ERIC Number: EJ848353
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Mar
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-0147
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Combining Causal Model and Focus Group Discussions Experiences Learned from a Socio-Anthropological Research on the Differing Perceptions of Caretakers and Health Professionals on Children's Health (Bolivia/Peru)
Lefevre, Pierre; de Suremain, Charles-Edouard; Rubin de Celis, Emma; Sejas, Edgar
Qualitative Report, v9 n1 p1-17 Mar 2004
The paper discusses the utility of constructing causal models in focus groups. This was experienced as a complement to an in-depth ethnographic research on the differing perceptions of caretakers and health professionals on child's growth and development in Peru and Bolivia. The rational, advantages, difficulties and necessary adaptations of combining the two techniques are discussed on the basis of concrete examples. Authors conclude that the building of a causal model in a focus group session can be useful in comparing lay etiologies of diseases as perceived by different categories of caretakers and health professionals and in identifying specific health risks faced by children. Causal model building in a focus group can help renew discussions and participants' interest but its use is only justified when the study concerns the perception of the causality of a given phenomenon. (Contains 3 tables, 4 figures and 7 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Causal Models, Focus Groups, Health Personnel, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Child Caregivers, Mothers, Attitudes, Differences, Child Health, Child Development, Action Research, Participatory Research, Social Science Research, Interviews, Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Bolivia; Peru
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