scholarly journals To Have Sex or Not to Have Sex? An Online Focus Group Study of Sexual Decision Making Among Sexually Experienced and Inexperienced Gay and Bisexual Adolescent Men

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 2027-2040 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Zachary DuBois ◽  
Kathryn R. Macapagal ◽  
Zenaida Rivera ◽  
Tonya L. Prescott ◽  
Michele L. Ybarra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Sexual Decision Making ◽  
And Bisexual

scholarly journals Child and Parental Perspectives on Communication and Decision Making in Pediatric CKD: A Focus Group Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 547-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talia Gutman ◽  
Camilla S. Hanson ◽  
Sarah Bernays ◽  
Jonathan C. Craig ◽  
Aditi Sinha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Parental Perspectives ◽  
Pediatric Ckd

scholarly journals How do general practitioners implement decision-making regarding COPD patients with exacerbations? An international focus group study

2016 ◽  
Vol Volume 11 ◽  
pp. 3109-3119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Laue ◽  
Hasse Melbye ◽  
Peder Halvorsen ◽  
Elena Andreeva ◽  
Maciek Godycki-Cwirko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Copd Patients

scholarly journals Vaccination decision-making of immigrant parents in the Netherlands; a focus group study

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene A. Harmsen ◽  
Helien Bos ◽  
Robert A. C. Ruiter ◽  
Theo G. W. Paulussen ◽  
Gerjo Kok ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Immigrant Parents ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Vaccination Decision

scholarly journals Gay and Bisexual Men’s Perceptions of HIV Risk in Various Relationships

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 655-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Shaver ◽  
Ryan Freeland ◽  
Tamar Goldenberg ◽  
Rob Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Hiv Risk ◽  
The United States ◽  
Sexual Relationships ◽  
Sexual Risk Taking ◽  
Bisexual Men ◽  
Relationship Dynamics ◽  
Sexual Decision Making ◽  
Condomless Anal Intercourse ◽  
And Bisexual

Men who have sex with men (MSM) bear a disproportionate burden of HIV incidence in the United States. Previous study of sexual decision-making and HIV risk among MSM has not accounted for relationship dynamics. Further research must examine this connection between relationship dynamics and sexual decision-making, especially regarding condomless anal intercourse. This study analyzes data gathered from gay and bisexual men regarding their sexual partners and sexual decision-making over a 10-week period through personal relationship diaries (PRDs) and a follow-up in-depth interview (IDI). Through coding and extraction of relationship dynamics, key patterns of participants’ sexual decision-making processes were examined based on relationship type, which was categorized by commitment, formality, and sexual agreement. Participants’ sexual relationships can be divided into five categories: (a) Uncommitted, one time, (b) Uncommitted, ongoing, (c) Transitioning or unknown commitment, (d) Committed, nonmonogamous, and (e) Committed, monogamous. These five categories correspond to patterns in sexual decision making and consequent sexual risk-taking behaviors. Each of these influence HIV risk within male–male sexual encounters in a particular manner, and understanding these is important for appropriately tailored HIV prevention interventions for MSM. Recommendations are included for interventions seeking to address HIV risk across a wide variety of MSM sexual relationships.

Decision Making, Beliefs, and Attitudes toward Hysterectomy: A Focus Group Study with Medically Underserved Women in Texas

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Y. Groff ◽  
Patricia Dolan Mullen ◽  
Theresa Byrd ◽  
A.J. Shelton ◽  
Emily Lees ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Medically Underserved ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Underserved Women ◽  
Beliefs And Attitudes

scholarly journals “Patients’ interests first, but … ”–Austrian Veterinarians’ Attitudes to Moral Challenges in Modern Small Animal Practice

Animals ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svenja Springer ◽  
Peter Sandøe ◽  
Thomas Bøker Lund ◽  
Herwig Grimm
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Small Animal ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Economic Aspects ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Steady Improvement ◽  
The Impact

Small veterinary practice is experiencing steady improvement in diagnostics and therapies which enable veterinarians to offer evermore advanced medical care for their patients. This focus group study of veterinarians (n = 32) examined the impact of these improvements and the potential challenges they introduce in small animal practice. It shows that while advanced diagnostics and therapies deliver benefits in patient care, they also add complexities to decision-making. Although the veterinarians participating in the study were aware of their duty to act in the best interests of the animal, their decisions were highly dependent on factors such as the client’s financial background and the emotional bond between client and animal, as well as the veterinarian’s place of work, and level and field of specialization, and certain economic aspects of the practice. The overall conclusion is that small animal veterinarians are increasingly torn between serving the best interests of the animal, medical feasibility and contextual factors related to the client, the veterinarian, and professional colleagues. Further, the findings suggest that services are not only oriented towards the provision of medical care in a strict medical sense. On top of this, veterinarians need to deal with various expectations and wishes of clients which influence their decision-making. As it will be shown, factors like the possibility of referring patients to specialist veterinarians or prompt diagnostic results influence their decision-making.

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