Table 2.
Summary of focus group themes and definitions.
| Theme | Definition | Key quote examples from Results section |
| Attracting attention and encouraging participation | Ways to get the attention of young women, whether (and how) to use social media to best effect, and how researchers could explain participation and benefits of a health study | “A lot of the things that I sort of see, whether it’s for charity or fundraisers, that sort of thing, is always through Facebook.” |
| Survey length, presentation, and administration | Survey design ideas and ways to facilitate completion of an online survey by young women | “I find things on the Internet, if I get sent a link and all I have to do is click on it, then I’m happy to do it.” |
| Survey content, including potentially sensitive questions | Why some questions were included, how to phrase questions considered “sensitive,” and layout for electronic devices | “Maybe having the option of choosing not to answer it as well...That’s probably better than making you answer and not answering truthfully for things.” |
| Providing personal details and follow-up | How best to legitimatize the study to participants, fears about the confidentiality of information, concerns regarding providing personal information, and permission for data linkage | “I would be happy to put my phone number, my home address, but I wouldn’t want to put that with my date of birth ’cause, I don’t know, my dad’s all paranoid about, like, identity theft.” |