Focus Group as a Method of Data Collection in Nursing Research

An Experiential Report

Bibliographic Data

ID2410099
AuthorsLucia Beatriz Ressel (0000-0002-2836-1997), Dulce Maria Rosa Gualda, Rosa Maria Braccini Gonzalez
Year2002
Volume1
Issue2
Pages51-62
Publication date2002-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1609-4069 • E-ISSN: 1609-4069
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/160940690200100205
OpenAlexW1651809677
LanguageEN
Citations received3

This article reports an experience with the focus group as a method of data collection in nursing research. Five discussion/reflection meetings were carried out having sexuality in nursing care practice as the central focus, with a group of seven students in the Nursing Graduation Course of the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), in August and September 2001. It has been described here the motivation and the justification for the use of this technique; the organization of the group meetings; a synthesis of each one and its final evaluation

Data collection · Experiential learning · Focus (optics · Focus group · Graduation (instrument · Medical education · Nursing care · Pedagogy · Reflection (computer programming · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Engineering · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Science and Education Research · Women's cancer prevention and management

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