Erica,
Thank you for your ideas.  How and where could I get a copy of your summary report?
Gayle

-----Original Message-----
From:   Erica MacIntyre [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:19 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        Re: Use of focus groups & poverty

Hi,
We held a focus group in our area in one of the emergency food programs as
part of a community health goals process along with other groups. We
developed our own approach and it was also adapted for a downtown needs
assessment involving additional focus groups in low income areas in the
downtown core.  We drew heavily from a document we were refered to from
Click4HP at http://www.utoronto.ca/qol/manual.htm  There is also a good Sage
publication by R. Krueger entitled, Focus Groups - A Practical Guide for
Applied Research."  It is research oriented.  There are also many practical
guides on the web - good ones were
http://www.ln.edu.hk/mkt/courses/howtodofocusgroups.doc

http://www.usaid.gov/pubs/usaid_eval/#02

We eventually pulled the focus group reports and other consultation methods
all together into one summary report.

Erica MacIntyre, Health Planner

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Health Promotion on the Internet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
> Behalf Of Gayle Rutherford
> Sent: January 22, 2003 3:36 PM
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> Subject: Use of focus groups & poverty
>
>
> Hi,
> I would like to access reports or documentation of focus groups that have
> been conducted with individuals living on low-income, particularly related
> to the relationship between low-income and health.   I am interested in
> focus groups (or other methods of qualitative data collection) that have
> been conducted in Canada over the past 5 years with any of the population
> groups known to be most affected by poverty.
>
> I believe that it is important for the people most affected by poverty to
> have a voice and to be involved as much as possible in the development of
> solutions.  However, I would like to avoid duplication if this information
> has already been gathered and can be shared.
> I look forward to your responses.
>
> Gayle Rutherford, Rutherford Consulting Group Inc.
> 108 Valhalla Cres. N.W.
> Calgary, AB T3A 1Z9
> Phone 403-286-5983
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>
> One person living in poverty said to me, "This takes time, effort and
> support.  If we give the time and effort can we count on your support to
> improve the circumstances that we find unhealthy?"
>
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