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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Focus Group Studies"”.
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Understanding Community Privacy through Focus Group Studies
… personally identifying information, so also is a group of people, a community, concerned about the privacy of sensitive information entrusted to their care. Our research seeks to develop a better understanding of the factors contributing to the sensitivity of community information, of the privacy …
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Is Brand Equity an Asset or a Liability in Brand Harm Crisis? Buffering and Amplifying Effects and Contingent Conditions
… in shaping consumer reactions. Results from focus group studies provide interesting insights into the amplifying and buffering effects. Moreover, research findings from two experiment studies show that brand equity amplifies consumer negative responses in a performance-related crisis but only …
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Philosophy for teenagers: Finding new relevence in old concepts
… also includes a report on the results of two focus group studies held with Year Eleven students. This action research was implemented for the purpose of collecting direct feedback from Philosophy and Ethics classes.
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The role and potential of marketing communications in the Turkish domestic tourism market
… interviews, observations at travel agencies, focus group studies and final interviews. This data illustrated how consumers collect and process information, when making holiday decisions and evaluated the role and potential of marketing communications in the Turkish domestic tourism market. …
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The Relationship between the Irish Sign Language Campaign and the Irish Deaf Community
… and their involvement in the campaign. The key focus is the social activism within the community – exploring a range of questions from how the campaign developed to how much do the community know and understand the impact in having ISL recognised as Ireland’s third official language. The …
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An exploratory study of patients' and physiotherapists' perceptions and preferences when making decisions and sharing information about managing low back pain in Saudi Arabia
… structured questionnaires followed by in-depth focus groups.<br/><br/>Methods: Phase 1: A cross-sectional study was conducted with patients with LBP (n=296) and physiotherapists (n=93) using self-completion questionnaires developed for this study to examine the above aim. Phase 2: Ten focus …
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Community Participation Among Refugees and Asylum Seekers Who Experienced Trauma
… two participatory, Appreciative Inquiry–informed focus group studies to co- design supports. Across these steps, twenty adult refugees and asylum seekers receiving services at a torture treatment center in Chicago, as well as five service providers working at that center, contributed their …
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Physical activity as a treatment in primary health care. The role of the GP and Somali women’s views and levels of physical activity.
… among the population, patients and vulnerable groups. Somali women living in Sweden are vulnerable and susceptible to bad health, due to physical inactivity. The general aim was to increase the numbers of prescribed PAP, investigate GP´s view and use of PAP and to elucidate facilitators and …
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Rethinking Smart Home Design: Integrating Architectural Perspectives and Technologically-driven Design Thinking within a Framework
… problem. Nevertheless, smart home research focuses primarily on standalone technological solutions, where the spatial/architectural aspect is largely absent. We argue that addressing the technological aspects isolated from the spatial context leads to reduced experiences for the …
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Transitioning into parenthood : family leisure and heterosexual couples in New Zealand
… in Christchurch, New Zealand. The particular focus on this study was on how this transition impacted upon access, opportunity and experiences of family leisure. As a result this study can claim to be longitudinal as it follows a number of couples from the stage of pregnancy into early …
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Understanding the emotional environment of the classroom
… and pupils' emotional competence. Several studies were conducted in this research project. The first part of the thesis involved two studies. First, teachers identified by reputation as having an emotionally sensitive and calming teaching style were asked in focus groups to explain the …