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. 2022 Jan;14(1):89–113. doi: 10.5249/jivr.v14i1.1696

Appendix 2. Summary of the first three focus groups meetings held for qualitative phase.

Meeting No. Goal Participants(Key informants) Duration; Date Measures Approvals
1 Introducing the research & getting acquainted with concerned parties & paving the ground for attracting participation 18 people from 11 organizations in Dezful: 3 members from each of the following organizations: The Education & Training Department, traffic police, Dezful University of Medical Sciences (DUMS), 2 members from each of these: the Police forces, & the Municipality; 1 member each from each of the following ones: Urban Bus Organization, Gas Department, Road and Urban Planning Office, Fire department, & Electricity Department 3 hours; 30 May 2017 Describing objectives of the program, review of texts (Iran and the world), data obtained from the previous phase of the program (interviews with students, motorcyclists, Traffic Police personnel, education & training counseling center and the people of Dezful), the question raised was: "Given the description of the program, are you willing to cooperate and provide your experiences, comments and suggestions at no cost and voluntarily?” Agreeing upon finding a solution to the problem by giving suggestions and solutions, invite other relevant organizations according to the snowball method to participate in the next meeting
2 Exchanging views on decision-making on required information 13 people from 10 organizations in Dezful: 2 members from the each of the following organizations: Iran Insurance Company, Dezful General Hospital; and 1 member from each of the following ones: Welfare Office, Urban Bus Organization, traffic police, DUMS, Telecommunication Office, Gas Department, Education & Training Department. 2 hours & 10 minutes; 15 June 2017 Visiting other proposed organizations in person and increasing the number of participants, introducing all the factors affecting traffic accidents (Table 3), highlighting two environmental and legal factors for participants and discussing them, determining the problems of the city according to these two factors, the question was: “What do you think can be added to this table?” Consensus on the list of required information, review and search for possible solutions to reduce number of traffic accidents with respect to both environmental and legal factors
3 Proposing, discussing and exchanging views on ways to reduce RTIs according to legal and environmental factors 14 people from 11 organizations in Dezful: 2 members from each of the following organizations: 115 Medical Emergency, Police Department, Traffic Police, and DUMS; and 1 member from each of the following ones: Gas Department, Urban Bus Organization, Municipality, Iran Insurance Company, Dezful General Hospital, Education Training Department, & Municipality 2 hours; 29 June 2017 The questions in this session were: “1. Given your work experience in your organization, offer your proposed solution. 2. What do you think of the solutions offered by other participants?”Presenting suggested solutions by every single participant, recording solutions proposed by researchers, discussing and challenging solutions by all participants Examining the proposed solutions for the next meeting, recording them in a decision making matrix for prioritization