Focus Group/Interview Questions for Priority Populations – 2/21/05

Q: A state is looking for samples of any focus group and or interview questions that have been developed for use with members of any the following populations that address their experience with tobacco (populations include; low SES, mentally/physically challenged, Veterans, chemically dependent, refugee/immigrant, Native American, African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian Pacific Islander, Amish, Appalachian and LGBT).

A:

1. California:
   CA Hispanic/Latino Tobacco Education Partnership, contact person: Cecilia Portugal (portugal@usc.edu) (626) 457-6607.
   CA Black Health Network-African American Tobacco Education Partnership, contact: Kimberly Bankston-Lee (kbl_cbhn@sbcglobal.net) (916) 448-7900.
   CA LGBT partnership, contact person Bob Gordon (bob@lgbtpartnership.org), please contact Bob directly to have questions faxed directly to you.
   CA Rural Indian Health Board (Youth Tobacco Survey), contact person Michael Weahkee (Michael.Weahkee@ihs.gov) (916) 929-9761 ext.1500
   CA Dept. of Health Services, Media Communications contact person(s) Colleen Stevens (CStevens@dhs.ca.gov) or Edie Ernst (EErnst@dhs.ca.gov)
    
2. Georgia: Dekalb County Board of Health (refugee/immigrant populations focus groups), contact person: Jyotsna Mathema Blackwell (jxmathema@state.ga.us)
    
3. Indiana: Smokefree Indiana (Native American & AAPI surveys), contact person: Cecilia Williams (cwilliams@smokefreeindiana.org) (317)241-6471
    
4. Oregon: Oregon DHS Health Services (Korean, Native Americans, LGBT and African American surveys), contact person: Luci Longoria (Luci.Longoria@state.or.us) (503) 872-6706
    
5. Rhode Island: Rhode Island Dept. of Public Health (Hispanic/Latino quitline feedback), contact person: Carol Hall-Walker (CarolH@doh.state.ri.us) (401) 222-2589
    
6. West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Tobacco Prevention (Low SES focus group results), contact person: Bob Anderson (randerson@hsc.wvu.edu) (304) 293-1828
    
7. CDC: CDC/OSH website has a list of all the questions that have been used in national/state adult tobacco use surveys, titled "Question Inventory on Tobacco".
    
   

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   Additional Links:

• Tobacco Education and Prevention Technical Support Center (TEPTS)
  Youth Tobacco Survey (YTS) - 2003 Core Questionnaire
   
• Smoking Survey for the American Indian
   
• Cross-Cultural Tobacco Survey
   
• How to Get Hispanic/Latinos to Call a Quitline
   
• San Diego Survey May 2004 (English)
   
• San Diego Survey May 2004 (Spanish)
   
• Advocacy Focus Group Questions for Apartment Management Associations and Hispanic Employees - November 2004 (English)
   
• Advocacy Focus Group Questions for Apartment Management Associations and Hispanic Employees - November 2004 (Spanish)
   
• Community Leader Survey on Sponsorship
   
• Great African American Smokeout 2005 - Focus Group Questions - November, 2005