Focus groups were chosen because they allow for openness and promote disclosure; additionally, participants often ask questions of each other, which can lead the group into unplanned discussions about new phenomena related to the topic (Wilkinson 1998).
However, interactions with other providers were also reported and took similar forms (e.g. unplanned discussions).
HuffPost Live host Nancy Redd led a discussion on how unplanned kids shaped homes for better or worse.
As well as some quick action on the day, Madeline used the unplanned exposure to invite more discussion on the issue of consent.
In addition, we measured intentions and actual behaviors regarding both initiating preconception counseling discussion with the health care team and preventing unplanned pregnancies.
With DVDs and episode discussion guides distributed by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, public-school health educators, church-group leaders, clinic nurses, social workers and parents are using the shows to prompt discussion about sex education, family and romantic relationships and shattered dreams.
Amy Kramer, senior director of entertainment media for the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, said the organization had worked extensively with ABC Family, helping to develop online discussion guides to accompany another series, "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," which deals with teen pregnancy.
Interviewees were purposively sampled to represent different family types, to explore experiences of unplanned pregnancy as young mothers or grandparents, and to include both dominant and reserved group discussion participants.
Then towards the end of the interview, as a mechanism to stimulate discussion, we asked women to consider the issue of the large proportion of unplanned pregnancies each year in the UK and a scenario whereby women of reproductive age carry out pre-pregnancy activities, such as taking folic acid routinely, in case of pregnancy.
