This resource corresponds to Module 5.
Goals/objectives of the research
- What you wanted to learn, why, and how you planned
to use the information
Target participants and eligibility criteria
- Procedures for identifying, contacting, and screening
participants, including a description of the incentives offered
- Refusal/response rate
- Evidence that the recruits represent the target
population
- Human subjects and confidentiality issues
Focus group procedures
- Number of groups
- Number of participants by group (including demographic
characteristics)
- Group times, days, and setting
- Number and roles of leaders
- Focus group protocol (including opening statement,
main questions and probes)
- Copies of any questionnaires administered
- Problems encountered
Data analysis procedures
- Participants (i.e., who contributed to
the data analysis)
- Materials reviewed (for example, leaders’ notes,
transcripts, audio recordings)
- How differences in selection and interpretation
of the data among analysts were resolved (assuming there were
such differences)
Findings/conclusions
- Themes and illustrative quotations presented
for each main question, noting any differences by group or
type of participant
- A list (for each question) of how many participants
shared each opinion or experience, the strength of each opinion,
and links between types of participants, opinions, and experiences
- Interpretation and implications of the findings
(especially implications for your programmatic activities)
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