scholarly journals A qualitative study of barriers and opportunities for concussion communication and management among parents of youth sports athletes

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 205970021986186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Sarmiento ◽  
Zoe Donnell ◽  
Elizabeth Bell ◽  
Bethany Tennant ◽  
Rosanne Hoffman
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Youth Sports ◽  
Young Athletes ◽  
Focus Group Methodology ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Emerging Themes ◽  
Barriers And Opportunities

Background Concussion, a commonly reported injury among young athletes, can lead to short- and long-term physical, cognitive, emotional, and sleep-related symptoms. Parents are in a unique position to help identify a possible concussion and to support an athlete’s recovery. Methods This qualitative study used a focus group methodology to explore five research questions focused on two main topics: (1) parents’ perception of concussion and (2) parent–athlete communication. Two authors independently reviewed notes from each of the focus groups and then generated a list of emerging themes related to five research questions. Results Parents in this study valued and were interested in discussing concussion with their athletes. However, parents were uncertain about their role in promoting concussion safety and often rely on coaches to communicate with athletes about concussion reporting and recovery. Participants described barriers their athletes may face in concussion reporting and suggested strategies to improve communication about both reporting and recovery. Conclusion Concussion education efforts may benefit from promoting specific actions parents can take to prevent concussion and how to communicate effectively with their child about reporting a possible concussion.

Older people's needs following major disasters: a qualitative study of Iranian elders' experiences of the Bam earthquake

2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALI ARDALAN ◽  
MONIR MAZAHERI ◽  
KOUROSH HOLAKOUIE NAIENI ◽  
MOHSEN REZAIE ◽  
FARIBA TEIMOORI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Older People ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Bam Earthquake ◽  
Emergency Relief ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
Individual Interviews ◽  
Response And Recovery

ABSTRACTElders have long been recognised as among the most vulnerable people in disaster events. This paper reports a qualitative study of the self-perceived needs of older people in the aftermath of the Bam earthquake in Iran in 2003. A total of 56 people aged from 65 to 88 years were recruited to the study using purposive sampling, including 29 men and 27 women. Six focus group discussions and ten semi-structured individual interviews were conducted. Each focus group involved six to ten people from the cities of Bam and Baravat and their rural suburbs. Content analysis was used to analyse the transcribed data. The analysis identified four major themes among the informants' concerns: inappropriate service delivery, affronts to dignity, feeling insecure and emotional distress. A disaster-prone country like Iran needs to be appropriately prepared with culturally sensitive plans to meet the needs of those who suffer from their effects, not least older people. Emergency relief managers should note that for many older people in a disaster zone, customary forms of relief are neither required nor appropriate, and that their distinctive immediate and long-term needs should be assessed and met. Relief agencies need to be trained to be age-sensitive and should mainstream older people's rights in the planning and implementation of both the response and recovery phases of assistance.

Focus Group Interviews: Exploratory Research in Introductory Marketing Classes

1987 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ce Ce Iandoli ◽  
Mary Cullinan
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Market Research ◽  
Focus Group Interview ◽  
Group Interview ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Focus Group Interviews ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Group Interviews

Involving marketing students in a focus group interview is an exciting way to introduce them to exploratory market research. In this article, the authors provide step-by-step procedures and a “script” that helps instructors organize the focus group and use it as a basis for short- and long-term projects.

Potential for Smoke-Free Policies in Social Venues to Prevent Smoking Uptake and Reduce Relapse: A Qualitative Study

2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Wakefield ◽  
Melissa Cameron ◽  
Michael Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Smoking Behavior ◽  
Smoking Rate ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Smoking Relapse ◽  
Focus Group Methodology ◽  
Smoking Uptake ◽  
Social Smokers

The purpose of this article is to better understand the utility of smoking in pubs/bars and nightclubs and explore perceptions of how smoke-free policies might influence smoking behavior. Qualitative focus group methodology was used involving young social smokers and older regular smokers. Pubs/bars and nightclubs were valued as the few remaining indoor public places where people could relax and smoke. These venues were perceived to provide encouragement for smoking more cigarettes by increasing smoking rate and facilitating smoking relapse. For young social smokers, smoking provided an opportunity to be part of a “cool” in-group. Older regular smokers felt pubs/bars provided strong cues for smoking relapse. Smokers felt they would adapt to smoke-free policies and expected these policies to reduce their smoking or assist quitting. Smoke-free policies in pubs/bars and nightclubs may assist smokers to quit and make it less likely that young social smokers will progress to regular smoking.

scholarly journals Improving interdisciplinary research through educational trading zones: A mixed methods approach to evaluating communication patterns between physicians and statisticians

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (25) ◽  
pp. 1164
Author(s):  
João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci ◽  
Luciano Andrade ◽  
Adelia Portero Batilana ◽  
Elias Andrade Carvalho ◽  
Aline Chotte Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Clinical Research ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Conceptual Models ◽  
Mixed Methods Approach ◽  
Trading Zones ◽  
Communication Difficulties ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Emerging Themes

Objective: The objective of this study was to perform a qualitative study to identify commonalities and differences in reasoning processes between these groups.Methods: A phenomenological qualitative study based on transcriptions of physicians and statisticians conceptualizing clinical cases and clinical research questions. Interviews were carried out with nine statisticians and sixteen physicians contacted virtually. The main outcome measures were emerging themes that were common to both expert groups.Results: Both groups used conceptual models -although different models- during their reasoning processes, but their concepts were not common between the groups complicating the exchange of information. Both groups were unaware that their specialty language was frequently inaccessible to non-specialists or specialists from other fields, which leads to communication difficulties. These difficulties were broadly classified into translational problems of field-specific terms and concepts. Field-specific terms would sometimes lead to misinterpretations while the translation of field-specific concepts often leads to content loss.Conclusions: The use of field-specific terms and concepts can lead to confusion and misinterpretation. Teams would benefit from taxonomies containing terms that can be understood by specialists from both disciplines

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