Summary and Proceedings from SHADAC's Conference Call with Dr. Richard Krueger on Conducting Data Collection Using Focus Groups. December 2003.

A description of the process of conducting focus groups, with information about what focus groups are, why to conduct them, what their advantages and drawbacks are, how to recruit participants, how to decide how many to hold, how to attract the right people, how to decide on moderators, what questions to ask, whether observers can come, and how to analyze the results. July 2003.

Overview and information on conducting focus group interviews by phone, by Richard A. Krueger and Mary Anne Casey. August 2002.

This document is a detailed guide to focus group interviewing. October 2002.

Suggestions for training moderators and writing a final report, providing some general guidelines and considerations for states as they move through the focus group process of collecting information about health insurance from immigrant and minority focus groups. July 2001.

This document contains a compilation of questions and answers from a conference call on July 23, 2001, about use of focus groups to collect data on insurance status among Latino populations. The conference call was led by Lisa Duchon of the Commonwealth Fund and Michael Perry from Lakesnell Perry and Associates. July 2001.