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Calderon, Jose Luis – Qualitative Report, 2011
This article is part of The Weekly Qualitative Report's occasional series on "How-To Collect Qualitative Data." The qualitative data collection method described is that of focused discussion groups (FDG's). This method involves the moderator, or scripter as is the preferred term in focused discussion groups, to move beyond that of a…
Descriptors: Discussion Groups, Data Collection, Focus Groups, Qualitative Research
Castaneda, Rosa Maria; Golden, Olivia – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
This report summarizes the roundtable "Infants and Toddlers in State and Federal Budgets: Yesterday's Choices, Today's Decisions, Tomorrow's Options" conducted by the Urban Institute, with support from the A.L. Mailman Family Foundation, on March 30, 2009. The roundtable's focus grew out of the widely perceived mismatch between sharply limited…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Toddlers, Infants, Change Strategies
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Wyatt, Tami H.; Krauskopf, Patricia B.; Davidson, Rachel – Journal of School Nursing, 2008
School nurses often find themselves developing health-related programs for children and adolescents. One way to create compelling and interesting programs that meet the needs of students is to include them in the planning, development, and evaluation of such programs through focus groups. Children provide a perspective about their particular…
Descriptors: School Nurses, Health Programs, Focus Groups, Program Development
PACER Center, 2004
In the fall of 2003, PACER Center's Parent Partnership Project for Children's Mental Health conducted a survey to better understand what parents and families need from the children?s mental health system in Minnesota. The research team developed a survey questionnaire, a telephone interview, and a focus group session directed at learning what was…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Health Services, Focus Groups, Mental Health Programs
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Mueller, Keith J.; Coburn, Andrew F.; MacKinney, A. Clinton; McBride, Timothy D.; Slifkin, Rebecca T.; Wakefield, Mary K. – Journal of Rural Health, 2005
Sweeping changes to the Medicare program embodied in the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA), including a new prescription drug benefit, changes in payment policies, and reform of the Medicare managed-care program, have major implications for rural health care. The most efficient mechanism for research to…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Policy, Access to Health Care, Pharmacy
PACER Center, 2004
In the fall of 2003, PACER Center's Parent Partnership Project for Children's Mental Health conducted a survey to better understand what parents and families need from the children's mental health system in Minnesota. The research team developed a survey questionnaire, a telephone interview, and a focus group session directed at learning what was…
Descriptors: Children, Child Health, Health Services, Mental Health Programs