Key activities of the VISG include undertaking focused research on volcanic impacts, contributing to volcano contingency planning and exercising when requested, and running an annual seminar on current research.
The Loughborough University academic in Human Systems and Complex Factors undertook focus groups with young people about a series of videos designed to help their understanding of rail safety, and was left shocked by the lack of knowledge teens had.
We undertook focus group discussions (FGDs) and semi-structured individual interviews.
The participants' perceptions work was carried out within the Service User Research Enterprise (SURE) who undertook focus groups with service users as well as the study reported here.
Also, preceding the survey, Somali researchers (NW, SM) with the necessary linguistic skills and cultural knowledge networked with local stakeholders, and undertook focus groups to improve engagement, pilot methods to undertake the study, and identify suitable community sampling venues [ 11].
The interview guide was inspired by Krueger's practical guide how to conduct focus groups, [ 19] and Halcomb et al. how to undertake focus group research with culturally and linguistic diverse groups [ 20].
BAE was the Action Researcher and supported implementation of the intervention, contributed to study design, coordinated all data collection, undertook focus group data collection and analysis and contributed to drafting the manuscript.
Given this uncertainty over the role of health professionals in supporting self-management, researchers in the Patient Engagement and Coaching for Health (PEACH) study (see below) undertook focus groups to explore the perceptions people with type 2 diabetes have of the role health professionals play in supporting them to improve their self-management strategies.
A children's emergency department in a tertiary hospital in the East Midlands, UK. 22 Junior doctors volunteered to undertake focus groups via a meta-planning methodology over 2 years (14 participants in the first year and 8 in the second).
The modelling undertaken focussed on EV adoption and then the combination of EV and PV uptake.
