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A Comparative Study on the Effect of Health Education on Health Seeking Behaviour for Menstrual Problems Among Urban and Rural Adolescent Secondary School Girls in

Akwa Ibom State

FGDs 2 groups: 1 urban, 1 rural.

Recruitment of participants

Girls who have attained menarche and are in school.

Items required

 Digital Dictaphone/ audio recorder

 Notebook

 Biro

How to record, analyze and report FGD findings

Recording. It is important to record the discussion. The moderator would use a digital Dictaphone or audio recorder to obtain complete record of the session. The moderator or preferably her assistant should keep notes during the session. It is very important to go through the notes at the end of the day. This will help you to refresh your memory and to sort out your impressions.

Analysis. We have to rely on our notes and recordings in order to summarize our impressions. Our knowledge of the issue under investigation, our experience, our intuition and our common sense tell us what is important and what is not. Select and note relevant participants’ attitudes, quotations, key words and phrases and

representative statements. This is best done by categorizing opinions. Respondents sometimes say the most incredible things, write them down and report them. A proper FGD analysis should also identify respondents’ key ideas and their theories regarding why things are the way they are.

Reporting. Your full report (integration of all individual FGDs) should not exceed 6 pages. Most of it should contain direct illustrative statements made by respondents.

Start with your conclusions in a bulleted form that should not exceed 2 written pages.

Your first statement should express the single most important finding. Your second statement should express the second most important finding, and so on. Please, use deliberate strong words and avoid cautious and polite expressions.

I. Introduction (10 minutes)

Purpose: The moderator greets the participants and explains the objectives of FGD. Setting the rules. Participants meet each other. Everyone says something, but excluding the topic of interest, contributing to social facilitation.

 Moderator’s introduction and ground rules.

Hello, my name is ________, and I am the moderator for this discussion. My job is to move the conversation along and make sure that we cover several different aspects of the topic of interest and to ensure that everyone here gets involved. As you will see, there is no right or wrong answers to any of the questions. The purpose is to find out what your personal opinions are, and everyone’s opinion is equally important to us.

Respect for opinions. You may find that you disagree with an opinion voiced here by another person. That is okay, and I hope you will say so when that happens in a respectful and polite way. You also may change your mind in the middle of our discussion, perhaps as a result of something that someone else says, and again I hope you will say so, if and when that happens.

Important rule: one person speaking at one time. Because we want to respect everyone and make sure that everyone is heard, we have one basic rule in this session – we will allow only one person to speak at a time. We want to have an organized session, and in order to do this, I ask that you respect the person who is speaking, and wait for him/her to finish his/her thoughts.

Confidential/ anonymous research. This discussion is completely anonymous and confidential. There will be no record of what you say with your name on it. We are not going to quote anyone specifically using her/his name. We are using nicknames, and no one will ever connect your real name to your statements. You were all randomly selected to participate in this session, and we appreciate that you have taken time out to come today. I have this small tape recorder, like a journalist, so that I can be sure that I capture your words accurately, but no one will know which person says

any specific statement. We are using a tape recorder because your opinions are very important to us, and we need to know what you said. This way, I do not have to take notes while we talk and I can concentrate on you and on our discussion.

You are here to represent other people who are not in this classroom, so share your views freely.

Speak up, your opinion is important to us. Also here are observers who are going to help us prepare the analysis.

 Participant introductions. Let’s go around the room - tell us something about yourself - first name only, how old are you? etc. Just say one thing about yourself, like where you were born. Just so we know enough about each other to have a good conversation.

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An important note for the moderators: what follows is a list of questions on some important topics that will be covered in the ensuing qualitative survey. The purpose of the guide is to instigate the discussion; it is helping the moderator to keep participants to stay within the topic. As long as participants are discussing the topic they are providing us with useful information. On the other hand, always keep the list of questions in front of you. It may become very handy when discussion looses momentum. One or two questions from the list may rekindle it anew. Please note that it is very important to stay within the time limits anticipated for each section.

II. General Mood (10 minutes)

Purpose: Expression of personal views that will help funnel to subsequent topics. Please note that the participants are still unaware of the main topic of FGD. Give them a chance to spontaneously mention their views.

1. You were all selected to join this discussion group based on the fact that you are adolescent girls.

2. Who is an adolescent?

III. Perception of menstruation (10 minutes)

Purpose: Narrowing down on participants’ opinions about menstruation. Again, give them a chance to spontaneously mention their views.

1. What do you understand by the term menstruation?