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Abstract
A new group of medically fragile young adults are graduating from pediatric palliative care programs with limited expectations to live beyond early adulthood, and no comparable adult services to support their complex needs. Accessing this population is difficult because of the complexity of their conditions, the extensive personal and equipment supports that limit feasibility for travel, and divergent communication abilities. Therefore, we undertook a descriptive case study using an asynchronous modification of an online focus group, a bulletin board focus group (BBFG). The greatest strengths of the BBFG are the appeal of this methodology for young adults and the multi day focus group becomes both a community and an intervention. An important limitation of this method was participant follow through on discussion threads. This BBFG provided rich and varied types of data, and very positive participant experiences.
Keywords
Bulletin Board Focus Group, Case Studies, Complexity, Disability/Disabled Persons, End-Of-Life Issues, Focus Groups, Illness and Disease, Young Adults
Publication Date
9-29-2014
Creative Commons License
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DOI
10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1000
Recommended APA Citation
Cook, K., Jack, S., Siden, H., Thabane, L., & Browne, G. (2014). Innovations in Research with Medically Fragile Populations: Using Bulletin Board Focus Groups. The Qualitative Report, 19(39), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1000
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