Designing an Occupational Exposure Report for Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 924-927
Author(s):  
Barbara Millet
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Occupational Exposures ◽  
South Florida ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
Exposure Risks

Despite the known carcinogenic hazards encountered by Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) personnel on the job, little is known about what reportable components should be documented from ARFF incidents. Interviews and focus groups were used to investigate ARFF firefighters’ knowledge of and behaviors related to occupational exposures. Two interviews and five focus group sessions were conducted with a total of 52 ARFF firefighters. We describe perceptions of occupational exposure risks among ARFF Firefighters in South Florida and characterize the variables needed for ARFF exposure reporting.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Focus Groups as a Technique to Determine the Market Potential for Wildflower Sod

HortScience ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 891E-891
Author(s):  
S.S. Barton ◽  
J. Mercer
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Marketing Plan ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Slide Presentation ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
Product Description

Two focus group sessions were conducted to determine the market potential for a new horticultural product, wildflower sod. One session included homeowners with suburban lots and an interest in wildflowers. Another session included landscape professionals, property managers, and garden center operators. Participants viewed a slide presentation about the uses of wildflowers and wildflower sod; a videotape illustrating wildflower sod installation; and a demonstration plot with wildflower sod planted at different spacings (solid, 50%, 25%, or plugs at 1”, 18”, or 24” centers) and at different times of year (fall, spring). The discussion was conducted by an unbiased facilitator. Participants cited the instant effect of wildflower sod as a major advantage. The price was viewed as acceptable for small areas, especially if sod was broken apart and spaced as plugs. Comments from participants were also used to develop an ideal product description and a marketing plan.

scholarly journals Community Consultation for Planned Emergent Use Research: Experiences From an Academic Medical Center (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan J Smischney ◽  
Jasleen Pannu ◽  
Richard F Hinds ◽  
Jennifer B McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Trial ◽  
Informed Consent ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Community Consultation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Group Sessions

BACKGROUND Emergent use research—research involving human subjects that have a life-threatening medical condition and who are unlikely to provide informed consent—in critical illness is fraught with challenges related to obtaining informed consent. Per federal regulations, to meet criteria to conduct such trials, the investigators have to seek community consultations. Effective ways of obtaining this consultation remains ill-defined. OBJECTIVE We sought to describe methods, interpretations, and our experiences of conducting community consultation in a planned emergent use randomized controlled trial. METHODS As part of a planned emergent use clinical trial in our study, community consultation consisted of four focus groups sessions with members from the community in which the clinical trial was conducted. Three focus group sessions were conducted with members who had an affiliation to Mayo Clinic, and the other focus group session was conducted with non-Mayo affiliation members. The feedback from the focus group sessions led to the creation of the public notification plan. The public was notified of the trial through community meetings as well as social media. RESULTS As compared to community meetings, focus group sessions resulted in greater attendance with more interactive discussions. Moreover, focus group sessions resulted in greater in-depth conversations leading to institutional acceptance of the clinical trial under study. CONCLUSIONS Exception from informed consent can be acceptable to the community. Focus groups provided better participation and valuable interactive insight as compared to community meetings in our study. This could serve as a valuable guide for investigators pursuing exception from informed consent in their research studies.

scholarly journals Embracement as an analyzer of the relationships between professionals, managers and users

2017 ◽  
Vol 51 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinira Magali Fortuna ◽  
Karemme Ferreira de Oliveira ◽  
Adriana Barbieri Feliciano ◽  
Mônica Vilchez da Silva ◽  
Flávio Adriano Borges ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Institutional Analysis ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
The Media ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
Service Managers

Abstract OBJECTIVE Analyzing the relationships among professionals and between professionals with managers and users based on the user embracement analyzer. METHOD A qualitative study incorporating the theoretical-methodological reference of institutional analysis. The data were produced through focus groups and organized from transcription, transposition and reconstitution. Seventeen (17) focus group sessions were conducted involving six municipalities and health professionals from various backgrounds. RESULTS 137 professionals participated in this study. User embracement has been carried out with the aim to organize spontaneous demand. Doctors have not been directly involved, although they have the final say. Intermediate nursing deals with the users and nurses perform important negotiation work among the network sectors. The receptionists and the community agents develop the first approach to the users, forwarding them to nursing to negotiate the service. Managers hope to avoid complaints by attending everyone. Users take advantage of party politics and of the media for services when there is no access. CONCLUSION User embracement is an analyzer, since it produces visibility and readability of the relations being produced in health services, and when analyzed can lead to denaturalizing these actions.

On Focus Groups

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. W. Rhodes
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Diverse Group ◽  
Prime Ministers ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
Being There ◽  
Administrative Elites

This chapter suggests that focus groups are a useful ethnographic tool in the study of governing elites. Focus groups provide an alternative way of ‘being there’ when the rules about secrecy and access prevent participant observation. The chapter describes the job of prime ministers’ chiefs of staff before explaining the research design, the preparations for the focus group sessions, and the strategies used to manage the dynamics of a diverse group that included former political enemies and factional rivals. It outlines the approach to analysis and interpretation before reviewing the strengths and weaknesses of focus groups for research into political and administrative elites. It concludes that focus groups are a valuable tool for making tacit knowledge explicit, but they must be located in a broader framework and be part of a larger toolkit.

scholarly journals Using Focus Groups to Determine Market Potential for Wildflower Sod

1996 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-276
Author(s):  
Susan S. Barton ◽  
Jo Mercer ◽  
Charles J. Molnar
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Small Areas ◽  
Slide Presentation ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
Product Description

Two focus-group sessions were conducted to determine the market potential of a new horticultural product—wildflower sod. One session included homeowners with suburban lots and an interest in wildflowers. Another session included landscape professionals, property managers, and garden center operators. Participants viewed a slide presentation about the uses of wildflowers and wildflower sod, a videotape illustrating wildflower sod installation, and a demonstration plot planted with wildflower sod. The discussion was conducted by an unbiased facilitator. Participants cited the instant effect of wildflower sod as a major advantage. The price was viewed as acceptable for small areas, especially if sod was broken apart and spaced as plugs. Comments from the participants were used to develop an ideal product description and yielded merchandising recommendations.

scholarly journals Mobile application development structured in self-care for occupational post-exposure prophylaxis to biological material

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Maria Cenzi ◽  
Maria Helena Palucci Marziale
Keyword(s):  
Occupational Exposure ◽  
Biological Material ◽  
Phase 1 ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Occupational Exposures ◽  
Post Exposure Prophylaxis ◽  
Phase 2 ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Antiretroviral Prophylaxis ◽  
Exposure Risks

ABSTRACT Objective: to develop and validate an application for cellphones structured in self-care to encourage adherence to antiretroviral prophylaxis after occupational exposure to biological material. Methods: phase 1 - descriptive study to identify characteristics of occupational exposure; phase 2 - methodological study to construct and validate an application content aiming to increase adherence to antiretrovirals. Results: phase 1 - 55 occupational exposures were recorded; 32 (58.2%) antiretroviral indication. Blood was present in 96.9% of exposures; most professionals have insufficient knowledge about exposure risks. A statistical relationship was identified between self-care and adherence (p<0.001). Phase 2 - application was constructed, validated by 11 experts, and considered appropriate to encourage health professionals for self-care and adherence to antiretrovirals. Conclusion: the application “Exposição Ocupacional ao HIV” was considered adequate to expand self-care and adherence of professionals to prophylactic treatment to occupational infections arising from biological risks.

Qualitative methods to explore health issues among young moldovans

Open Medicine ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 435-443 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorraine Wallace ◽  
Judithanne McLauchlan
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Financial Resources ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Risky Health Behaviors ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
Social Level

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to explore perceptions of health-related issues among youth residing in Chişinău, Moldova, through a combination of photovoice and focus group methodologies. During June, 2011, 13 youth, aged 10 to 17, participated in photovoice and focus group sessions. Participants were instructed to take between 10 and 20 photographs, over a 7 day period, representing health-related issues in their community. During focus group sessions, participants, as a group, were asked to sort photographs into piles based on similarly and/or themes. The SHOWeD mnemonic method was used to guide discussion about photographs from a personal to social level. Content analyses were used to summarize and interpret collected data. Seven common themes emerged across both focus groups, including: (1) abundance of garbage in public spaces; (2) homeless dogs wandering the streets; (3) unsafe drinking water; (4) individuals engaging in risky health behaviors, including cigarette smoking and alcohol use; (5) large number of individuals with limited financial resources; (6) considerable number of individuals forced to live in suboptimal living conditions; and (7) poor road and sidewalk conditions. CBPR methods, including photovoice and focus groups, offer promise in gathering valuable information to inform health-related policy in Moldova in the future.

scholarly journals Attitudes and emotions of trainees in learning disability psychiatry

2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 254-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Graham ◽  
Rosemary Herbert ◽  
Sarah Price ◽  
Shan Williams
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Learning Disability ◽  
Potential Problem ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Video Tape ◽  
Negative Experiences ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Group Sessions ◽  
Balint Group

Aims and MethodWe aimed to formally examine the attitudes and emotions engendered in a group of senior house officers (SHOs) working in learning disability, by means of focus groups held both during and immediately after placement. Three hour-long focus group sessions, facilitated by a consultant psychotherapist, were recorded on audio- and video-tape. Transcripts of the audiotapes were examined in order to identify themes and categorise them in terms of attitudes, behaviours and emotions.ResultsMany of the thoughts, feelings and behaviours identified showed negative themes originating from the trainees, particularly towards themselves and patients. The trainees only twice perceived themselves to be the recipients of any positive themes.Clinical ImplicationsAddressing these negative experiences as a potential problem might enrich and enhance trainees' experiences of their learning disability placements. A Balint group could be a starting point for this. If the problem were addressed, recruitment to and retention within the specialty might improve.

59. General medicine residents' perception of the mini-CEXs

2007 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
S. Malhotra ◽  
R. Hatala ◽  
C.-A. Courneya
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
General Medicine ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Medical Teacher ◽  
The Impact

The mini-CEX is a 30 minute observed clinical encounter. It can be done in the outpatient, inpatient or emergency room setting. It strives to look at several parameters including a clinical history, physical, professionalism and overall clinical competence. Trainees are rated using a 9-point scoring system: 1-3 unsatisfactory, 4-6 satisfactory and 7-9 superior. Eight months after the introduction of the mini-CEX to the core University of British Columbia Internal Medicine Residents, a one hour semi-structured focus group for residents in each of the three years took place. The focus groups were conducted by an independent moderator, audio-recorded and transcribed. Using a phenomenological approach the comments made by the focus groups participants were read independently by three authors, organized into major themes. In doing so, several intriguing common patterns were revealed on how General Medicine Residents perceive their experience in completing a mini-CEX. The themes include Education, Assessment and Preparation for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine exam. Resident learners perceived that the mini-CEX process provided insight into their clinical strengths and weaknesses. Focus group participants favored that the mini-CEX experience will benefit them in preparation, and successful completion of their licensing exam. Daelmans HE, Overmeer RM, van der Hem-Stockroos HH, Scherpbier AJ, Stehouwer CD, van der Vleuten CP. In-training assessment: qualitative study of effects on supervision and feedback in an undergraduate clinical rotation. Medical Education 2006; 40(1):51-8. De Lima AA, Henquin R, Thierer J, Paulin J, Lamari S, Belcastro F, Van der Vleuten CPM. A qualitative study of the impact on learning of the mini clinical evaluation exercise in postgraduate training. Medical Teacher January 2005; 27(1):46-52. DiCicco-Bloom B, Crabtree BF. The Qualitative Research Interview. Medical Education 2006; 40:314-32.

scholarly journals Blending Indigenous Sharing Circle and Western Focus Group Methodologies for the Study of Indigenous Children’s Health: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 160940692110151
Author(s):  
Sarah C. Hunt ◽  
Nancy L. Young
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Children's Health ◽  
Children’S Health ◽  
Community Advisory Board ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Sharing Circles

The primary objective of this systematic review was to investigate how Western focus groups and Indigenous sharing circles have been blended for the study of Indigenous children’s health. The secondary objective of this study was to propose recommendations for adapting focus groups to include elements of sharing circles. This systematic review was conducted using a systematic search of original research articles published between 2009 and 2020 that (a) focused on North American Indigenous children’s health and (b) used group-based qualitative methods including focus groups and sharing circles. Each of the articles was screened for relevance and quality. The methods sections were reviewed, subjected to qualitative content analysis, and codes were analyzed to identify common themes and synthesize results. We identified 29 articles, most of which followed a community-based participatory research approach. In these publications, most included a community advisory board, ethics approval was obtained, and in some cases, community members were included as research assistants. There was evidence that sharing circles and focus group methods had been blended in the recent Indigenous children’s health literature. This was particularly apparent in the authors’ approaches to recruitment, location, facilitation techniques, question format and reimbursement. Several groups have published results that describe approaches that successfully incorporated aspects of Indigenous sharing circles into Western focus groups, thus establishing a research method that is culturally safe and appropriate for the study of Indigenous children’s health.

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