Literature review: Considerations in undertaking focus group research with culturally and linguistically diverse groups

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1000-1011

  Halcomb, Elizabeth J ^a   Gholizadeh, Leila ^a   DiGiacomo, Michelle ^a   Phillips, Jane ^b   Davidson, Patricia M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Mid North Coast Division of General Practice   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Multicultural populations; Nurses; Nursing; Qualitative research; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOCUS GROUPS; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SAMPLE SIZE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 34249021069     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01760.x     Document Type: Review

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