The phrase "a focal concern" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a primary or central issue that is being focused on or prioritized in a discussion or analysis.
Example: "In our meeting, we identified climate change as a focal concern that requires immediate attention and action."
Alternatives: "a primary issue" or "a central focus".
Ethics was a focal concern in almost all the curricula, but only a few assessed the limitations of mediation practice or emphasized how to determine whether a dispute should move into mediation.
Unemployment remains a focal concern as consumers keep spending limited to necessities — and the occasional bargain.
Patient satisfaction is considered a focal concern of quality assurance and it can serve as an outcome measure of the quality of health care and provides a consumer perspective that can contribute to a complete, balanced evaluation of the structure process and outcome of services [ 2].
Mortality because of cancer is a focal research concern because Cd and its compounds were classified as a human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer [ 1, 2].
Using focal concerns theory as an explanatory lens, we suggest that court actors in this jurisdiction employ a racialized perceptual shorthand of youthful offenders that attributes both higher levels of blame and lower evaluations of reformability to minority youth.
There are two focal concerns: the realization of the fullest potential of an individual physically, psychologically, socially, spiritually, and economically, and the fulfillment of one's role expectations in the family, community, place of worship, workplace and other settings" [ 45].
As diversity issues become increasingly focal concerns, we investigate how perception of gender and racial diversity of a program influences students' rankings of the program.
In particular, does it give us clues as to Mount's feelings about slavery, one of the focal concerns of the time?" "I find something new to think about every time I look at it," Mr. Ayres said, "and I never get tired of it".
The problems in the implementation of China's public policies have long drawn considerable attention from academics and the general public; the focal concerns of which include insufficient implementation capacity and deviation from original state intentions.
However, beginning in the early 1990s, fast track became the subject of fierce political debate and a focal point for concerns about global trade liberalization.
Activists reported a sharp escalation of violence in the last two days, saying at least 17 people were killed in one neighborhood alone in troubled Homs, the city that has become a focal point for concerns about Syria's slide into civil war.
