Focus Groups

"Focus Groups" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A method of data collection and a QUALITATIVE RESEARCH tool in which a small group of individuals are brought together and allowed to interact in a discussion of their opinions about topics, issues, or questions.

Descriptor ID	D017144
MeSH Number(s)	E05.318.308.112 N05.715.360.300.269 N06.850.520.308.112
Concept/Terms	Focus Groups Focus Groups Focus Group Group, Focus Groups, Focus

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Focus Groups".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Investigative Techniques [E05]
Epidemiologic Methods [E05.318]
Data Collection [E05.318.308]
Focus Groups [E05.318.308.112]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation [N05]
Quality of Health Care [N05.715]
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms [N05.715.360]
Data Collection [N05.715.360.300]
Focus Groups [N05.715.360.300.269]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Epidemiologic Methods [N06.850.520]
Data Collection [N06.850.520.308]
Focus Groups [N06.850.520.308.112]

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Bar chart showing 318 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 23 publications in 2014

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1999	0	2	2
2001	0	4	4
2002	0	4	4
2003	0	3	3
2004	1	4	5
2005	1	9	10
2006	1	11	12
2007	0	12	12
2008	0	7	7
2009	0	13	13
2010	2	16	18
2011	0	13	13
2012	1	17	18
2013	0	18	18
2014	0	23	23
2015	0	12	12
2016	0	15	15
2017	0	21	21
2018	0	13	13
2019	0	11	11
2020	0	18	18
2021	0	3	3
2022	1	9	10
2023	2	12	14
2024	7	13	20
2025	0	19	19

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Chaffee BW, Donaldson CD, Couch ET, Andersen-Rodgers E, Guerra C, Cheng NF, Ameli N, Stupplebeen D, Farooq O, Wilkinson M, Gansky S, Zhang X, Hoeft K. "I think we can do without [tobacco]": support for policies to end the tobacco epidemic among California adolescents. Tob Control. 2025 Dec 19; 34(e1):e17-e24.

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Holub CK, Martinez K, Crespo NC, Hoang D, Markidis M, Lepule T. Co-Designing Technology to Reduce Health Disparities and Address New Norms Post-COVID-19: Proposal for a Mixed Methods Community-Based Participatory Research Approach. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Sep 18; 14:e73927.

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Sharma V, Martinez MM, Sosa E, He M, Zhang T, Yin Z, Ullevig SL. Implementation Fidelity of a Digital Nutrition Education Intervention Program for Community-Dwelling Older Adults. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2025 Dec; 57(12):1129-1140.

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Alvarez-Hernandez LR, Robledo C, Clark L, Vishwanatha JK, Torres-Hostos LR. "Si Te la Pones, Yo Tambi?n Me la Pongo": COVID Vaccines and Hispanic Communities at the Texas-Mexico Border Region. Soc Work Public Health. 2026; 41(1):33-52.

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Byiringiro S, Bellinger GC, Mezu A, Wong E, Tomiwa T, Vazquez MG, Foster A, Sheikhattari P, Himmelfarb CR, Miller HN. From Dialogue to Action: Community Recommendations for Inclusive Research Participation Among Underrepresented Populations. Health Expect. 2025 Aug; 28(4):e70348.

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Santos J, Baier V, Hunter A, Politt A, Bordeaux S, Sears G, Wheeler D, Baldwin J, Alexander SC, Hubach RD. Barriers to HIV/STI Services and Service Access Preferences Among Rural Sexual Minority Men and Native American Men in Oklahoma. AIDS Educ Prev. 2025 Aug; 37(4):260-272.

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Smith EMR, Loutrianakis G, Beatty K, Bohn K, Cunningham KA, Croisant S, Farroni JS, Gienger M, Guinn D, Hawkins-Sneed J, Mathur S, McNamara V, Miller M, Molldrem S, Pounds K, Subrahmanyam V, Tumilty E, Loudd GA. Developing a stakeholder-informed social responsibility model for translational science. PLoS One. 2025; 20(6):e0320956.

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Tonmon TT, Sajib MRUZ, Hossain L, Hasan K, Mahmood HR, Ether S, Hasan AMR, Sayeed A, Hassan AKMM, Murshid HB, Jabeen S, Azrin F, Akter E, Huda FA, Hoque DME, Zaman S, Raghuvanshi VS, El Arifeen S, Rahman AE, Hassan ASM, Ahmed A. Welcoming pregnant women: introducing navigation and support services in a secondary health facility in Bangladesh. J Glob Health. 2025 Jun 06; 15:04097.

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Diaz TP, Camacho SG, Elmore EJ, Aguon CT, Sy A. Exploring Cultural and Age-Specific Preferences to Develop a Community-Based Colorectal Cancer Screening Intervention for CHamorus and Filipinos in Guam-Findings from a Qualitative Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2025 May 09; 22(5).

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Col?n-L?pez V, Sanchez-Cabrera Y, Soto-Salgado M, Ortiz-Ortiz KJ, Quast T, Fernandez ME. 'More stressful than cancer': treatment experiences lived during Hurricane Maria among breast and colorectal cancer patients in Puerto Rico. BMC Public Health. 2025 May 08; 25(1):1703.

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