USE OF FOCUS GROUP METHODOLOGY TO DEVELOP AN ASTHMA SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM USEFUL FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MEDICAL PRACTICES
USE OF FOCUS GROUP METHODOLOGY TO DEVELOP AN ASTHMA SELF-MANAGEMENT PROGRAM USEFUL FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MEDICAL PRACTICES
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DOI：
10.1177/109019819302000311
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发表时间：
1993-09-01
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BAILEY, WC
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作者：
KOHLER, CL;DOLCE, JJ;BAILEY, WC
学术医疗中心制定的健康教育计划并未最佳地传播到社区临床环境。需要制定策略，将健康教育计划的研究结果转化为可用于广泛医疗保健环境的计划。焦点小组技术被用来提供数据，以修订基于大学的成功的哮喘自我管理计划，使其更适合社区医生使用。代表各个专业的医生参加了会议，并对原始计划的各个组成部分的实用性提供了反馈。讨论显示，许多医生认为他们没有时间或资源来执行最初的计划，并确定了一些被认为不切实际的内容。医生的意见对修订计划的制定做出了重大贡献，该计划具有更简短、成本更低的干预措施。修订后的计划随后由焦点小组参与者进行了评估。百分之八十八的评估修订计划的人同意他们能够并且愿意在自己的实践中使用该计划。作为一种形成性评估工具，焦点小组技术提供了仅通过评估表格难以获得的有用信息。
Health education programs developed in academic medical centers are not optimally disseminated to community clinical settings. Strategies are needed to translate the findings of research on health education programs into programs useful in a wide range of health care settings. Focus group techniques were used to provide data for revising a successful university-based asthma self-management program to make it more practical for use by community physicians. Physicians representing a variety of specialties attended the sessions and provided feedback on the utility of various components of the original program. The discussions revealed that many physicians felt they did not have the time or resources to conduct the original program and identified elements viewed as impractical. This physician input contributed significantly to the development of a revised program with a briefer, less costly intervention. The revised program was later evaluated by focus group participants. Eighty-eight percent of those who evaluated the revised program agreed they would be able and willing to use the program in their own practices. As a formative evaluation tool, the focus group technique made available useful information that would have been difficult to obtain through evaluation forms alone.