Gates, Bob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7822-6905 and Waight, Mary
(2007)
Reflections on conducting focus groups with people with learning disabilities: theoretical and practical issues.
Journal of Research in Nursing, 12 (2).
pp. 111-126.
ISSN 1361-4096
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Abstract
This paper examines the use of focus groups as a methodological approach when undertaking research with people with learning disabilities. This is presented within the context of an ongoing research project that has principally adopted a participatory research approach and that is seeking to understand how people with learning disabilities conceptualise and understand their mental health. As such, this paper may be seen as a critical case study of the ongoing methodological challenges of using focus groups, as well as exploring some of the thornier practical issues such as recruitment, attendance, data collection, ethical issues and matters of consent, facilitation, venue and payment in adopting this approach when undertaking research with people with learning disabilities. The paper concludes that the focus group approach is a legitimate methodological approach within the research process in the field of learning disabilities.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal of Research in Nursing, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2007, © SAGE Publications Ltd 2007, on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Focus groups; Learning disabilities; Theoretical issues; Practical issues; Research |
Subjects: | Medicine and health > Nursing |
Depositing User: | Rod Pow |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jul 2012 15:38 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 07:16 |
URI: | http://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/153 |
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