Community Conversations: Using focus groups and qualitative surveys to understand the aspirations, challenges and solutions of under-represented community groups in a tri-county region.

Community Conversations: Using focus groups and qualitative surveys to understand the aspirations, challenges and solutions of under-represented community groups in a tri-county region.

Session A

Community needs assessments often fail to include the voices of underrepresented groups. Student and faculty research teams analyzed qualitative data from nine focus groups and 364 qualitative survey responses. Using a constant comparative methodology, findings explore the aspirations, challenges, and solutions from these community groups.

https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/ahsra/2023/presentations/23