title: Using focus groups to evaluate an education program.
abstract: Two evaluation studies were carried out in 1995 and 1997. The first evaluation assessed tile effectiveness of the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner's education program and its impact on mental health and psychiatry in Belize. The second study was done to determine if the mental health services were sustained in the country. Interviews and focus groups were used for data collection. In this paper the focus is on the findings from the focus groups. The findings show that the PNP's role performance was adequate, they have made an impact on the mental health services and the services are sustained.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Laryea
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Glen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kozma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Palaclo
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001531:Belize; D017144:Focus Groups / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D007587:Job Description; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015397:Program Evaluation / Q000379:methods*; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*