Focus Groups: A Selective Annotated Bibliography

by Graham R. Walden

Overview

Physicians, health researchers, and nurses make extensive use of focus groups. Thus, researchers and readers need access to the realm of applications of focus group methodology in the wide variety of medical and health sciences. In this second installment of a two-volume examination of ten recent years (1998-2007) of focus group studies and research literature, author Graham R. Walden turns his attention from the arts, humanities, and non-medical sciences to the medical and health sciences, concentrating on a broad range of studies in books, book chapters, and journal articles that are available in English. Focus Groups, Volume II: A Selective Annotated Bibliography: Medical and Health Sciences covers over 500 articles on a multitude of topics in the medical and health sciences, such as the health profession and the practice of medicine, public health, and several different bodily systems and types of diseases. The annotations in this bibliography describe the content of a source document to help the reader discern whether pursuit of the full text is appropriate or desirable. This book offers significant benefits to all medical personnel; graduate and undergraduate students; professional focus group practitioners; and individuals seeking increased awareness of studies that have been conducted in the health arena.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810869684
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2009
Pages:	442
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Graham R. Walden is a librarian and professor at Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     vii
Preface     ix
Introduction     xiii
Methodology
Comprehensive
Books     1
Chapters in Books     6
Journal Articles     14
Pamphlets     17
Analysis     18
Moderating     22
Multiple Sessions     26
Online     26
Participant Recruitment     35
Planning     35
Question Design     36
Special Techniques     36
Terminology     38
Arts and Humanities
Linguistics     39
Music     40
Religion     41
Sports and Leisure Studies     43
Social Sciences
Anthropology     45
Business
Accounting     46
Directory     47
Finance     47
Human Resources     48
Market Research
General Sources     51
Consumers     56
Products     60
Organizations     62
Small and Medium Enterprises     64
Cartography     66
Communication
Advertising     68
Bibliography     69
Journalism     69
Technical Writing     70
Television     72
Demography     74
Education
General Studies     75
Adult/Lifelong Learning     76
Auxiliary Services     77
Business     78
Comparative     79
Elementary     80
Health     81
Higher     83
Immigrant     89
Learning Disabilities     89
Measurement     90
Nutrition     91
Physical     93
Science     93
Secondary     94
Social Work     97
Law     98
Library Science
Administration     101
Bibliography     102
Catalog-Related     103
Information Technology     103
Methodology     106
Reference-Related     108
Specific Applications     110
Political Science
General Studies     112
Public Administration     115
Public Opinion     118
Psychology
Assessment     119
Body Image     119
Economic      120
Mental Health and Services     120
Mental Retardation     124
Prison and Jail Intervention     125
Quality of Life     127
Social     127
Vocational Rehabilitation     128
Sociology
Aging     128
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse     133
Children and Adolescents     136
Criminal Justice     141
Disabilities, People with     143
Ethnic Groups     146
Marriage and the Family     149
Sex and Sexual Behavior     154
Social Work     161
Theories     171
Women's Studies     173
Sciences
Agriculture     183
Biology     184
Engineering     186
Environmental Studies     190
Physics     190
Source Journals     193
Author Index     201
Subject Index     213
About the Author     223

Editorial Reviews

Highly recommended.... For the period covered, this volume represents a comprehensive overview of the ways focus groups have been used to gather data and investigate research problems within the medical and health sciences. It will be valuable for students, researchers, and practitioners and for qualitative methodologists interested in the application of focus group methods within medical fields of study.

Choice Reviews - R.V. Labaree

Walden offers a useful resource for determining the application of the technique in many nonmedical disciplines....This work provides a useful tool for identifying the many ways in which focus group studies have been used, but its strongest value is in its facilitation of a multidisciplinary understanding of methodological practice. Highly recommended.

Choice Reviews

Highly recommended for academic libraries, and for libraries supporting frequent users of focus groups.

American Reference Books Annual

Walden offers a useful resource for determining the application of the technique in many nonmedical disciplines....This work provides a useful tool for identifying the many ways in which focus group studies have been used, but its strongest value is in its facilitation of a multidisciplinary understanding of methodological practice. Highly recommended.

February 2009 Choice Reviews

Highly recommended for academic libraries, and for libraries supporting frequent users of focus groups.

March 2009 American Reference Books Annual

Walden offers a useful resource for determining the application of the technique in many nonmedical disciplines....This work provides a useful tool for identifying the many ways in which focus group studies have been used, but its strongest value is in its facilitation of a multidisciplinary understanding of methodological practice. Highly recommended.

Choice

Highly recommended for academic libraries, and for libraries supporting frequent users of focus groups.--American Reference Books Annual, March 2009

Walden offers a useful resource for determining the application of the technique in many nonmedical disciplines....This work provides a useful tool for identifying the many ways in which focus group studies have been used, but its strongest value is in its facilitation of a multidisciplinary understanding of methodological practice. Highly recommended.--CHOICE, February 2009

From the Publisher

Walden offers a useful resource for determining the application of the technique in many nonmedical disciplines....This work provides a useful tool for identifying the many ways in which focus group studies have been used, but its strongest value is in its facilitation of a multidisciplinary understanding of methodological practice. Highly recommended.

February 2009 CHOICE