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  • Social Sciences
  • Public Health Research

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  • Focus group methodology often lacks detailed descriptions of the research process, particularly unexpected events.
  • A critical incident lens offers a framework for analyzing and understanding the complexities of focus group sessions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To apply a critical incident approach to analyze the experiences of conducting focus groups on the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
  • To explore the context and interactional dynamics within focus groups involving adolescent girls and their parents/caregivers.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a critical incident lens to examine the process of conducting focus groups.
  • Focused on focus groups concerning the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine with adolescent girls and parents/caregivers in New Mexico.

Main Results:

  • The critical incident lens facilitated a productive exploration of the context and interactional dynamics of the focus groups.
  • This approach highlighted and encouraged discussion of the challenges encountered during focus group conduction and analysis.

Conclusions:

  • A critical incident lens enriches qualitative analysis by providing a framework to understand unexpected events in focus groups.
  • Researchers are encouraged to adopt this lens to better document and discuss the realities of qualitative research conduct.