Focus Groups Clause Samples

Focus Groups. The State will annually conduct four focus groups with enrolled populations identified by the State and communicated in writing to the contractor. Objectives for the focus groups will be collaboratively developed by the State and the contractor. For the first contract year, two focus groups each will be conducted with enrollees who have communication-affecting disorders and with enrollees who are elderly. Focus group results will be reported by the State. The contractor shall identify opportunities for improvement identified through the focus groups, specify additional measurement or intervention efforts developed to address the opportunities for improvement, and a timeline, subject to State approval, indicating when such activities will be completed. A status report on the additional measurement or intervention efforts shall be submitted annually to the State by a date specified by DMAHS.

Focus Groups. To gain insight into the needs and perceptions of sub-populations in the Parkview Health System (Parkview) area, focus groups were conducted in Allen, Noble, and Kosciusko Counties. Focus groups are a data collection technique that capitalizes on group interactions to provide qualitative information on a range of topics and in various research fields [1]. Our objective was to receive input from populations underrepresented in the telephone survey on health risks and concerns in their communities. Altogether, three focus groups were arranged by Parkview: one with African American participants in ▇▇▇▇▇ County, one with Hispanic participants in Noble County, and one with Hispanic participants in Kosciusko County. Only one participant attended the Kosciusko focus group so an interview was conducted. His responses to questions mirrored those of the Noble County group. Each focus group was audio-taped and an assistant moderator took notes. The following is a summary of the risks to health, greatest health concerns, and the gaps and strengths of health services in the community. The health risks identified by focus group participants in ▇▇▇▇▇ County include: poor diet, lack of exercise, substance use, mental health issues, poor prenatal care, limited accessibility to grocery stores with healthy options, and little knowledge of preventive care. The group believe that while there are some services available to address these concerns, the information is not getting to the population with the greatest need, “so, I think the people you most want to help are the people least likely to attend.” It is “an unfortunate truth of the black community that we won’t move unless there’s a lure.” Community days are frequently held in the county, however without an incentive to go to a screening or sign up for resources, residents are unlikely to participate. Additionally, a grass roots organization, “meet people where they are at”, is the best way to reach those individuals. Poor dietary habits is viewed as a major contributor to health risks. Certain areas do not have healthy food grocery stores and as a result, too many individuals resort to “junk food” obtained at service stations to replace fresh fruits and vegetables. Cooking dinner for the family is on the decrease, often because of busy lives or parents are tired after working all day. While meals prepared at home is preferable to unhealthy options at the 7-11, many packaged foods are high in sodium, calories, and fat. Thi...

Focus Groups. The consultant team will host up to four (4) virtual focus groups, with different staff members and elected officials from member communities, on strategies and actions that may be considered in the CSAP. The Toole Design Team will document focus group discussions and identify themes that present regional opportunities for collaboration in a summary memorandum. Consultants will assess and review transportation safety related data for quality and completeness, and will work with the MPO to collect, clean, and consolidate current available data for safety analysis. Consultants anticipate using crash, transportation feature, user, activity, land use, and equity data to identifying key crash patterns, locations with high crash frequency and risks, and systemic risk factors that may contribute to future crashes. Consultants will assess multiple datasets and build a GIS database that consolidates and contextualizes crash data with roadway and land use contexts. Based on the quality and completeness of the data, the project team may use assumptions to fill data gaps. The data assessment results, and any assumptions made, will be documented in a memorandum. The data quality and completeness memorandum will be a key check point for the TSC to agree to data sources to further develop the collection of near miss or hard braking data. Below are the data types consultants will seek to help contextualize crash data and inform a systemic safety analysis. The Iowa Crash Analysis Tool (ICAT) is a robust database of reported crash details, and we will use crash data from the most recent five-year period as the basis for our crash mapping and descriptive crash analysis in Task 3. However, consultants may request to review other crash data sources, such as emergency medical services and redacted police reports as needed to further understand the factors in fatal and serious injury crashes across the region. Roadway features are critical to determining crash risk. By joining transportation features to crash data, our team will be able to perform systemic analysis and identify key emphasis areas. Toole Design anticipates using data available through Iowa DOT’s Road Network portal and other transportation network data made available through the MPO and its local partners (e.g., signal, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, crosswalks, etc.). Similar data will be needed for crash risk assessment on locally controlled roadways. Our team will also incorporate datasets like transit rou...

Focus Groups. 7 The Field Training Program Coordinator and Academy staff shall conduct focus groups 8 with randomly selected trainee officers midway through the field-training cycle, upon completion 9 of field training, and six (6) months after completion of the field training program, to determine the 10 extent to which the Academy instructors and curriculum prepared the new officers for their duties.

Focus Groups. Draft focus group materials and coordinate TAC review of these materials; Prepare final focus group materials. Conduct two rounds of five (5) focus groups with the BIPOC community. The first round of focus groups will present information on Portland’s economy and explain the role and purpose of the EOA. The discussion will explore key elements of economic prosperity and desired opportunities that will help inform the EOA policy choices and evaluation. The second round of focus groups will explore deeper into the EOA policy choices and the evaluation of expected outcomes from different combinations of choices. The discussion also will explore different programs and investments that are needed to implement the preferred set of choices. The results of the focus groups will help inform the Discussion (first) Draft of the EOA, especially in terms of which issues to address, evaluation factors, and a preferred scenario.

Focus Groups. A focus group usually involves a group of people discussing a particular topic, facilitated by a researcher or moderator (▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1994; ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1999; ▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1998). Four focus groups were used in this project to provide an opportunity to ask participants about themselves and their views about PES, science, science education and cultural participation. In order to explore views about PES, something participants were by and large not involved with, I used vignettes of PES issues and activities to provide background explanations about PES, in particular, the political contexts of PES. Vignettes are used by ethnographers to explore imaginary scenarios with people (▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2000). I used examples of an environmental PES project (the ‘Green Streets’ project in Lewisham), the issues raised by hybrid embryos and cloning, genetically modified crops, ‘mad cow’ disease, nanotechnology and mobile phones. One focus group was carried out with each of the four participating community groups, in community venues of their choice. Focus groups also created a space for participants to discuss additional issues related to PES in a comfortable group setting, in a way that minimised my influence as a researcher in determining the terms of the discussion. For example, participants prompted one another and asked each other questions that I had not thought of, or did not feel comfortable asking. As ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ have suggested: Focus groups are ideal for exploring people’s experiences, opinions, wishes and concerns. The method is particularly useful for allowing participants to generate their own questions, frames and concepts and to pursue their own priorities on their own terms, in their own vocabulary. (1999, p. 5) The disadvantages of working with focus groups include discussions being taken over or derailed by particularly confident participants, and less confident participants being overwhelmed. This problem was addressed by combining focus groups with interviews to provide opportunities for all participants to voice their opinions and discuss their experiences (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1998). The data from focus groups were used to contextualise and triangulate data from field notes, interviews and accompanied visits (Vaughan, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 1996).

Focus Groups. Evaluators will conduct annual focus groups (virtual and / or in-person) to collect data from diverse stakeholders (student, parent, teacher, partner) through structured interviews regarding project impact; (6)

Focus Groups. All four focus groups took place in cafés across the street from the respective hospitals on June 24-25, 2014. A member of the team verbally administered the survey in Spanish to all participants prior to the discussions; the author and ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ later double entered and reconciled all survey data in Microsoft Excel. Focus groups lasted 77-101 minutes and were digitally recorded. SC Calle transcribed all recordings in Spanish in July 2014, and the author de-identified transcriptions between July – October 2014.

Focus Groups. A Focus Group is a cross-functional and cross-organizational team of designated representatives of the Project Team collaborating on the design, development, assessment, or implementation of major Project components, systems, or deliverables. In particular, during the design phase the Project Team should consider using Focus Groups to develop recommendations that meet CoS and address cost/schedule constraints of the Project. If used, each Focus Group should have a designated Focus Group Leader who is responsible for planning and managing the activities of the Focus Group, including reporting periodically to the project management team (typically the PM level for the Authority, Consultant and CM) tracking all project metrics (scope, budget, and schedule). Immediately after a CM is on board, the CM should be integrated into Focus Groups to provide real time constructability, cost and schedule inputs.