- Overview of Focus Groups

- When to Use Focus Groups

- When Not to Use Focus Groups

- Feminist, Community-Based Participatory, and Critical Approaches

- Research Ethics

- Group Communication

- Conclusion

2. Designing a Focus Group Study

- Designing a Focus Group Study

- Formulating the Research Problem

- Positioning the Study in the Context of Your Research

- Member Checking

- Focus Group Modes

- Focus Group Participants

- Sampling Strategies

- Recruiting Strategies

- Research Ethics and Institutional Review Boards

- Conclusion

3. Conducting Focus Groups

- Developing an Interview Guide

- Pilot Test

- Facilitating Focus Groups

- Moderating a Focus Group

- Conclusion

4. Analyzing Focus Groups

- What to Do after the Focus Group

- The Analysis Process

- Forms of Data

- Transcribing Focus Groups

- Where Do Codes Come From?

- Live Coding

- Thematic Analysis

- Qualitative Content Analysis

- Conversational Analysis

- Conclusion

5. Presenting Focus Group Research

- Representing Focus Group Research

- Traditional Research Format

- Arts-Based Representation

- Qualitative Research Criteria

- Research Ethics

- Transferability

- Conclusion

- Glossary of Abbreviations

- References

- Index

- About the Author