Elder services; Probation and parole organizations; Healthcare and community-based programs serving people with low incomes. A consultant was hired to take notes during the focus groups, and the lead consultant took notes on a laptop during background key informant interviews. Transcripts were analyzed for content and themes. INTERVIEW AND FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS Formal background key informant interviews were conducted with eleven individuals, primarily in the target region of southeast Massachusetts. Questions asked of these respondents were the same as those asked of the participants in subsequent focus groups. However, an additional purpose of these initial interviews was to do a rapid assessment of where risk factors associated with problem gambling were concentrated in the region and, therefore, where to hold the limited number of focus groups. Among the background interview respondents were four gambling experts based in the Boston area. The remaining seven respondents worked and lived in the Plainville/southeast Massachusetts region, from Wellfleet, Hyannis, Attleboro, and Fall River/New Bedford to Brockton. Below is a display of respondents’ professional positions and organizational affiliations. Table 1: BACKGROUND KEY INFORMANTS: ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND POSITIONS Problem Brockton Southcoast Immigrant Episcopal Southcoast Stanley Outer Cape gambling Health Service Church and CHW Street Health experts, System, Center, Treatment Services, Boston Health New Greater church Fall and Wellfleet/ area Center Bedford New River/New Resources, Harwich, office Bedford Bedford Fall River Cape Cod area Coalition, New Bedford Three Community Community Executive Pastor Director Program Director of interviews; health benefits director director program one call manager, manager included CHW and two experts supervisor resources
Elder services; Probation and parole organizations; Healthcare and community-based programs serving people with low incomes. A consultant was hired to take notes during the focus groups, and the lead consultant took notes on a laptop during background key informant interviews. Transcripts were analyzed for content and themes. INTERVIEW AND FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS Formal background key informant interviews were conducted with eleven individuals, primarily in the target region of southeast Massachusetts. Questions asked of these respondents were the same as those asked of the participants in subsequent focus groups. However, an additional purpose of these initial interviews was to do a rapid assessment of where risk factors associated with problem gambling were concentrated in the region and, therefore, where to hold the limited number of focus groups. Among the background interview respondents were four gambling experts based in the Boston area. The remaining seven respondents worked and lived in the Plainville/southeast Massachusetts region, from Wellfleet, Hyannis, Attleboro, and Fall River/New Bedford to Brockton. Below is a display of respondents’ professional positions and organizational affiliations. Table 1: BACKGROUND KEY INFORMANTS: ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND POSITIONS Problem gambling experts, Boston area Brockton Health Center Southcoast Health System, New Bedford office Immigrant Service Center, Greater New Bedford area Episcopal Church and Coalition, New Bedford Southcoast CHW Fall River/New Bedford Stanley Street Treatment and Resources, Fall River Outer Cape Health Services, Wellfleet/ Harwich, Cape Cod Three interviews; one call included two experts Community health manager, CHW supervisor Community benefits manager Executive director Pastor Director Program director Director of program and resources church
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