Responding to Homicide

2016 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M. Englebrecht ◽  
Derek T. Mason ◽  
Peggy J. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
The Impact

After a homicide, family members of the victim must cope with their loss and find ways to continue on with their lives. Research suggests that as “secondary victims,” this group may experience grief and cope in ways unique from other victims. Using focus group data, this article examines the impact of homicide on surviving family members. Our findings highlight the divergent ways in which individuals respond to homicide as well as the varying coping strategies families implement. Practical applications of these findings are discussed.

scholarly journals UK public library roles and value: A focus group analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Appleton ◽  
Hazel Hall ◽  
Alistair S. Duff ◽  
Robert Raeside
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Library Use ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Epistemic Role

Findings from a study of the advantages and disadvantages accrued by individuals from their public library use, and the impact of this on citizenship at individual and community levels, are presented. The analysis of longitudinal focus group data collected on two occasions at eight UK locations at a time of a so-called ‘public library crisis’ demonstrates a strong sense of the epistemic role of public libraries, and their conception as safe, welcoming, community-owned spaces. Links between public library use and the development of citizenship are less easily identified. However, the evidence shows that public library use facilitates participation in society, and provides resources to allow individuals and communities to fulfil their societal obligations.

scholarly journals Development of the Huntington Disease Family Concerns and Strategies Survey From Focus Group Data

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet K. Williams ◽  
J. Jackson Barnette ◽  
David Reed ◽  
Valmi D. Sousa ◽  
Debra L. Schutte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Huntington Disease ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Disease Family

Health concerns and management strategies among families of young and middle-age adults with Huntington’s disease (HD) are unknown. This study developed and tested psychometric properties of the Huntington Disease Family Concerns and Strategies Survey (HDFCSS). Focus group data from 91 adult family members were used to develop content. Content analysis yielded four domains that were transferred into Personal, Person With HD, Community Health Care Services, and Strategies scales. Focus group data, expert validation, and cognitive interviews demonstrated survey content validity. Cronbach’s alpha internal consistency coefficients for the scales were 0.83 or above. The measure can be used to generate reliable and valid data to identify adult family members’ health-related concerns and management strategies for themselves and persons with HD.

scholarly journals Coping Strategies and Low-Income Older Adults' Use of On-Line Portals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Reynolds ◽  
Sandhya Shimoga ◽  
Savanna Overley
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
On Line

There is qualitative focus group data and quantitative data from standardized questionnaires.

scholarly journals Coping Strategies and Low-Income Older Adults' Use of On-Line Portals

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Reynolds ◽  
Sandhya Shimoga ◽  
Savanna Overley
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
On Line

There is qualitative focus group data and quantitative data from standardized questionnaires.

scholarly journals Analysing group interaction in focus group research: Impact on content and the role of the moderator

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mette Grønkjær ◽  
Tine Curtis ◽  
Charlotte De Crespigny ◽  
Charlotte Delmar
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Group Interaction ◽  
Focus Group Research ◽  
Group Research ◽  
Group Data ◽  
The Social ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
The Impact

Interaction between group participants is considered the distinct advantage and hallmark of focus group research. It is therefore necessary to include the social interaction dynamics in analysing focus group data. Little information is however available on analysis of the social interaction in the group and the analytical outcome for the content of the data. This paper contributes to the discussion of the value of participant interaction in focus group research by analysing sequences of interaction collected recently during a research project. This project utilized focus groups to investigate the perceptions and meanings of alcohol use in Denmark. As a frame for analysing group interaction, elements of conversation analysis were used. The aim of this paper is to illustrate group interaction and its impact on the content of focus group data, and highlight the role and some of the challenges posed by group interaction for moderating the focus group discussion. The interaction analyses led to the construction of four interactional events: Negotiating and constructing normality in interaction, disagreement and/or consensus, homogeneity and the impact on interaction and content, and coming to and making sense of a dead-end (including the risk of hierarchical issues). The interactional events are followed by considerations on the impact they may have on the role of the moderator.

scholarly journals Design and pilot testing of a church-based intervention to address interpersonal and intrapersonal barriers to uptake of family planning in rural Tanzania: a qualitative implementation study

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-233
Author(s):  
Christine Aristide ◽  
Agrey Mwakisole ◽  
Nelusigwe Mwakisole ◽  
Mary Emmanuel ◽  
Evarist Laizer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Rural Tanzania ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
Educational Seminar ◽  
Church Communities

BackgroundUse of family planning (FP) saves the lives of mothers and children, and contributes to better economic outcomes for households and empowerment for women. In Tanzania, the overall unmet need for FP is high. This study aimed: (1) to use focus group data to construct a theoretical framework to understand the multidimensional factors impacting the decision to use FP in rural Tanzania; (2) to design and pilot-test an educational seminar, informed by this framework, to promote uptake of FP; and (3) to assess acceptability and further refine the educational seminar based on focus group data collected 3 months after the education was provided.MethodsWe performed a thematic analysis of 10 focus group discussions about social and religious aspects of FP from predominantly Protestant church attenders prior to any intervention, and afterwards from six groups of church leaders who had attended the educational seminar.ResultsKey interpersonal influences included lack of support from husband/partner, family members, neighbours and church communities. Major intrapersonal factors impeding FP use were lack of medical knowledge and information, misconceptions, and perceived incompatibility of FP and Christian faith. Post-seminar, leaders reported renewed intrapersonal perspectives on FP and reported teaching these perspectives to community members.ConclusionsAddressing intrapersonal barriers to FP use for leaders led them to subsequently address both intrapersonal and interpersonal barriers in their church communities. This occurred primarily by increasing knowledge and support for FP in men, family members, neighbours and church communities.

scholarly journals Strengthening parenting in conflict-affected communities: development of the Caregiver Support Intervention

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Miller ◽  
Heba Ghalayini ◽  
Maguy Arnous ◽  
Fadila Tossyeh ◽  
Alexandra Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Perceived Usefulness ◽  
Iterative Approach ◽  
Parenting Interventions ◽  
Caregiver Support ◽  
Support Intervention ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background There is robust evidence that compromised parenting, stemming from persistently high stress, mediates the impact of war and displacement on children's mental health and psychosocial wellbeing. Parenting interventions generally prioritize the acquisition of parenting knowledge and skills, while under-attending to parental stress and distress. This paper describes the development of the Caregiver Support Intervention (CSI), a nine-session group intervention for conflict-affected parents of children aged 3–13, that aims to strengthen parenting both indirectly, by lowering stress and improving psychosocial wellbeing among parents, and directly, by increasing knowledge and skill related to positive parenting. Methods We describe the multi-phase, iterative process by which we developed the CSI, and illustrate the essential role of community input in shaping the intervention and strengthening its cultural fit and perceived usefulness. We used focus group data from participants in successive cycles of implementation, feedback, and revision, as well as quantitative data and expert consultation to develop a culturally and empirically grounded intervention. Results This mixed-method, iterative approach to intervention development enabled us to develop a psychosocial intervention for conflict-affected caregivers that is feasible, acceptable, and perceived by participants as useful in addressing their own wellbeing and their parenting. Focus group data support the underlying model in which caregiver wellbeing powerfully influences parenting. Conclusions Programs aimed at strengthening parenting in conflict-affected communities should substantively address caregiver wellbeing. An iterative approach incorporating community feedback can help ensure intervention acceptability and feasibility. We also illustrate the feasibility of involving men in parenting interventions.

scholarly journals Quantified Nostalgia: Social Media, Metrics, and Memory

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 205630512110088
Author(s):  
Benjamin N. Jacobsen ◽  
David Beer
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
The Past ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Memory Practices ◽  
The Relationship

As social media platforms have developed over the past decade, they are no longer simply sites for interactions and networked sociality; they also now facilitate backwards glances to previous times, moments, and events. Users’ past content is turned into definable objects that can be scored, rated, and resurfaced as “memories.” There is, then, a need to understand how metrics have come to shape digital and social media memory practices, and how the relationship between memory, data, and metrics can be further understood. This article seeks to outline some of the relations between social media, metrics, and memory. It examines how metrics shape remembrance of the past within social media. Drawing on qualitative interviews as well as focus group data, the article examines the ways in which metrics are implicated in memory making and memory practices. This article explores the effect of social media “likes” on people’s memory attachments and emotional associations with the past. The article then examines how memory features incentivize users to keep remembering through accumulation. It also examines how numerating engagements leads to a sense of competition in how the digital past is approached and experienced. Finally, the article explores the tensions that arise in quantifying people’s engagements with their memories. This article proposes the notion of quantified nostalgia in order to examine how metrics are variously performative in memory making, and how regimes of ordinary measures can figure in the engagement and reconstruction of the digital past in multiple ways.

scholarly journals Parental perspective: The role of prostheses and prosthetics services in adjusting to a child’s upper limb difference

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Tara Sims
Keyword(s):  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Peer Support ◽  
Upper Limb ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Parental Adjustment ◽  
Prosthetic Devices ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND: The impact of paediatric upper limb difference may extend beyond the child themselves to their parents and other family members. Previous research has found that feelings of shock, numbness and loss are common amongst parents and that peer support can be a buffer against stress. OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed to explore the experiences of parents of children with limb difference, and the role of services and prosthetic devices in these experiences. METHODS: Nine parents of children with limb difference participated in either a group (n= 2) or individual (n= 7) interview. RESULTS: Analysis of the interview transcripts revealed four themes – ‘grief and guilt’, ‘prosthesis as a tool for parental adjustment’, ‘support’ and ‘fun and humour’. CONCLUSIONS: Parents may employ coping strategies to help them adjust to their child’s limb difference, including use of a prosthesis, accessing support from statutory services and peers, and use of fun and humour within the family.

User-centered Requirements for Patient Fluid Intake Monitoring Support

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 736-740
Author(s):  
Ellen J. Bass ◽  
Andrew J. Abbate ◽  
Yaman Noaiseh ◽  
Rose Ann DiMaria-Ghalili
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Fluid Intake ◽  
Fluid Consumption ◽  
Registered Dietitians ◽  
Group Data ◽  
Focus Group Data

There is a need to support patients with monitoring liquid intake. This work addresses development of requirements for real-time and historical displays and reports with respect to fluid consumption as well as alerts based on critical clinical thresholds. We conducted focus groups with registered nurses and registered dietitians in order to identify the information needs and alerting criteria to support fluid consumption measurement. This paper presents results of the focus group data analysis and the related requirements resulting from the analysis.

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