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Longitudinal Focus Group

A longitudinal focus group convenes the same group of participants in multiple sessions over an extended period — weeks, months, or years — to trace how their attitudes, experiences, or interpretations evolve in response to changing circumstances. Unlike a single focus group snapshot, the repeated-contact design captures the dynamics of opinion and meaning-making across time, making it particularly valuable in health, policy, and social research where change is the phenomenon of interest.

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Longitudinal Focus Group Research

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Morgan, D. L. (1997). Focus Groups as Qualitative Research (2nd ed.). Sage Publications. · ISBN 978-0761903437
Farquhar, C., & Das, R. (1999). Are focus groups suitable for 'sensitive' topics? In R. S. Barbour & J. Kitzinger (Eds.), Developing Focus Group Research (pp. 47–63). Sage. · URL

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