino Fundamental de uma escola privada. Os dados foram analisados através da análise de conteúdo. Os resultados indicaram que os pais veem a tarefa escolar como elemento constituinte da dinâmica das atividades escolares, a despeito dos sentimentos negativos que permeiam seu envolvimento na referida tarefa. Palavras-chave:Pais-escola; lição de casa; percepção. Parental involvement in homework AbstractIn this work we investigate the feelings and perceptions of the parents towards their involvement in the homework of their children. A qualitative research was made with emphasis on the use of the focal group. The study had 12 participants : people responsible for teenagers who were in the 7th, 8th and 9th grade of the basic education from a private school. The data were analyzed by content analysis. The results indicated that the parents see the homework as an element which belongs to the dynamics of school activities, despite the negative feelings that permeate their involvement in the mentioned schoolwork.Keywords: Parents; homework; perception. Envolvimiento parental en la tarea escolar ResumenEl objetivo de este estudio fue investigar los sentimientos y percepciones de los padres en relación al envolvimiento en la tarea escolar de los hijos. Se utilizó investigación cualitativa, con énfasis en la utilización del grupo focal. Participaron del estudio 12 responsables de adolescentes que cursaban el 7º, 8º y 9º años de la Enseñanza Fundamental de una escuela privada. Los datos fueron analizados por intermedio del análisis de contenido. Los resultados indicaron que los padres ven la tarea escolar como elemento constituyente de la dinámica de las actividades escolares,

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“…First, a crucial issue is the heavy reliance placed on the skills of a moderator, in particular in facilitating the group process and interaction as he/she is expected to probe comments, get answers to questions, and observe nonverbal gestures or responses, all of which may potentially enhance the validity and richness of the data collected [13]. Hence, if the skills of the moderator are problematic, the integrity of the data collected will be substantially impaired.…”

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“…There is a remarkable surge of interest in using focus groups in program evaluation in Western countries [13,17]. Nabors and colleagues [18,19] utilized focus groups for an assessment of program needs, strengths, weaknesses, and to gain ideas for future program development.…”

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“…Another limitation of the literature is that 'focus groups appear to have been used quite extensively with populations of black and Hispanic ethnic origins '[15, p. 655] because 'this method has been developed for use primarily among Anglo-Celtic populations '[16, p.257]. Because of this limitation, Yelland and Gifford [16] raise questions about the appropriateness of focus groups as a data collection tool in cross cultural research.There is a remarkable surge of interest in using focus groups in program evaluation in Western countries [13,17]. Nabors and colleagues [18,19] utilized focus groups for an assessment of program needs, strengths, weaknesses, and to gain ideas for future program development.…”

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Qualitative evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S.: Findings based on focus groups with student participants

Shek

Lee²

2008

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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This paper reports a qualitative evaluation study conducted to explore the perceptions of students joining the Tier 1 Program of the P.A.T.H.S. Project. A total of 92 students were randomly selected to participate in ten focus groups, which provided qualitative data for the study. With specific focus on how the informants described the program, the descriptors used were primarily positive; the metaphors named by the informants that could stand for the program were basically positive. Program participants also perceived the program to be beneficial in different psychosocial domains. The present study lends further support to the effectiveness of the Tier 1 Program of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in promoting holistic development in Chinese adolescents. KEYWORDS: focus groups, adolescents, qualitative evaluation, positive youth development program INTRODUCTIONWith an origin in marketing and social science, focus groups have emerged as a popular tool for generating qualitative data and are used across a wide variety of disciplines and applied research areas [1]. The mushrooming use of focus groups is evident in the number of citations of focus groups particularly in health research since 1980s [2]. In addition, Morgan[3], in his review of online databases, reported that focus groups appeared in 100 academic journal articles per year throughout the decade and he also provided instances of focus groups being utilized as a primary data source, as supplementary to survey data, and in multi-method studies combining with other methods. Given the breadth of possible applications of focus groups and its extensive use, much has been written about what focus groups are. A very straightforward definition of focus groups by Morgan and Spanish[4] is 'as a qualitative method for gathering data, focus groups bring together several participants to discuss a topic of mutual interest to themselves and the researcher ' (p.253). Similarly, Basch[5] defined the focus groups as 'a qualitative research technique used to obtain data about feelings and opinions of small group of participants about a given problem, experience, service or other phenomenon ' (p.414). Expanding on these definitions, Morgan and Krueger [6] added that focus group is a 'carefully planned series of discussions designed to obtain perceptions on a defined area of interest in a permissive, nonthreatening environment ' (p.18). Their definition highlighted that focus groups require This is the Pre-Published Version.thorough planning in advance and the importance of non-threatening settings as well as free participation of the participants in the group context. Along the same line, Heary and Hennessy [7] also defined focus groups as thoroughly planned discussions among participants that enable the moderator to obtain individuals' perceptions in a permissive, non-threatening environment. The definition underscores the importance of the moderator who is commonly the main instrument to elicit the information in a focus group interview.As argued by Morgan and Krueger[8], the dec...

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Focus groups with children: A resource for sexual abuse prevention program evaluation

Cited by 58 publications

References 29 publications

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

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

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