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Focus GroupsQualitative ResearchHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeInterviews as TopicAttitude of Health PersonnelAttitude to HealthQuestionnairesCommunicationCulturePhysician-Patient RelationsHealth PromotionCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchPatient Acceptance of Health CareCultural CharacteristicsPerceptionHealth EducationHealth PersonnelProfessional-Patient RelationsPatient SatisfactionRural PopulationPublic OpinionHealth Services AccessibilityAttitudeDecision MakingPhysicians, FamilyNeeds AssessmentCommunication BarriersProgram EvaluationPilot ProjectsProgram DevelopmentPatient ParticipationSocial SupportAfrican AmericansParentsConsumer ParticipationCultural CompetencyPatient Education as TopicProfessional RolePrimary Health CareMotivationTape RecordingConsumer SatisfactionRural Health ServicesPatientsUnited StatesGeneral PractitionersTrustInterprofessional RelationsCultural DiversityAppalachian RegionCommunity Health ServicesStereotypingCommunity Health WorkersData CollectionFamily PracticeHealth Services Needs and DemandHealth BehaviorHealth Services ResearchPhysiciansInformation ServicesSocial StigmaCaregiversPrivacyHealth CommunicationSelf CareClinical CompetenceHispanic AmericansNursing Methodology ResearchInterpersonal RelationsPhysician's RoleConfidentialityPsychometricsInternetMothersMedicine, African TraditionalAdministrative PersonnelAdaptation, PsychologicalAttitude to ComputersOntarioUgandaCooperative BehaviorAnecdotes as TopicHIV InfectionsQuality of Health CareGreat BritainUrban PopulationFacultyPrejudiceMidwiferySocial PerceptionDelivery of Health CareCommunity NetworksMedicine, TraditionalWomenHealth Care SurveysTanzaniaPower (Psychology)Socioeconomic FactorsNursesKenyaOceanic Ancestry GroupQuality of LifeGroup ProcessesContinuity of Patient CarePhysician's Practice PatternsNew South WalesPeer GroupCommunity-Institutional RelationsCurriculumAustraliaMasculinityKansasSocial ValuesCross-Cultural ComparisonFeasibility StudiesFamilySocial EnvironmentVietnamCounselingEthics, ProfessionalGhanaNurse-Patient RelationsAdolescent Health ServicesPatient-Centered CarePatient Care TeamPovertyTeachingInformation DisseminationLeadershipPatient PreferenceMass ScreeningMenGender IdentityTabooSouth AfricaAnthropology, CulturalReligionCanadaStudents, MedicalProfessional CompetenceEmigrants and ImmigrantsBiomedical ResearchUrban Health ServicesPregnancyHealth Plan ImplementationProcess Assessment (Health Care)Rural HealthSocial WorkTransgendered PersonsInformed ConsentAdolescent PsychologyNetherlandsMaternal Health ServicesTeaching MaterialsNorth CarolinaPhysicians, Primary CareReproducibility of ResultsSexual BehaviorWomen's HealthSafetyProfessional-Family RelationsResearch DesignPamphletsEvidence-Based MedicineOrganizational Case StudiesAllied Health PersonnelGuideline AdherenceSex EducationSexismSelf Efficacy
Focus Groups: A method of data collection and a QUALITATIVE RESEARCH tool in which a small group of individuals are brought together and allowed to interact in a discussion of their opinions about topics, issues, or questions.Qualitative Research: Any type of research that employs nonnumeric information to explore individual or group characteristics, producing findings not arrived at by statistical procedures or other quantitative means. (Qualitative Inquiry: A Dictionary of Terms Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997)Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice: Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL).Interviews as Topic: Conversations with an individual or individuals held in order to obtain information about their background and other personal biographical data, their attitudes and opinions, etc. It includes school admission or job interviews.Attitude of Health Personnel: Attitudes of personnel toward their patients, other professionals, toward the medical care system, etc.Attitude to Health: Public attitudes toward health, disease, and the medical care system.Questionnaires: Predetermined sets of questions used to collect data - clinical data, social status, occupational group, etc. The term is often applied to a self-completed survey instrument.Communication: The exchange or transmission of ideas, attitudes, or beliefs between individuals or groups.Culture: A collective expression for all behavior patterns acquired and socially transmitted through symbols. Culture includes customs, traditions, and language.Physician-Patient Relations: The interactions between physician and patient.Health Promotion: Encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care.Community-Based Participatory Research: Collaborative process of research involving researchers and community representatives.Patient Acceptance of Health Care: The seeking and acceptance by patients of health service.Cultural Characteristics: Those aspects or characteristics which identify a culture.Perception: The process by which the nature and meaning of sensory stimuli are recognized and interpreted.Health Education: Education that increases the awareness and favorably influences the attitudes and knowledge relating to the improvement of health on a personal or community basis.Health Personnel: Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)Professional-Patient Relations: Interactions between health personnel and patients.Patient Satisfaction: The degree to which the individual regards the health care service or product or the manner in which it is delivered by the provider as useful, effective, or beneficial.Rural Population: The inhabitants of rural areas or of small towns classified as rural.Public Opinion: The attitude of a significant portion of a population toward any given proposition, based upon a measurable amount of factual evidence, and involving some degree of reflection, analysis, and reasoning.Health Services Accessibility: The degree to which individuals are inhibited or facilitated in their ability to gain entry to and to receive care and services from the health care system. Factors influencing this ability include geographic, architectural, transportational, and financial considerations, among others.Attitude: An enduring, learned predisposition to behave in a consistent way toward a given class of objects, or a persistent mental and/or neural state of readiness to react to a certain class of objects, not as they are but as they are conceived to be.Decision Making: The process of making a selective intellectual judgment when presented with several complex alternatives consisting of several variables, and usually defining a course of action or an idea.Physicians, Family: Those physicians who have completed the education requirements specified by the American Academy of Family Physicians.Needs Assessment: Systematic identification of a population's needs or the assessment of individuals to determine the proper level of services needed.Communication Barriers: Those factors, such as language or sociocultural relationships, which interfere in the meaningful interpretation and transmission of ideas between individuals or groups.Program Evaluation: Studies designed to assess the efficacy of programs. They may include the evaluation of cost-effectiveness, the extent to which objectives are met, or impact.Pilot Projects: Small-scale tests of methods and procedures to be used on a larger scale if the pilot study demonstrates that these methods and procedures can work.Program Development: The process of formulating, improving, and expanding educational, managerial, or service-oriented work plans (excluding computer program development).Patient Participation: Patient involvement in the decision-making process in matters pertaining to health.Social Support: Support systems that provide assistance and encouragement to individuals with physical or emotional disabilities in order that they may better cope. Informal social support is usually provided by friends, relatives, or peers, while formal assistance is provided by churches, groups, etc.African Americans: Persons living in the United States having origins in any of the black groups of Africa.Parents: Persons functioning as natural, adoptive, or substitute parents. The heading includes the concept of parenthood as well as preparation for becoming a parent.Consumer Participation: Community or individual involvement in the decision-making process.Cultural Competency: Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. Competence implies the capacity to function effectively as an individual and an organization within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors, and needs presented by consumers and their communities.Patient Education as Topic: The teaching or training of patients concerning their own health needs.Professional Role: The expected function of a member of a particular profession.Primary Health Care: Care which provides integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community. (JAMA 1995;273(3):192)Motivation: Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli.Tape Recording: Recording of information on magnetic or punched paper tape.Consumer Satisfaction: Customer satisfaction or dissatisfaction with a benefit or service received.Rural Health Services: Health services, public or private, in rural areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care.Patients: Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.United StatesGeneral Practitioners: Physicians whose practice is not restricted to a specific field of MEDICINE.Trust: Confidence in or reliance on a person or thing.Interprofessional Relations: The reciprocal interaction of two or more professional individuals.Cultural Diversity: Coexistence of numerous distinct ethnic, racial, religious, or cultural groups within one social unit, organization, or population. (From American Heritage Dictionary, 2d college ed., 1982, p955)Appalachian Region: A geographical area of the United States with no definite boundaries but comprising northeastern Alabama, northwestern Georgia, northwestern South Carolina, western North Carolina, eastern Kentucky, eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, West Virginia, western Maryland, southwestern Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, and southern New York.Community Health Services: Diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive health services provided for individuals in the community.Stereotyping: An oversimplified perception or conception especially of persons, social groups, etc.Community Health Workers: Persons trained to assist professional health personnel in communicating with residents in the community concerning needs and availability of health services.Data Collection: Systematic gathering of data for a particular purpose from various sources, including questionnaires, interviews, observation, existing records, and electronic devices. The process is usually preliminary to statistical analysis of the data.Family Practice: A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care for the entire family.Health Services Needs and Demand: Health services required by a population or community as well as the health services that the population or community is able and willing to pay for.Health Behavior: Behaviors expressed by individuals to protect, maintain or promote their health status. For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status. Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural.Health Services Research: The integration of epidemiologic, sociological, economic, and other analytic sciences in the study of health services. Health services research is usually concerned with relationships between need, demand, supply, use, and outcome of health services. The aim of the research is evaluation, particularly in terms of structure, process, output, and outcome. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed)Physicians: Individuals licensed to practice medicine.Information Services: Organized services to provide information on any questions an individual might have using databases and other sources. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)Social Stigma: A perceived attribute that is deeply discrediting and is considered to be a violation of social norms.Caregivers: Persons who provide care to those who need supervision or assistance in illness or disability. They may provide the care in the home, in a hospital, or in an institution. Although caregivers include trained medical, nursing, and other health personnel, the concept also refers to parents, spouses, or other family members, friends, members of the clergy, teachers, social workers, fellow patients.Privacy: The state of being free from intrusion or disturbance in one's private life or affairs. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed, 1993)Health Communication: The transfer of information from experts in the medical and public health fields to patients and the public. The study and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions that enhance health.Self Care: Performance of activities or tasks traditionally performed by professional health care providers. The concept includes care of oneself or one's family and friends.Clinical Competence: The capability to perform acceptably those duties directly related to patient care.Hispanic Americans: Persons living in the United States of Mexican (MEXICAN AMERICANS), Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin. The concept does not include Brazilian Americans or Portuguese Americans.Nursing Methodology Research: Research carried out by nurses concerning techniques and methods to implement projects and to document information, including methods of interviewing patients, collecting data, and forming inferences. The concept includes exploration of methodological issues such as human subjectivity and human experience.Interpersonal Relations: The reciprocal interaction of two or more persons.Physician's Role: The expected function of a member of the medical profession.Confidentiality: The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.Psychometrics: Assessment of psychological variables by the application of mathematical procedures.Internet: A loose confederation of computer communication networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Government ARPAnet project and was designed to facilitate information exchange.Mothers: Female parents, human or animal.Medicine, African Traditional: A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the African peoples. It includes treatment by medicinal plants and other materia medica as well as by the ministrations of diviners, medicine men, witch doctors, and sorcerers.Administrative Personnel: Individuals responsible for the development of policy and supervision of the execution of plans and functional operations.Adaptation, Psychological: A state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed)Attitude to Computers: The attitude and behavior associated with an individual using the computer.Ontario: A province of Canada lying between the provinces of Manitoba and Quebec. Its capital is Toronto. It takes its name from Lake Ontario which is said to represent the Iroquois oniatariio, beautiful lake. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p892 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p391)Uganda: A republic in eastern Africa, south of SUDAN and west of KENYA. Its capital is Kampala.Cooperative Behavior: The interaction of two or more persons or organizations directed toward a common goal which is mutually beneficial. An act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit, i.e., joint action. (From Random House Dictionary Unabridged, 2d ed)Anecdotes as Topic: Brief accounts or narratives of an incident or event.HIV Infections: Includes the spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus infections that range from asymptomatic seropositivity, thru AIDS-related complex (ARC), to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).Quality of Health Care: The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.Great BritainUrban Population: The inhabitants of a city or town, including metropolitan areas and suburban areas.Faculty: The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in an educational institution.Prejudice: A preconceived judgment made without factual basis.Midwifery: The practice of assisting women in childbirth.Social Perception: The perceiving of attributes, characteristics, and behaviors of one's associates or social groups.Delivery of Health Care: The concept concerned with all aspects of providing and distributing health services to a patient population.Community Networks: Organizations and individuals cooperating together toward a common goal at the local or grassroots level.Medicine, Traditional: Systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation. The concept includes mystical and magical rituals (SPIRITUAL THERAPIES); PHYTOTHERAPY; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine.Women: Human females as cultural, psychological, sociological, political, and economic entities.Health Care Surveys: Statistical measures of utilization and other aspects of the provision of health care services including hospitalization and ambulatory care.Tanzania: A republic in eastern Africa, south of UGANDA and north of MOZAMBIQUE. Its capital is Dar es Salaam. It was formed in 1964 by a merger of the countries of TANGANYIKA and ZANZIBAR.Power (Psychology): The exertion of a strong influence or control over others in a variety of settings--administrative, social, academic, etc.Socioeconomic Factors: Social and economic factors that characterize the individual or group within the social structure.Nurses: Professionals qualified by graduation from an accredited school of nursing and by passage of a national licensing examination to practice nursing. They provide services to patients requiring assistance in recovering or maintaining their physical or mental health.Kenya: A republic in eastern Africa, south of ETHIOPIA, west of SOMALIA with TANZANIA to its south, and coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its capital is Nairobi.Oceanic Ancestry Group: Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the islands of the central and South Pacific, including Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, and traditionally Australasia.Quality of Life: A generic concept reflecting concern with the modification and enhancement of life attributes, e.g., physical, political, moral and social environment; the overall condition of a human life.Group Processes: The procedures through which a group approaches, attacks, and solves a common problem.Continuity of Patient Care: Health care provided on a continuing basis from the initial contact, following the patient through all phases of medical care.Physician's Practice Patterns: Patterns of practice related to diagnosis and treatment as especially influenced by cost of the service requested and provided.New South Wales: A state in southeastern Australia. Its capital is Sydney. It was discovered by Captain Cook in 1770 and first settled at Botany Bay by marines and convicts in 1788. It was named by Captain Cook who thought its coastline resembled that of South Wales. (From Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1988, p840 & Room, Brewer's Dictionary of Names, 1992, p377)Peer Group: Group composed of associates of same species, approximately the same age, and usually of similar rank or social status.Community-Institutional Relations: The interactions between members of a community and representatives of the institutions within that community.Curriculum: A course of study offered by an educational institution.Australia: The smallest continent and an independent country, comprising six states and two territories. Its capital is Canberra.Masculinity: Male-associated sex-specific social roles and behaviors unrelated to biologic function.KansasSocial Values: Abstract standards or empirical variables in social life which are believed to be important and/or desirable.Cross-Cultural Comparison: Comparison of various psychological, sociological, or cultural factors in order to assess the similarities or diversities occurring in two or more different cultures or societies.Feasibility Studies: Studies to determine the advantages or disadvantages, practicability, or capability of accomplishing a projected plan, study, or project.Family: A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children.Social Environment: The aggregate of social and cultural institutions, forms, patterns, and processes that influence the life of an individual or community.VietnamCounseling: The giving of advice and assistance to individuals with educational or personal problems.Ethics, Professional: The principles of proper conduct concerning the rights and duties of the professional, relations with patients or consumers and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the professional and interpersonal relations with patient or consumer families. (From Stedman, 25th ed)Ghana: A republic in western Africa, south of BURKINA FASO and west of TOGO. Its capital is Accra.Nurse-Patient Relations: Interaction between the patient and nurse.Adolescent Health Services: Organized services to provide health care to adolescents, ages ranging from 13 through 18 years.Patient-Centered Care: Design of patient care wherein institutional resources and personnel are organized around patients rather than around specialized departments. (From Hospitals 1993 Feb 5;67(3):14)Patient Care Team: Care of patients by a multidisciplinary team usually organized under the leadership of a physician; each member of the team has specific responsibilities and the whole team contributes to the care of the patient.Poverty: A situation in which the level of living of an individual, family, or group is below the standard of the community. It is often related to a specific income level.Teaching: The educational process of instructing.Information Dissemination: The circulation or wide dispersal of information.Leadership: The function of directing or controlling the actions or attitudes of an individual or group with more or less willing acquiescence of the followers.Patient Preference: Individual's expression of desirability or value of one course of action, outcome, or selection in contrast to others.Mass Screening: Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.Men: Human males as cultural, psychological, sociological, political, and economic entities.Gender Identity: A person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social pressures. It is the internal experience of gender role.Taboo: Any negative tradition or behavior that is generally regarded as harmful to social welfare and forbidden within a cultural or social group.South Africa: A republic in southern Africa, the southernmost part of Africa. It has three capitals: Pretoria (administrative), Cape Town (legislative), and Bloemfontein (judicial). Officially the Republic of South Africa since 1960, it was called the Union of South Africa 1910-1960.Anthropology, Cultural: It is the study of social phenomena which characterize the learned, shared, and transmitted social activities of particular ethnic groups with focus on the causes, consequences, and complexities of human social and cultural variability.Religion: A set of beliefs concerning the nature, cause, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency. It usually involves devotional and ritual observances and often a moral code for the conduct of human affairs. (Random House Collegiate Dictionary, rev. ed.)Canada: The largest country in North America, comprising 10 provinces and three territories. Its capital is Ottawa.Students, Medical: Individuals enrolled in a school of medicine or a formal educational program in medicine.Professional Competence: The capability to perform the duties of one's profession generally, or to perform a particular professional task, with skill of an acceptable quality.Emigrants and Immigrants: People who leave their place of residence in one country and settle in a different country.Biomedical Research: Research that involves the application of the natural sciences, especially biology and physiology, to medicine.Urban Health Services: Health services, public or private, in urban areas. The services include the promotion of health and the delivery of health care.Pregnancy: The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.Health Plan Implementation: Those actions designed to carry out recommendations pertaining to health plans or programs.Process Assessment (Health Care): An evaluation procedure that focuses on how care is delivered, based on the premise that there are standards of performance for activities undertaken in delivering patient care, in which the specific actions taken, events occurring, and human interactions are compared with accepted standards.Rural Health: The status of health in rural populations.Social Work: The use of community resources, individual case work, or group work to promote the adaptive capacities of individuals in relation to their social and economic environments. It includes social service agencies.Transgendered Persons: Persons having a sense of persistent identification with, and expression of, gender-coded behaviors not typically associated with one's anatomical sex at birth, and with or without a desire to undergo SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES.Informed Consent: Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.Adolescent Psychology: Field of psychology concerned with the normal and abnormal behavior of adolescents. It includes mental processes as well as observable responses.Netherlands: Country located in EUROPE. It is bordered by the NORTH SEA, BELGIUM, and GERMANY. Constituent areas are Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten, formerly included in the NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.Maternal Health Services: Organized services to provide health care to expectant and nursing mothers.Teaching Materials: Instructional materials used in teaching.North CarolinaPhysicians, Primary Care: Providers of initial care for patients. These PHYSICIANS refer patients when appropriate for secondary or specialist care.Reproducibility of Results: The statistical reproducibility of measurements (often in a clinical context), including the testing of instrumentation or techniques to obtain reproducible results. The concept includes reproducibility of physiological measurements, which may be used to develop rules to assess probability or prognosis, or response to a stimulus; reproducibility of occurrence of a condition; and reproducibility of experimental results.Sexual Behavior: Sexual activities of humans.Women's Health: The concept covering the physical and mental conditions of women.Safety: Freedom from exposure to danger and protection from the occurrence or risk of injury or loss. It suggests optimal precautions in the workplace, on the street, in the home, etc., and includes personal safety as well as the safety of property.Professional-Family Relations: The interactions between the professional person and the family.Research Design: A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly.Pamphlets: Printed publications usually having a format with no binding and no cover and having fewer than some set number of pages. They are often devoted to a single subject.Evidence-Based Medicine: An approach of practicing medicine with the goal to improve and evaluate patient care. It requires the judicious integration of best research evidence with the patient's values to make decisions about medical care. This method is to help physicians make proper diagnosis, devise best testing plan, choose best treatment and methods of disease prevention, as well as develop guidelines for large groups of patients with the same disease. (from JAMA 296 (9), 2006)Organizational Case Studies: Descriptions and evaluations of specific health care organizations.Allied Health Personnel: Health care workers specially trained and licensed to assist and support the work of health professionals. Often used synonymously with paramedical personnel, the term generally refers to all health care workers who perform tasks which must otherwise be performed by a physician or other health professional.Guideline Adherence: Conformity in fulfilling or following official, recognized, or institutional requirements, guidelines, recommendations, protocols, pathways, or other standards.Sex Education: Education which increases the knowledge of the functional, structural, and behavioral aspects of human reproduction.Sexism: Prejudice or discrimination based on gender or behavior or attitudes that foster stereotyped social roles based on gender.Self Efficacy: Cognitive mechanism based on expectations or beliefs about one's ability to perform actions necessary to produce a given effect. It is also a theoretical component of behavior change in various therapeutic treatments. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994)
DiseasesAnalytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and EquipmentPsychiatry and PsychologyPhenomena and ProcessesDisciplines and OccupationsAnthropology, Education, Sociology and Social PhenomenaTechnology, Industry, AgricultureHumanitiesInformation ScienceNamed GroupsHealth CareGeographicals
Focus GroupsQualitative ResearchHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeInterviews as TopicAttitude of Health PersonnelAttitude to HealthQuestionnairesCommunicationCulturePhysician-Patient RelationsHealth PromotionCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchPatient Acceptance of Health CareCultural CharacteristicsPerceptionHealth EducationHealth PersonnelProfessional-Patient RelationsPatient SatisfactionRural PopulationPublic OpinionHealth Services AccessibilityAttitudeDecision MakingPhysicians, FamilyNeeds AssessmentCommunication BarriersProgram EvaluationPilot ProjectsProgram DevelopmentPatient ParticipationSocial SupportAfrican AmericansParentsConsumer ParticipationCultural CompetencyPatient Education as TopicProfessional RolePrimary Health CareMotivationTape RecordingConsumer SatisfactionRural Health ServicesPatientsUnited StatesGeneral PractitionersTrustInterprofessional RelationsCultural DiversityAppalachian RegionCommunity Health ServicesStereotypingCommunity Health WorkersData CollectionFamily PracticeHealth Services Needs and DemandHealth BehaviorHealth Services ResearchPhysiciansInformation ServicesSocial StigmaCaregiversPrivacyHealth CommunicationSelf CareClinical CompetenceHispanic AmericansNursing Methodology ResearchInterpersonal RelationsPhysician's RoleConfidentialityPsychometricsInternetMothersMedicine, African TraditionalAdministrative PersonnelAdaptation, PsychologicalAttitude to ComputersOntarioUgandaCooperative BehaviorAnecdotes as TopicHIV InfectionsQuality of Health CareGreat BritainUrban PopulationFacultyPrejudiceMidwiferySocial PerceptionDelivery of Health CareCommunity NetworksMedicine, TraditionalWomenHealth Care SurveysTanzaniaPower (Psychology)Socioeconomic FactorsNursesKenyaOceanic Ancestry GroupQuality of LifeGroup ProcessesContinuity of Patient CarePhysician's Practice PatternsNew South WalesPeer GroupCommunity-Institutional RelationsCurriculumAustraliaMasculinityKansasSocial ValuesCross-Cultural ComparisonFeasibility StudiesFamilySocial EnvironmentVietnamCounselingEthics, ProfessionalGhanaNurse-Patient RelationsAdolescent Health ServicesPatient-Centered CarePatient Care TeamPovertyTeachingInformation DisseminationLeadershipPatient PreferenceMass ScreeningMenGender IdentityTabooSouth AfricaAnthropology, CulturalReligionCanadaStudents, MedicalProfessional CompetenceEmigrants and ImmigrantsBiomedical ResearchUrban Health ServicesPregnancyHealth Plan ImplementationProcess Assessment (Health Care)Rural HealthSocial WorkTransgendered PersonsInformed ConsentAdolescent PsychologyNetherlandsMaternal Health ServicesTeaching MaterialsNorth CarolinaPhysicians, Primary CareReproducibility of ResultsSexual BehaviorWomen's HealthSafetyProfessional-Family RelationsResearch DesignPamphletsEvidence-Based MedicineOrganizational Case StudiesAllied Health PersonnelGuideline AdherenceSex EducationSexismSelf Efficacy
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"Focus Groups". ATHE. Archived from the original on 12 August 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2012. "Job bank". ATHE. Archived from ... has 23 special interest focus groups, runs a job bank service for its members, and organises an annual conference attended by ...
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Focus groups. Vol. 20. Sage, 2014. Dawn Iacobucci, Department of Marketing, Owen Graduate School of Management CV. Accessed ...
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"Focus Group: Coldplay". Today FM. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2017. Kara, Scott (October 25, 2012). "Big band theory ... In November 2000, the group released a new album, Black & Blue, with the idea of the title of the album coming from Brian as ... Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved 2018-01-01. "Linkin Park Lead The Global 20 Of 2001". Billboard. February 16, 2002. " ... "Stephen Ferrera Appointed Executive Vice President, A&R, Island and Mercury Records" (Press release). Universal Music Group. ...
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No focus groups. No marketing surveys. If the president of Loblaw International Merchants, the product-development arm of ... He explained how his team had met with many of executives of Canada's leading environmental groups to ask them what sort of ... now Coles Group - Australia's largest food retailer. Loblaw was also preparing to test market PC products on the shelves of ... "we accept the fact that it is inevitable that not all environmental groups will agree with all our President's Choice G.R.E.E.N ...
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Focus Information group. ISBN 0-941051-38-2. Hines (1981). Our Latin Heritage. Harcourt Brace. ISBN 0-15-389468-7. Gordon, ...
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Potter, Jonathan; Puchta, Claudia (2004). Focus group practice. London Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. ISBN 9780761966913. ... New work is focused on studying video records of mealtime interaction in families with young children. This has looked at ... A joint grant led by Margaret Wetherell resulted in the volume Mapping the Language of Racism in 1992 that focused on the way ... His collection Conversation and Cognition, co-edited with Hedwig te Molder, brought together a group of conversation analysts, ...
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"Sections/Focus Groups". American Geophysical Union. Retrieved 10 October 2016. "AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 3-7 December ... There are also 12 focus groups that organize research involving two or more sections. These are atmospheric and space ... AGU's activities are focused on the organization and dissemination of scientific information in the interdisciplinary and ... Small, highly focused meetings are offered through the Chapman Conferences. The large numbers and international participation ...
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Worlock, Kate (2004). "The Pros and Cons of Open Access". Nature Focus. Nature Publishing Group. Retrieved 2011-07-28. Beall, ... It was begun by a group of prominent mathematicians who each made a commitment to not participate in publishing in Elsevier's ... Nature Publishing Group. 411 (6837): 521. Bibcode:2001Natur.411..521L. doi:10.1038/35079151. PMID 11385534. Retrieved 27 ...
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"IAS: Current Focus Groups". Technical University of Munich Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 17 February 2017. stb. "Seit ...
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Street Paper Focus Group. Retrieved 13 March 2009. Hanks, Sinead; Swithinbank, Tessa (1999). "The Big Issue and other street ... One popular street newspaper, The Big Issue, has been a focus of this controversy because it concentrates on attracting a large ... Unlike most street newspapers, the UK-based The Big Issue focuses mostly on celebrity news and interviews, rather than coverage ... street newspapers International Network of Street Papers North American Street Newspaper Association Street Paper Focus Group ...
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"Area Focus Groups" (PDF). Cotton Belt Corridor Regional Rail Project. Dallas Area Rapid Transit. December 2011. Retrieved June ...
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Focus Media Group Publication. "100 Tallest Residential Buildings in the World". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. ... Q1 Tower was designed by SDG & The Buchan Group, and its form was inspired by the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch and the Sydney ... Q1 lift lobby is separated into two high speed lift groups. Four high speed lifts service levels B2 to level 42. Three separate ... The project was developed by The Sunland Group and built by Sunland Constructions. The building was the Silver Award winner of ...
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Street Paper Focus Group. Retrieved 13 March 2009. Danky, James Philip; Wiegand, Wayne A. (1998). Print Culture in a Diverse ...
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After his retirement in 2012 he moved to the TUM Institute for Advanced Study where he is leading the focus group 'Fundamental ... Alumni Focus Groups". 29 January 2016. "Akademie Aktuell" (PDF). "Polska Akademia Umiejętności - Wydział III Matematyczno- ... After a fellowship in the CERN theory group from 1975-1977 he was first a visitor and then a staff member in the Fermilab ... theory group from 1977 till 1982. He then became staff member of the Max Planck Institute for Physics in Munich (1982-1988). In ...
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The focus group technique (e.g., Morgan, 1988)[29] involves a moderator facilitating a small group discussion between selected ... Morgan, D. (1988). Focus Groups as Qualitative Research. Qualitative Research Methods Series. 16. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN ... Other sources include focus groups, observation (without a predefined theory like statistical theory in mind for example), ... Some distinctive qualitative methods are the use of focus groups and key informant interviews, the latter often identified ...
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Hooke, Rachel (7 April 2007). "15 minutes with... The chief medical officer". BMJ Career Focus. BMJ Publishing Group. 335: gp58 ... with officials from the DH proclaiming success although it has been outrightly rejected by a large group of trainees and ...
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"Three big groups: Stagecoach". Buses Focus: 38. Tooher, Patrick (26 February 1996). "Pensioners lead protest at pounds 41m ... Transdev acquires Blazefield Group Bus & Coach Professional 7 January 2006 A new stop for Blazefield Yorkshire Post 9 January ... Stagecoach's operations in the Burnley area were sold to the Blazefield Group on 15 April 2001 and rebranded as Burnley & ...
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"Internet Focus Groups: An Oxymoron". Groups Plus, Inc. Young, pp. 34-35 Young, April 2005, p. 5 Young, p.10 Young, p.24 Young, ... 1960s - Qualitative focus groups gain in popularity. In addition, some advertisers call for more rigorous measurement of the in ... The following methods can be followed to pre-test an advertisement: Focus group discussion In-depth interview Projective ... The focus is on what the advertising has done for the brand, for example increasing brand awareness, trial, frequency of ...
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William Terdoslavich (2017-06-05). "Focus Groups Are Still Relevant". Duowei News. Archived from the original on 2017-12-18. ... in collaboration with the Stanford University's research group Archimedes Project. During these years Hodjat continued his ...
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"DRIVER FATIGUE FOCUS GROUP" (html). US Department of Transportation Website. Retrieved 2008-09-24. "SYTA Website" (html). ...
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Cambridge, Ma: Focus Information Group. pp. 37-38 at lines 161-181. ISBN 9780941051002. Quick she [Gaia] made the element of ...
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Wada, Isae (November 17, 1997). "Focus Group Pans Online Services". Travel Weekly. "Northstar Travel Media Acquires ...
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... produced by the focus group with Freedom's Watch. She claimed that the focus group was designed to help TIP promote "our belief ... TIP founder Mizrahi said that her group had commissioned the focus group and had "shared information" ... The Israel Project commissioned a study by Frank Luntz who ran polls and focus groups to determine the best language to use to ... TIP conducts polling and public opinion research with US focus groups and advises Israeli experts and political leaders on the ...
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The agency did focus groups exploring this possibility. Sometimes controversies involve disputes over whether agency data was ... "Sexual Orientation Focus Group Research". Statistics New Zealand. 2006. Retrieved 3 August 2009. "Lazy media run crime ... "Age Group by Sex, for the Census Night Population Count, 1996, 2001, and 2006". Statistics New Zealand. 2006 census data. ... Organisation Development focuses on services for the agency itself, including information technology management, quality ...
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... focuses on the description of biologically plausible neurons (and neural systems) and their ... suggesting computational approaches to the study of how functional groups of neurons within the hippocampus and neocortex ... Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) - a computational neuroscience meeting with a systems neuroscience focus. ... UK Mathematical Neurosciences Meeting- a new yearly conference, focused on mathematical aspects. ...
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Focus Groups - CMIFocus Groups - CMI
Focus Groups Thank you very much for expressing interest in our Management 2020 Benchmarking Tool focus groups. Should you be ... Would you like to attend a focus group on 19 February 16.30 - 18,00?. Yes. No - but I would be willing to take part on another ...
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Immigrant rights groups adjust focus to passage of AgJobs, Dream ActImmigrant rights groups adjust focus to passage of AgJobs, Dream Act
Some immigrant rights groups are shifting the strategy in their so-far unsuccessful push to overhaul immigration law: Theyre ... When we have enough groups telling me that we cant do it this year, then we will consider the Dream Act alone. But we are not ... Some immigrant rights groups are shifting the strategy in their so-far unsuccessful push to overhaul immigration law: Theyre ... For the past 18 months immigrant rights groups have been pushing the White House to get behind a plan to create a path for ...
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Focus Group on Smart Water ManagementFocus Group on Smart Water Management
The Focus Group completed its work on 2nd March 2015 and submitted the deliverables to ITU-T Study Group 5. ... The Focus Group on Smart Water Management (FG-SWM) was established by the ITU-T TSAG meeting in Geneva, 4-7 June 2013. ... ITU-T Study Group 5 (Environment and climate change). ... ITU-T Study Group 5 - Environment & Climate Change. *ITU-T ... reports that address standardization gaps and identify new standardization work items to be taken up by its parent group, ...
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Focus Groups: Applying Communication Theory through Design, FacilitatiFocus Groups: Applying Communication Theory through Design, Facilitati
2016 by Routledge Despite the fact that focus groups are an ideal research tool for studying and employing group communica ... and poor-quality focus groups;. f. understand how to transcribe / code / analyze focus group data from a communication ( ... including those with no background in focus group research to those practitioners with more focus group expertise - understand ... b. understand how to translate RQs into a focus group protocol;. c. use knowledge of communication theory and group process to ...
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Working fathers needed for physical activity focus groupsWorking fathers needed for physical activity focus groups
Researchers are conducting focus groups to investigate physical activity patterns among working fathers. Dads with children ... You will attend one focus group session lasting 1.5 hours. Light refreshments will be provided and all participants will ...
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Online focus group - WikipediaOnline focus group - Wikipedia
An online focus group is one type of focus group, and is a sub-set of online research methods. They are typically an ... Like in-person focus groups, online groups are usually limited to 8-10 participants. Whiteboard exercises and the ability to ... In addition to the savings on travel, online focus groups often can be accomplished faster than traditional groups because ... Online focus groups are appropriate for consumer research, business to business research and political research. Interacting ...
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The Focus Group - WikipediaThe Focus Group - Wikipedia
Broadcast and The Focus Group investigate Witch-cults of the Radio Age was The Wire s top album of 2009. House is also noted ... The Focus Group is a project of experimental electronic musician and graphic designer Julian House. His releases are on his own ... The Focus Groups sound is a blend of influences ranging from old library music sounds, sixties-inspired pastiches, and ... House has acknowledged the debt that The Focus Groups sound owes to library music produced in the 1970s, to soundtrack ...
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NQC e-Newsletter | Sign up for NQC Focus Groups | May 13NQC e-Newsletter | Sign up for NQC Focus Groups | May 13
NQC regularly relies on focus groups to draw on the experience and expertise of our grantee partners. The topics of the groups ... NQC News , Focus Group Participants Wanted-Register Now!. > NQC News , Fostering Participation from Part A/B Grantees in ... In the near future, NQC will hold two focus groups to help us identify and understand the current needs of Ryan White grantees ... Please consider joining us for one of the focus groups. They will be 90 minutes in length and be conducted via telephone. ...
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Lane County H&HS Prevention Program Focus GroupLane County H&HS Prevention Program Focus Group
Discussion facilitated similar to focus groups• Included demographics survey7 * 8. Focus Groups & Intercept Surveys• Both ... 3. Background• Two areas of focus (two sets of focus groups): - Childhood gambling (parents) • Current prevention resources • ... Focus Groups and Intercept Surveys - Community• Knowledge of the Prevention Program• Thoughts on the severity of specific ... 5. Methods General public, agency leaders and parents who responded to an intercept survey or participated in a focus group in ...
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WCSU - Focus Group ParticipantsWCSU - Focus Group Participants
Emergency / Weather Alert Information. The Emergency / Weather Alert will be posted on the WCSU home page any time an emergency or bad weather causes a delay, cancellation or early closing of the university.. ...
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Focus Groups: A tool for program development and evaluation - HomeFocus Groups: A tool for program development and evaluation - Home
... and some considerations for conducting effective focus group research. What is a Focus Group?. Focus groups are a qualitative ... Focus Groups: A tool for program development and evaluation. March 2015 Introduction and Overview. Focus groups are a fast and ... Focus Groups in Program Development and Evaluation Focus groups are often used in program development and design. Practitioners ... Focus groups are different from one-on-one interviews and interviews in which individuals are interviewed in a group setting in ...
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Asian American Needs Are Focus of New Group - latimesAsian American Needs Are Focus of New Group - latimes
Asian American groups condemned it as racist and sought an apology, but the magazines management said the complaint had no ... To others, Asian Americans may appear to be a monolithic group. In reality, they are 10 million people tracing roots to dozens ... In the past year, the relentless news coverage and political battling over the fund-raising scandal focused attention not only ... The movement is designed to provide the countrys fastest-growing group with political clout like that of well-established ...
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ITU-T - Focus Group on ICTs and Climate ChangeITU-T - Focus Group on ICTs and Climate Change
The Focus Group on ICTs and Climate Change was established by TSAG in July 2008 and successfully completed its work in April ... The scope of the Focus Group was to identify from the standardization viewpoint, within the competences of ITU-T, the impact of ... This work will continue in the relevant study groups. TSAG designated SG-5 as the lead SG on Environment and Climate Change and ... ITU-T Study Group 15 Power saving tutorials, 13-15 February 2008 ... Focus Group on ICTs and Climate Change (FG ICT&CC). ...
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Getinge Group: Focus on profitability and growth | Business WireGetinge Group: Focus on profitability and growth | Business Wire
Press release regarding Getinges Capital Markets Day on 8 February The Getinge Group has long performed very well and the ... focus for the Groups future performance are continued investments in product development, programmes to increase the Groups ... CEO, Getinge Group. Telephone: +46 10 335 55 33. E-mail: [email protected] or. Ulf Grunander. CFO, Getinge Group. ... CEO, Getinge Group. Telephone: +46 10 335 55 33. E-mail: [email protected] or. Ulf Grunander. CFO, Getinge Group. ...
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Obama speech | Focus Group | American Jobs ActObama speech | Focus Group | American Jobs Act
Whatever your opinion of focus groups, theres one clear takeaway from this study: President Obamas focus will continue to be ... Swing Voter Focus Group Gives Obamas American Jobs Speech High Marks. By Tommy ChristopherSep 9th, 2011, 9:01 am ... The focus group, commissioned by Bill Burtons Priorities USA Action, consisted of "32 swing voters in suburban Richmond (Eric ... Democratic public opinion firm Hart Research Associates conducted the kind of interactive dial focus group popularized by ...
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Focus group sheds light on Mitt Romneys struggles - Los Angeles TimesFocus group sheds light on Mitt Romney's struggles - Los Angeles Times
A focus group can probe the reasons for that sort of low enthusiasm. The art lies in asking questions that get at the emotional ... A better tool is a well-designed focus group, such as the one that Hart moderated Thursday night, one of a series he is ... The group was partisan by design, yet their dejection about politicians had a bipartisan cast. None said that the Republican ... If this person were not a politician, what profession would he or she be in, he asked the group, pointing to each candidate in ...
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Inside LGs G3: How vacuums, focus groups and competitive pressure shaped a smartphoneInside LG's G3: How vacuums, focus groups and competitive pressure shaped a smartphone
Inside LGs G3: How vacuums, focus groups and competitive pressure shaped a smartphone. ... The company wasnt able to climb out of the Galaxy S4s shadow, so it turned its focus to beating Samsung. The G3 uses a larger ... which helped the camera snag an even faster focus lock than its closest competitors (both the One M8 and Galaxy S5 boast 300ms ... focus times, whereas the G3 claims 276ms). Fortunately for our eyes and sanity, this sensor doesnt double as a laser pointer. ...
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Derry council meeting will focus on growing arts groups | New HampshireDerry council meeting will focus on growing arts groups | New Hampshire
Derry council meeting will focus on growing arts groups. By ADAM SWIFT. Union Leader Correspondent November 25. 2012 8:50PM. ... 4 would also focus on downtown development, but Olbricht noted that the discussion with the arts council and the other tenants ... Most nonprofit arts groups get the majority of their funding through corporate sponsorships and not ticket sales, Nelson said. ...
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Divining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation | IndieBound.orgDivining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation | IndieBound.org
An engaging, accessible history of the focus group, Featherstones survey shows how the primary purpose of the focus group has ... The focus group, over the course of the last century, became an increasingly vital part of the way companies and politicians ... As elites became increasingly detached from the general public, they relied ever more on focus groups, whether to win votes or ... That paradox is particularly stark today, when everyone can post an opinion on social media--our 24 hour "focus group"--yet ...
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Citi creates new group focused on serving fund clients | ReutersCiti creates new group focused on serving fund clients | Reuters
Senior investment bankers Zubaid Ahmadand Brad Coleman will be leading a new group at Citigroup Inc focused on better serving ... The newly formed group will work closely with the Financial Institutions Group to bank these clients, and also the markets ... Ahmad, vice chairman of Citis institutional clients group, and Coleman, global head of Citis alternative assets group, will ... Senior investment bankers Zubaid Ahmad and Brad Coleman will be leading a new group at Citigroup Inc focused on better serving ...
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Environmentally focused groups digging into harbor deepening studyEnvironmentally focused groups digging into harbor deepening study
... Environmental groups say they plan to file comments, work ... Judy Jennings of the Sierra Club coastal group is keen to get a look at it. Shes been a close follower of harbor deepening ... Environmental groups, including the Southern Environmental Law Center, are mum about the possibility of suing over harbor ... Along with the economics, DeScherer expects his organization to focus its scrutiny on impacts to the Savannah National Wildlife ...
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Fiction Workshops Are Like Focus Groups - Video | Big ThinkFiction Workshops Are Like Focus Groups - Video | Big Think
... our national literature with the workshop and it really is exactly like a test screening for a motion picture or a focus group ...
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Lynette Fleming Friday | Focus Group | EvaluationLynette Fleming Friday | Focus Group | Evaluation
Unit Three: Observations 3.1 Observations Unit Four: Interviews & Focus Groups 4.1 Interviews 4.2 Focus groups Unit Five: ... Interviews and Focus Groups 4.1 Interviews 4.2 Focus groups Unit Five: Questionnaires 5.1 Why use questionnaires? 5.2 ... synchronous group assignments • Page or email • Start synchronous chat any time • Optional group work • Skype & real study ... groups . Needs Opportunities for more interactions •Online "social learning" forum •Advanced courses •Conference meetings ...
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Anticipatory Guidance and Violence Prevention: Results From Family and Pediatrician Focus Groups | Articles | PediatricsAnticipatory Guidance and Violence Prevention: Results From Family and Pediatrician Focus Groups | Articles | Pediatrics
... we chose to conduct focus-group interviews with smaller numbers of participants, typically groups of ≤10.25 Each focus group ... All focus groups were conducted and analyzed by using previously described techniques.22-24 Focus-group protocols were reviewed ... Parent Focus Groups. Specific Policies. Two controversial topics were discussed in detail in each focus group: advice ... Pediatrician Focus Groups. All pediatricians at all focus groups felt that anticipatory guidance is an important part of ...
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DiseasesAnalytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and EquipmentPsychiatry and PsychologyPhenomena and ProcessesDisciplines and OccupationsAnthropology, Education, Sociology and Social PhenomenaTechnology, Industry, AgricultureHumanitiesInformation ScienceNamed GroupsHealth CareGeographicals
Focus GroupsQualitative ResearchHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeInterviews as TopicAttitude of Health PersonnelAttitude to HealthQuestionnairesCommunicationCulturePhysician-Patient RelationsHealth PromotionCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchPatient Acceptance of Health CareCultural CharacteristicsPerceptionHealth EducationHealth PersonnelProfessional-Patient RelationsPatient SatisfactionRural PopulationPublic OpinionHealth Services AccessibilityAttitudeDecision MakingPhysicians, FamilyNeeds AssessmentCommunication BarriersProgram EvaluationPilot ProjectsProgram DevelopmentPatient ParticipationSocial SupportAfrican AmericansParentsConsumer ParticipationCultural CompetencyPatient Education as TopicProfessional RolePrimary Health CareMotivationTape RecordingConsumer SatisfactionRural Health ServicesPatientsUnited StatesGeneral PractitionersTrustInterprofessional RelationsCultural DiversityAppalachian RegionCommunity Health ServicesStereotypingCommunity Health WorkersData CollectionFamily PracticeHealth Services Needs and DemandHealth BehaviorHealth Services ResearchPhysiciansInformation ServicesSocial StigmaCaregiversPrivacyHealth CommunicationSelf CareClinical CompetenceHispanic AmericansNursing Methodology ResearchInterpersonal RelationsPhysician's RoleConfidentialityPsychometricsInternetMothersMedicine, African TraditionalAdministrative PersonnelAdaptation, PsychologicalAttitude to ComputersOntarioUgandaCooperative BehaviorAnecdotes as TopicHIV InfectionsQuality of Health CareGreat BritainUrban PopulationFacultyPrejudiceMidwiferySocial PerceptionDelivery of Health CareCommunity NetworksMedicine, TraditionalWomenHealth Care SurveysTanzaniaPower (Psychology)Socioeconomic FactorsNursesKenyaOceanic Ancestry GroupQuality of LifeGroup ProcessesContinuity of Patient CarePhysician's Practice PatternsNew South WalesPeer GroupCommunity-Institutional RelationsCurriculumAustraliaMasculinityKansasSocial ValuesCross-Cultural ComparisonFeasibility StudiesFamilySocial EnvironmentVietnamCounselingEthics, ProfessionalGhanaNurse-Patient RelationsAdolescent Health ServicesPatient-Centered CarePatient Care TeamPovertyTeachingInformation DisseminationLeadershipPatient PreferenceMass ScreeningMenGender IdentityTabooSouth AfricaAnthropology, CulturalReligionCanadaStudents, MedicalProfessional CompetenceEmigrants and ImmigrantsBiomedical ResearchUrban Health ServicesPregnancyHealth Plan ImplementationProcess Assessment (Health Care)Rural HealthSocial WorkTransgendered PersonsInformed ConsentAdolescent PsychologyNetherlandsMaternal Health ServicesTeaching MaterialsNorth CarolinaPhysicians, Primary CareReproducibility of ResultsSexual BehaviorWomen's HealthSafetyProfessional-Family RelationsResearch DesignPamphletsEvidence-Based MedicineOrganizational Case StudiesAllied Health PersonnelGuideline AdherenceSex EducationSexismSelf Efficacy
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Participants28
Methodology4
Perceptions6
  • To utilize focus groups to garner reactions (perceptions, opinions, beliefs, and attitudes) and preferences from women about the format and content of the two different model contraceptive efficacy tables. (cdc.gov)
  • This approach guarantees that the groups provide a wide range of viewpoints and perceptions, and can thus help to shed light on the different opinions and degree of consensus that exist on a given topic, such as the feeling of safety in a regional county municipality (RCM) or a municipality. (inspq.qc.ca)
  • In safety diagnoses, focus groups are used primarily to gather the opinions and perceptions of a population about the following safety-related topics: the safety of a particular life setting, the feeling of safety, and problems that cause concern, be they disorder, incivility, crime or victimization. (inspq.qc.ca)
  • Outcomes of Camping: Perceptions from Camper Focus Groups. (ed.gov)
  • As an initial step in this research project, focus groups were conducted in Hillsborough, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties to gain insight into seafood consumption patterns and perceptions and to facilitate the construction of a detailed telephone summary. (ufl.edu)
  • Focus group research is not used to collect large amounts of data, but as an input into a deeper understanding of consumer tastes and perceptions. (ufl.edu)
Respondents7
Elicit3
Findings4
Prevention6
  • Focus groups provide insight into doctor-patient communications and can inform efforts to improve primary prevention in the clinical setting. (aappublications.org)
  • Although its principal function is to provide information for parents concerning child development, injury prevention has become an important focus of anticipatory guidance. (aappublications.org)
  • Services for prevention and treatment of drug abuse are an integral part of HIV prevention and treatment for these groups. (cdc.gov)
  • Morry's Camp specifically serves low-income and at-risk New York City youth by providing a maintenance and prevention program focused on the camp community, youth development, and education. (ed.gov)
  • The critical thing to understand about the opioid crisis is that it isn't a single catastrophic event like a terrible hurricane hitting a city," said Andrew Burki, chief public policy officer for the Hanley Foundation, a nonprofit focused on substance abuse treatment and prevention. (registerguard.com)
  • Hingson, R.W. (2010) Focus on: College Drinking and Related Problems: Magnitude and Prevention of College Drinking and Related Problems. (scirp.org)
Research33
Utilize focus groups1
20171
  • Madison, WI-based Forward Health Group , which develops digital tools allowing clinicians to group together patients with similar diagnoses and other attributes, says the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved its PopulationManager software as a so-called "qualified registry" for 2017. (xconomy.com)
Develop4
  • Please turn to Page 2 for more on how to develop new hire training via your focus group. (brighthub.com)
  • While the agency usually uses focus groups to develop new policies, experts following the DTC ad issue said the move will only act to delay the development of meaningful policy. (fdanews.com)
  • In keeping with the goal of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop uniform contraceptive labeling, focus groups were conducted to determine a presentation format most useful to the consumer for contraceptive pregnancy rates. (cdc.gov)
  • We'd like to put together a diverse group of people who can help us develop recommendations for managing marine fish resources in the western Strait," said Craig Burley, fish division manager for WDFW. (wa.gov)
Questionnaire2
  • A trained staff member will pose questions from CTECs and Searle's Small Group Analysis questionnaire. (northwestern.edu)
  • CONCLUSIONS: Using focus groups, the authors were able to identify content areas and aspects of visual functioning in persons with refractive error that are not measured by standard visual acuity testing in the clinic or by other vision-targeted, health-related quality of life instruments such as the 25- or 51-item National Eye Institute-Visual Functioning Questionnaire. (rand.org)
Website usability1
Questionnaires2
Gather1
  • Instructors of classes with fewer than five students may request an End-of-Term Focus Group to gather feedback since Course and Teacher Evaluations (CTECs) will not be administered. (northwestern.edu)
Scope4
  • With the integration of HIVQUAL activities into the National Quality Center (NQC) in August 2013, the scope of the Regional Groups expanded to foster participation of Part A and B grantees in previously established groups consisting of Part C and D grantees. (constantcontact.com)
  • The scope of the Focus Group was to identify from the standardization viewpoint, within the competences of ITU-T, the impact of ICTs on Climate Change, in particular the reduction of ICT's own emissions over their entire lifecycle (direct impact), the mitigation that follows through the adoption of ICTs in other relevant sectors (indirect impact), and facilitating the monitoring of relevant climate parameters. (itu.int)
  • CRS Focus Groups are international in scope and include members from industry, academia, and government, interested to exchange knowledge and ideas. (controlledreleasesociety.org)
  • We found that, despite this study's wide geographical scope, heterogeneous focus group compositions, and the use of different moderators, common themes emerged. (diva-portal.org)
Design10
Facilitator3
Methods4
Reactions1
Group's3
  • The Focus Group's sound is a blend of influences ranging from old library music sounds, sixties-inspired pastiches, and soundtracks to 1970s films and programmes, as well as the sound collage of musique concrète. (wikipedia.org)
  • House has acknowledged the debt that The Focus Group's sound owes to library music produced in the 1970s, to soundtrack documentaries, public information films, and soundtracks. (wikipedia.org)
  • The areas of focus for the Group's future performance are continued investments in product development, programmes to increase the Group's exposure to rapidly expanding emerging markets and initiatives to improve the Group's cost-effectiveness and competitiveness. (businesswire.com)
Products8
  • The focus group, over the course of the last century, became an increasingly vital part of the way companies and politicians sold their products and policies with few areas of life, from salad dressing to health care legislation to our favorite TV shows, left untouched by moderators questioning controlled groups about what they liked and didn't. (indiebound.org)
  • As elites became increasingly detached from the general public, they relied ever more on focus groups, whether to win votes or to sell products. (indiebound.org)
  • a business to better target its products to the right customers by identifying the specific needs and wants of customer groups and then using those insights into providing products and services which meet customer needs. (bartleby.com)
  • Focus Diagnostics, the clinical-laboratory products business of Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), today announced the FDA 510(k) clearance and CLIA moderate-complexity categorization for its Simplexa Group A Strep Direct Kit. (news-medical.net)
  • Montreal-based LaunchLeap, which uses an online platform to let customers give feedback on products that are still in development, was able to give Raplapla focus-group-like access usually only affordable to large companies. (financialpost.com)
  • Focus Products Group International LLC. (retail-merchandiser.com)
  • Bayer's health care products are part of its life sciences group, which also includes its crop science division. (nytimes.com)
  • The crop unit, which Bayer will be retaining, focuses on chemical and biological products like insecticides and plant seeds. (nytimes.com)
Retention2
  • The survey was conducted among both full- and part-time employees, and it focuses on drivers for retention and how companies should focus recruiting efforts on retaining top talent. (certmag.com)
  • With attraction and retention identified as key development areas, the Membership Focus Group has been looking at how to ensure that a new recruit's expectations match his actual experiences. (freemasonrytoday.com)
Identify1
Streptococcus4
Facilitation1
Seeks1
  • Under the auspices of the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, this focus group seeks to engage in a deep conversation on the issues related to, but also surrounding this proposed Charter of Values. (mcgill.ca)
Organizations2
  • It operates under the banner of the Industrial Areas Foundation, he said, which is an umbrella group that helps sponsor local organizations for social change. (baltimoresun.com)
  • On October 11, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), in cooperation with the European Standards Organizations (ESOs), convened the ANSI-ESO Joint Presidents Group (JPG) meeting at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to continue a more than twenty-year dialogue on standards and conformity assessment in support of U.S.-EU trade. (ansi.org)
20202
Stimuli1
Conduct3
  • The agency recently announced that it intends to conduct 20 focus group studies annually, with approximately 10 focus groups and 200 focus group sessions, focusing on DTC ads, physician labeling, risk communication and other topics. (fdanews.com)
  • The software allows users to conduct one-on-one or group interviews, with transcripts available immediately after the session is finished. (itracks.com)
  • Reach a broader, more diverse set of your customers and get to the heart of their truth in a matter of minutes by conducting powerful video interviews and online focus groups quickly and easily from anywhere using a secure, compliant platform with all the functionality you need to conduct, capture and use your data. (focusvision.com)
Maternal1
Objectives2
  • The objectives were a conscious component of the camp program and a source of focused attention with campers. (ed.gov)
  • The group is responsible for providing guidance on the development of new management alternatives and objectives for recreational and commercial marine fish fisheries in waters stretching from the mouth of the Sekiu River west to the Bonilla-Tatoosh line in Marine Area 4 (Neah Bay). (wa.gov)
Content3
  • Feedback from SGAs and end-of-term focus groups is critical and shapes the content of my course both in assessing the workload and to engender effective communication between me and my students. (northwestern.edu)
  • The ferrets had three goals in mind for the redesign: Focus on larger images, show larger images, and please can the content be larger. (cuteoverload.com)
  • Transcripts were analyzed using thematic content analysis, and summaries for each category were compared across groups. (mdpi.com)
Attitudes1
  • To use focus groups alone to tackle the task of understanding consumer attitudes would not be a cost-efficient method, nor would it be likely to produce results that are representative of the general population. (ufl.edu)
Approaches1
  • This area focuses on the definition of the best practices for developing, sharing and reusing Machine Learning approaches (including, but not limited to, Machine Learning models, algorithms, frameworks and protocols). (elixir-europe.org)
Results3
Researchers2
  • Researchers are conducting focus groups to investigate physical activity patterns among working fathers. (k-state.edu)
  • The introduction of Video Focus Group software comes on the heels of the successful launch of itracks′ Social Media Monitoring application which was developed specifically for market researchers. (itracks.com)
Advocates1
Evaluation2
Members5
  • This group focuses on finding our Scots Covenanter ancestors who were sent to is a Public Group with 170 members. (yahoo.com)
  • The group undertakes activities with the aim of encouraging CILA members to achieve CILA qualifications, predominantly focussing on members with no CILA qualifications at present. (cila.co.uk)
  • As a group Future Focus want to encourage members of CILA to become involved and undertake the examinations on offer as they demonstrate a high level of achievement and professional knowledge within the Insurance Claims market. (cila.co.uk)
  • Team members must then clearly establish the goals of the focus group and the topics that will be discussed. (inspq.qc.ca)
  • The operation resulted in the arrest of 49 suspected members of the criminal group, 58 properties were searched, and authorities seized laptops, hard disks, telephones, tablets, credit cards and cash, SIM cards, memory sticks, forged documents and bank account documents. (forensicfocus.com)
ELIXIR3
  • This group focuses on the "ELIXIR Registries" by the remit of ELIXIR resources (owned by member Nodes and indicated in their Service Delivery Plans or other ELIXIR Collaboration Agreements). (elixir-europe.org)
  • The ELIXIR Machine Learning Focus Group was initiated in October 2019, in order to capture the emerging need in Machine Learning expertise across the network. (elixir-europe.org)
  • As such, a persistent activity of this group is to align and coordinate these efforts across all relevant ELIXIR groups, such as the Federated Human Data Community and the Data Platform . (elixir-europe.org)
Practices1
Specialty2
Ethnic groups1
  • Hispanics were not separated from whites or other racial/ethnic groups in analysis of mortality data. (cdc.gov)
Subjects1
20191
Moderate1
  • aged 17 - 24 of both genders [57% female]) were purposively recruited into one of seven focus groups after screening with the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) to select for hazardous drinking (score, >8) or moderate drinking. (scirp.org)
Climate change1
Protest1
  • During Chase's annual meeting in May, one questioner asked CEO Jamie Dimon to stop Chase's backing of these companies and delivered a letter of protest from 20 environmental and Native American groups. (dispatch.com)
Analysis3
Problems3
  • Novartis's move completes the final stage of a lengthy process to get full control of Alcon, known for its contact lens solutions but also the dominant player in the multibillion-dollar market for intra-ocular lenses, which are implanted in the eye to correct problems focussing. (yorkshirepost.co.uk)
  • The group, which is affiliated with the BUILD coalition that has aggressively pressed for changes in the way Baltimore officials handle community problems, has been invited to try organizing in Howard by a group of local religious leaders from various faiths, Rodriguez said. (baltimoresun.com)
  • The plan is to ask candidates to work with community groups to address those and other problems, work on organizing internally and then reconvene in the fall, he said. (baltimoresun.com)
Topics1
Business Wire1
  • MILAN--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Sorin Group (Reuters Code: SORN.MI), a global medical device company and a leader in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, announced today the acquisition of Neurotech SA ("Neurotech"), a developer of neurostimulation devices. (businesswire.com)
Areas3
  • Some questions may reveal other areas that need to be explored during the group session, so ensure important ideas are discussed as well. (brighthub.com)
  • Having established a leading telecom business in Bharti Airtel, the group aims to build transformational business in the areas of retail, financial services and agriculture, which are future growth engines of India s economy, according to the company. (cxotoday.com)
  • With 3,750 employees worldwide, Sorin Group focuses on three major therapeutic areas: cardiopulmonary bypass (extracorporeal circulation and autotransfusion systems), cardiac rhythm management, and heart valve repair and replacement. (businesswire.com)
Questions4