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Annotation: This document provides the interview protocol for the focus groups that were conducted with adolescents and parents/caregivers of teenagers, used to identify their awareness about the well adolescent visit. Included are a series of prompts and questions for participants in the Iowa Adolescent and Young Adult Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (AYA CoIIN).

Contact: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006-1202, Telephone: (202) 775-0436 Fax: (202) 478-5120 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.amchp.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Focus groups, Interventions, Parent participation, Prevention programs, Youth

Annotation: This report presents findings from focus groups and surveys with parents and children in low-income households and interviews with community stakeholders to gather information about the barriers that families with low incomes face when trying to support children's physical activity. Topics include the types of activities children are doing to be physically active, what parents and children value about physical activity, the challenges parents and children face in their personal lives and their communities that make it difficult to support children's physical activity, and what communities can do to make it easier for children to be active. The appendices contain the study methodology, parent and youth survey results, focus group guides, parent and child surveys, and community stakeholder interview guide.

Contact: Mathematica , P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393, Telephone: (609) 799-3535 Fax: (609) 799-0005 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com Available from the website.

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Keywords: Barriers, Children, Colorado, Families, Focus groups, Interviews, Low income groups, Physical activity, Surveys

Annotation: This report summarizes a focus-group study to identify parent and adolescent levels of awareness about adolescent well visits, their knowledge about what happens during these visits, and the barriers and motivators for receiving them. Included is a list of 10 topics that should be discussed during the well checkup, according to teenagers and parents who participated in the study.

Contact: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, 1825 K Street, N.W., Suite 250, Washington, DC 20006-1202, Telephone: (202) 775-0436 Fax: (202) 478-5120 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.amchp.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Adolescents, Focus groups, Health promotion, Parents, Prevention, Prevention services, Studies

Annotation: This report summarizes findings from focus group discussions about improving the oral health of farmworker children and their families. Topics include integration models of care in community settings, key components of and barriers to integrated primary care and oral health care models, strategies to address key barriers, resources to support integration of primary care and oral health care, measuring success, and conclusions.

Contact: National Association of Community Health Centers, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (301) 347-0400 Web Site: http://nachc.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Barriers, Community based services, Farm workers, Focus groups, Measurement, Migrant health, Model programs, Oral health, Primary care, Service integration

Annotation: This report presents parents' of children with special health care needs (CSHCN), physicians', and policymakers' responses to and reflections on six ethnographic models illustrating the experiences of individuals and families as a means to support efforts to improve the system of care for CSHCN. Contents include reflections and responses to each model and to the models as a whole, a summary of the findings, and recommendations. Topics include the stages of patient and family experience, resource needs and availability, perspective on resources, system friction, family-system interaction, and hope.

Contact: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health, 400 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 340, Palo Alto, CA 94301, Telephone: (650) 497-8365 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.lpfch.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Children with special health care needs, Focus groups, Health care systems, Interviews, Models, Systems development

Annotation: This report presents findings from focus groups and practice observations on oral-health-promotion activities in primary care settings. The report identifies drivers to successful implementation of oral health promotion in primary care settings, caries-risk-assessment tools used in primary care and how they might be improved, and what parents and other caregivers think about oral health care information that primary care health professionals present. Recommendations for increasing oral health promotion in the primary care setting are included.

Contact: American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, 211 East Chicago Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60611-2637, Telephone: (312) 337-2169 Fax: (312) 337-6329 Web Site: http://www.aapd.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Focus groups, Health promotion, Interdisciplinary approach, Observation, Oral health, Primary care, Research

Annotation: This report presents nine recommendations for sexual and reproductive health clinics and providers to increase young Latina women’s access to reproductive health services. The recommendations are based on findings from 14 focus groups conducted by Child Trends in three cities in the Mid Atlantic, Southwest, and West Coast regions of United States. Participants included young adult Latina women (18-24 years-old) and reproductive health care and social service providers serving large Latina populations. A list of suggested resources is included with each of the recommendations.

Contact: Child Trends , 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1200 W, Bethesda, MD 20814, Telephone: (240) 223-9200 E-mail: Web Site: http://www.childtrends.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to care, Focus groups, Hispanic Americans, Reports, Reproductive health, Sexuality, Women, Young adults

Annotation: This report describes results obtained from focus groups and individual discussions conducted as part of a qualitative research project designed to gather opinions and insight from American Indian and Alaska Native parents about keeping infants healthy and safe and about effective messages and communication channels for information on these topics. The report presents background, discusses methods, and presents findings.

Contact: Urban Indian Health Institute, Seattle Indian Health Board, P.O. Box 3364, Seattle, WA 98114, Telephone: (206) 812-3030 Fax: (206) 812-3044 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.uihi.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Communication, Focus groups, Infant health, Mass media, Parents, Research, Safety

Annotation: This report presents findings from a focus group study conducted with parents of adolescents from families with low incomes in four cities -- Los Angeles, Miama, Chicago, and Washington, DC -- about adolescent health care. The report provides parents' perspectives on topics such as health problems that adolescents face, experiences obtaining health care for adolescents, parents' role in their adolescent's health care, and staff and services at an ideal health care site for adolescents. The report also provides a comparison of parent and adolescent perspectives.

Contact: National Alliance to Advance Adolescent Health, 1615 M Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036, Telephone: (202) 223-1500 Fax: (202) 429-3557 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.thenationalalliance.org/ Available at no charge; also available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Adolescent attitudes, Parents, Parent child relations, Adolescent health, Families, Focus groups, Low income groups

Annotation: This report contains the findings and recommendations offered following the conclusion of a focus group study with child care center directors, child care home providers, and parents of children in child care centers across the state of Delaware. The purposes of the study, conducted in partnership with Nemours Health and Prevention Services and Delaware's Office of Child care Licensing and Child and Adult Care Food Program, were (1) to learn how child care providers and parents are responding to Delaware’s comprehensive nutrition and physical activity standards for child care facilities and (2) to understand what child care providers need to do to achieve compliance with nutrition and physical activity standards and to develop a set of recommendations to address these needs. Included in the report are a list of the questions presented to focus group participants; a summary of the focus group study findings; and recommendations related to the state guidelines and their implementation by child care providers.

Contact: Altarum Institute, 3520 Green Court, Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, Telephone: (734) 302-4600 Secondary Telephone: (800) 879-6505 Fax: (734) 302-4991 Web Site: http://www.altarum.org/contact Available from the website.

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Keywords: Child care, Child care centers, Child care workers, Delaware, Focus groups, Guideline adherence, Licensing, Program improvement, Recommendations, Standards, State programs, Studies

Annotation: This report describes findings from focus groups and interviews with a diverse cross section of mothers of infants in MInnesota. The research -- conducted by the Minnesota Department of Health’s Physical Activity and Nutrition Unit and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program in partnership with Wilder Research -- is based on questions that centered on the supports for and challenges of breastfeeding infants, particularly in relation to their experiences with health care settings, worksites, and social influences. The report discusses the characteristics of participants; their perceived knowledge of infant feeding; the knowledge and influence of health care providers; and worksite support and other social influences for infant feeding; Included are a summary of findings among specific populations (Native American women; Latina women; Somali women; Hmong women; and women with low levels of education). Recommendations are included.

Contact: Minnesota Department of Health, P.O. Box 64975, St. Paul, MN 55164-0975, Telephone: (651) 201-5000 Secondary Telephone: (888) 345-0823 Web Site: http://www.health.state.mn.us Available from the website.

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Keywords: Breastfeeding, Focus groups, Infant feeding, Interviews, Minnesota, Research, State initiatives

Annotation: This paper reports information from eight focus groups consisting of people who were recently disenrolled from the Medicaid, Family Health Plus, or Child Health Plus public health insurance programs in New York. Interviewees were asked about the challenges they faced in recertifying to retain their benefits and the problems they face after losing those benefits. Ideas for improvement concern telephone or Internet recertification processes, pre-populated forms, native language forms, and more personal assistance for beneficiaries in the process.

Contact: New York State Health Foundation, 1385 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10018, Telephone: (212) 664-7656 Fax: (212) 421-6029 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.nyshealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Eligibility, Focus groups, Health care delivery, Health insurance, Medicaid, Process evaluation, Public health agencies

Annotation: This report describes a research project that aimed to determine the nature and causes of non-use of seat belts among 8- to 15- year-olds and to recommend interventions and strategic approaches to increase usage among this age group. This report provides detailed background information from three phases of research: a literature review; 28 in-home family immersion interviews conducted in Illinois, Georgia, and Arizona; and detailed findings from qualitative testing of intervention concepts through 96 triads among children and adolescents aged 8-15, six focus groups with parents in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Wisconsin, and California, and two focus groups with adult and adolescent influencers in Iowa and California. Interventions tested included those based on new products, community and school influence, communication, and key influencers (parents and older adolescents).

Contact: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., West Building, Washington, DC 20590, Telephone: (888) 327-4236 Secondary Telephone: (800)424-9153 Web Site: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Child behavior, Families, Focus groups, Intervention, Interviews, Literature reviews, Motor vehicle injuries, Motor vehicle safety, Research, Seat belts

Annotation: This final report provides information about the Head Start National Reporting System (NRS), an initiative to assess systematically the early literacy, language, and numeracy skills of all 4- and 5-year-olds enrolled in Head Start. The report provides background information about the NRS, describes the quality of cognitive child assessments and the experiences of staff in administering assessments, reports on programs' approaches to training staff to conduct assessments, describes approaches to implementing assessments and discusses costs, discusses ways that programs have used assessment results, summarizes what was learned from interviews and focus groups, and describes the administration of the social and emotional development rating form.

Contact: Mathematica , P.O. Box 2393, Princeton, NJ 08543-2393, Telephone: (609) 799-3535 Fax: (609) 799-0005 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.mathematica-mpr.com Available from the website.

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Keywords: Assessment, Costs, Early childhood development, Early childhood education, Emotional development, Evaluation, Focus groups, Head Start, Young children, Language development, Literacy, Social behavior, Training

Annotation: This report is based on a national survey of 1,008 parents of children and adolescents ages 2-17, along with information gleaned from a series of focus groups held with parents across the country. The survey explores such issues as media content, media ratings and the V-Chip, media monitoring, educational media, and the Internet. The report discusses the survey methodology and provides information about survey findings in the following categories: (1) inappropriate content in the media, (2) advertising, obesity, and attention deficit disorder, (3) educational media, (4) media monitoring and influence, (5) media ratings and the V-Chip, and (6) the Internet.

Contact: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2400 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, Telephone: (650) 854-9400 Secondary Telephone: (202) 347-5270 Fax: (650) 854-4800 Web Site: http://www.kff.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent behavior, Adolescent sexuality, Advertising, Attention deficit disorder, Child behavior, Educational materials, Focus groups, Mass media, Obesity, Parents, Surveys, World wide web

Annotation: This report provides information on 16 focus groups conducted from July 31, 2007, through September 25, 2007, among parents of Virginia infants, children, and adolescents. The focus groups were sponsored by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), and their purpose was to assist VDH in developing health, wellness, and parenting-education materials for parents and to provide insight on the most effective way to promote key Bright Futures messages to parents, children, and adolescents. The report included information on demographics, key findings, and parent feedback. Conclusions and recommendations are included.

Contact: Virginia Department of Health, Division of Child and Adolescent Health, James Madison Building, 109 Governor Street, Eighth Floor, Richmond, VA 23219, Telephone: (804) 864-7685 Fax: (804) 864-7722 Web Site: http://www.vahealth.org/childadolescenthealth/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Bright Futures, Child health, Focus groups, Health supervision, Infant health, Parents, Virginia

Annotation: This report gives results of a focus-group study that explored why many eligible children do not successfully enroll in Medi-Cal or Healthy Families through the Child Health and Disability Program (CDHP) Gateway pre-enrollment process. The report describes the focus group process; discusses the barriers identified by participants in the focus groups, which included low-income families, health professionals, and Child Health and Disability Program (CHDP) staff; and gives suggestions on how the Gateway process can be improved. The needs of mixed-status families and Spanish-speaking famiies are also addressed.

Contact: California Endowment, Greater Los Angeles Program Office, 1000 North Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012, Telephone: (800) 449-4149 Fax: E-mail: Web Site: http://www.calendow.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Barriers, California, Children, Eligibility, Enrollment, Families, Focus groups, Low income groups, State health insurance programs, Uninsured persons

Annotation: This report discusses a study that addresses women's health education in the 34 accredited school of public health in the United States. The aim of the study was to assess how women's health is addressed in required and elective courses for the Master of Public Health degree. The report includes an executive summary, a summary of findings, focus group findings, student and recent alumni survey findings, women's health elective courses in schools of public health, a summary and conclusions, and recommendations. A list of references is also included. The report includes five appendices: (1) participating Associated Schools of Public Health member schools, (2) women's health interest group and expert advisory group, (3) methods, (4) women's health elective courses, and (5) resource materials.

Contact: U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration, Office of Women's Health, Parklawn Building, Room 18-46, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, Telephone: (301) 443-8664 Fax: (301) 443-8587 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.womenshealth.gov/ Available from the website.

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Keywords: Education, Focus groups, Graduate education, Public health, Research, Sex factors, Students, Women', s health

Annotation: This report provides results of a May 2005 survey of a focus group of South Dakota dentists and dental office staff. Issues described in the report include (1) a bias against Medicaid recipients, (2) how reimbursement and regulation rules deter health professionals from serving Medicaid recipients, (3) the importance of prevention education, (4) the challenge of collaborating with the medical community, and (5) new resources needed to meet the needs of children and adults. The report also includes focus group questions.

Contact: National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: https://www.mchoralhealth.org Available from the website.

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Keywords: Dental care, Focus groups, Medicaid, Professional personnel, Provider surveys, South Dakota, State surveys

Annotation: This report, which focuses on the topic of parent-child connectedness (PCC), reports on a focus group study conducted by ETR Associates in 2004. The report seeks to give voice to the perspectives of African-American and Latino parents and adolescents, and, by doing so, to eliminate a gap in the understanding of PCC. Section 1 describes the study methodology. Section 2 reports on participants' basic view on PCC. Section 3 reports on themes that emerged from participants' responses to questions about what makes them feel closer to their parent or teen and what gets in the way of feeling closer. Section 4 reports on participants' responses to a question about what is most important to creating PCC in families. Section 5 reports on participants' answers to questions about how programs or interventions should be designed to help families who are struggling with PCC. An executive summary, an about the authors section, and a next steps section are included. The report includes seven appendices: a brief description of focus group participants, focus group protocols for adolescents and parents in English and Spanish, and focus group questionnaires for adolescents and parents.

Contact: ETR Associates, 4 Carbonero Way, Scotts Valley, CA 95066-4200, Telephone: (831) 438-4060 Secondary Telephone: (800) 321-4407 Fax: (800) 435-8433 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: http://www.etr.org

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Keywords: Adolescent mental health, Adolescents, Blacks, Emotional development, Emotions, Ethnic factors, Families, Focus groups, Hispanic Americans, Parent child relations, Parents, Racial factors