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Conducting school-based focus groups: lessons learned from the CATS project.

June Andrews Horowitz¹, Judith A Vessey, Karen L Carlson

¹University of New Mexico, College of Nursing, Albuquerque, NM, USA. june.horwitz@bc.edu

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

|October 22, 2003

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Conducting focus groups with children in schools offers valuable qualitative data but presents unique challenges. This study details lessons learned for effective school-based focus group research with young participants.

Area of Science:

Child psychology
Qualitative research methods
Educational research

Background:

Focus groups are effective for gathering children's perspectives.
School-based focus groups face unique logistical and ethical challenges.
Limited research addresses the specificities of conducting focus groups with children in educational settings.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the challenges and best practices for conducting school-based focus groups with children.
To provide practical guidance for researchers aiming to elicit children's views in educational contexts.
To share lessons learned from the Child-Adolescent Teasing Scale (CATS) project.

Main Methods:

Qualitative analysis of experiences from conducting school-based focus groups.

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Application of lessons learned from the Child-Adolescent Teasing Scale (CATS) project.

Examination of key issues including school access, consent, confidentiality, child development, and group safety.

Main Results:

Successful school-based focus groups require careful planning and adaptation to the school environment.
Addressing children's cognitive development and ensuring safety are crucial for data quality.
Ethical considerations like informed consent and confidentiality need specific strategies for child participants.

Conclusions:

School-based focus groups are a feasible and valuable method for researching children's experiences.
Effective implementation hinges on understanding and mitigating challenges related to the school setting and child participants.
This research offers practical insights for enhancing the quality and ethical conduct of child-focused qualitative research in schools.