Search results for "Focus Group"

Características organizativas y didácticas del concierto didáctico. Un estudio de caso sobre la coordinación entre profesorado de Música de Educación…

2019

The main goal of this study is to determine which characteristics of didactic concerts, an extracurricular activity at Primary and High Schools in Manises (Spain), facilitate the coordination between Primary and Secondary staffs of the educational centers under consideration.  Such coordination endeavors a smooth transition of the students from Primary to Secondary educational stages. The theoretical framework follows the lines of collaboration and teaching coordination, didactic concerts and the transition between the two educational stages. A questionnaire, a focus group, and a memorandum of the aforementioned staff have been used to reveal the perceptions of the informants from a qualita…

COSTANTINO S. FOCUS GROUP: SVILUPPO, COOPERAZIONE, LEGALITA' IN SICILIA: SINERGIE POSSIBILI. PROTAGONISTI DELLE POLITICHE PER LA LEGALITA' E LO SVILU…

2008

A bridge over troubled water? Celebrities in journalism connecting implicit and institutional politics

2013

This article looks empirically into how audience members evaluate celebrities in journalism; whether and how celebrities help them to envisage their relationship to politics and media and consequently regard themselves as citizens. The analysis generates a broad and audience-based understanding of celebrities in nine focus group discussions, wherein more than 50 citizens in Finland discussed their favourite celebrities. The discussions revealed three interpretative frames explaining what the celebrities represent to the participants: normative, critical and alternative. In the first two, the groups impose a critical view on celebrities, whereas only the latter one comes close to the optimi…

Cultural Beliefs, Perceptions, and Experiences on Female Genital Mutilation Among Women and Men: A Qualitative Analysis.

2021

The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is a deeply-rooted tradition that affects predominantly regions of Africa and Asia. Because of migration flows, FGM is an issue of increasing concern worldwide. FGM is now carried out in Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, and more specifically among immigrant communities from countries where it is common. This study aims to assess the experience, knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs related to FGM of migrant women and men from FGM-affected countries residing in Spain and the United Kingdom. A phenomenological qualitative approach was used. Participants (n=23) were recruited by using the snowball sampling technique until data satur…

I temi emersi dai focus group: percorsi di un’analisi sociologica

2011

Teachers as mental health promoters: a study of teachers' understanding of the concept of mental health

2012

Based on results from a mixed method approach, using focus group interviews (N = 15) and survey research (N = 1575, this paper explores Norwegian K12 teachers' understanding of the concept of mental health. The theoretical framework of analysis is a socio-ecological and systemic perspective, seeing conceptual understanding as a result of a complex interplay between factors on individual, organizational and state/society levels. Existing research indicates that mental health is an unfamiliar term in a school context, and often negatively loaded. Our results support this, but show significant differences in school type, where teachers in higher grades report more frequent use of the term, mor…

Invisible work, unseen hazards: the health of women immigrant household service workers in Spain

2009

BACKGROUND: Household service work has been largely absent from occupational health studies. We examine the occupational hazards and health effects identified by immigrant women household service workers. METHODS: Exploratory, descriptive study of 46 documented and undocumented immigrant women in household services in Spain, using a phenomenological approach. Data were collected between September 2006 and May 2007 through focus groups and semi-structured individual interviews. Data were separated for analysis by documentation status and sorted using a mixed-generation process. In a second phase of analysis, data on psychosocial hazards were organized using the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questi…

Searching for an Operational Definition of Frailty: A Delphi Method Based Consensus Statement. The Frailty Operative Definition-Consensus Conference …

2012

International audience; Abstract BACKGROUND: There is no consensus regarding the definition of frailty for clinical uses. METHODS: A modified Delphi process was used to attempt to achieve consensus definition. Experts were selected from different fields and organized into five Focus Groups. A questionnaire was developed and sent to experts in the area of frailty. Responses and comments were analyzed using a pre-established strategy. Statements with an agreement more than or equal to 80% were accepted. RESULTS: Overall, 44% of the statements regarding the concept of frailty and 18% of the statements regarding diagnostic criteria were accepted. There was consensus on the value of screening fo…

Feriereise kan ha positiv innvirkning på pasienter med demenslidelse

2012

Published version of an article in the journal: Vård i Norden Aim. To gain knowledge about how a holiday trip to Spain with adapted cultural activities may affect a group of patients with dementia disorder. Background. With the increasing number of people suffering from dementia, it will be important to focus on activities that may affect well-beeing in this group. Method. A focus group interview was conducted with six healthcare workers, who participated in a trip to Spain together with six patients suffering from dementia. A qualitative content analysis was used. Findings. The findings were interpreted in one main theme: Close follow-up in unfamiliar environment and participation in adapt…

Assessment of health literacy among older Finns

2018

Aims: This study examined the feasibility of the HLS-EU-Q16 (in Finnish) for use among older Finns and whether the health literacy score correlates with indicators of health and functioning. Methods: To determine the feasibility of the instrument, we first conducted a focus group discussion with nine participants. For the quantitative analyses, we used data from the AGNES cohort study, collected between October 2017 and April 2018 at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. 292 75-year-old Finnish men and women were interviewed face-to-face in their homes. Health literacy was measured with the HLS-EU-Q16 and health literacy score, ranging from 0 to 50, computed. The reproducibility of the in…