Rapid Assessment Procedures (RAP) to Improve the Household Management of Diarrhea (Methods for Social Research in Disease) (International Nutrition Foundation for Developing Countries - INFDC, 1993, 90 pages): Part IV. Options for applying the results: Option 3. Test the generalizability of the results and recommendations through focus group discussions

Rapid Assessment Procedures (RAP) to Improve the Household Management of Diarrhea (Methods for Social Research in Disease) (International Nutrition Foundation for Developing Countries - INFDC, 1993, 90 pages)

Part IV. Options for applying the results

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		Option 1. Test the generalizability of the results and recommendations through additional ethnographic studies
		Option 2. Test the generalizability of the results and recommendations through a structured interview format
		Option 3. Test the generalizability of the results and recommendations through focus group discussions
		Option 4. Develop and pretest messages and materials

Option 3. Test the generalizability of the results and recommendations through focus group discussions

Focus group methods are not presented in this manual, nor were they used during either of the field tests. We recognize, however, that many researchers have extensive experience conducting focus groups and will wish to use them to test the generalizability of results and recommendations.

Several excellent references on these methods are listed at the end of Part I.