Practical Guidance for Preparing for and Conducting Focus Groups and Interviews with Community Members for Cancer Research.
To support meaningful and productive engagement in cancer research, we provide practical guidance for preparing for and conducting focus groups and interviews with community members. We provide 11 recommendations in two printable resources: (a) a checklist for preparing for focus groups and intervie...
| Publicado en: | Health Promotion Practice Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 413 - 420 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
May2026
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