PROBLEM In Japan, preregistration education is not sufficient to prepare nurses to work as child adolescent mental health nurses. METHODS Nominal group technique (NGT) using focus group discussions, and Knowles' Adult Learning Theory, were used to examine the continuing educational needs of nurses in a Japanese adolescent mental health unit. FINDINGS Nurses caring for adolescent patients wi...

Purpose Data were collected from a range of stakeholders in Northern Ireland including consumer representatives, policy makers and public health representatives. collection occurred two phases: firstly via in-depth interviews ( n = 19), secondly roundtables 4) with 36) using nominal group technique. Design/methodology/approach Food poverty has been identified as significant societal problem the...

This paper introduces focus group methodology and discusses its relevance to those researching health care provision. As a qualitative data collection technique, the focus group has advantages over other qualitative methods, such as the in-depth interview and nominal group technique. This paper highlights these advantages after providing guidelines on group composition, the management of group ...

OBJECTIVES To test the feasibility of using a nominal group technique to establish clinical and health services research priorities in critical care and to test the representativeness of the group's views. DESIGN Generation of topics by means of a national survey; a nominal group technique to establish the level of consensus; a survey to test the representativeness of the results. SETTING U...