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dc.contributor.authorGardner, Glenn
dc.contributor.authorJones, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorOlesen, Dolly
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-07T04:50:25Z
dc.date.available2020-01-07T04:50:25Z
dc.date.issued1999
dc.identifier.issn13299360
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/HI99416
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/122387
dc.description.abstractUse of focus groups as a technique of inquiry is gaining attention in the area of health-care research. This paper will report on the technique of focus group interviewing to investigate the role of the infection control practitioner. Infection control is examined as a specialty area of health-care practice that has received little research attention to date. Additionally, it is an area of practice tliat is expanding in response to social, economic and microbiological forces. The focus group technique in this study helped a group of infection control practitioners from urban, regional and rural areas throughout Queensland identify and categorise their daily work activities. The outcomes of this process were then analysed to identify the growth in breadth and complexity of the role of the infection control practitioner in the contemporary health-care environment. Findings indicate that the role of the infection control practitioner in Australia has undergone changes consistent with and reflecting changing models of health-care delivery.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPercival Publishing
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom16
dc.relation.ispartofpageto19
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAustralian Infection Control
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchNursing
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1110
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleUse of Focus Group Technique to Investigate Infection Control Practice
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorJones, Liz S.


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