Here's my abstract - thanks for your comments.
Hi Dominika,
Thanks for sharing your idea, seems like a really important next step!
In terms of the match between your research question and the design, I'm curious to know more about what you will gain from focus groups vs interviews with individual providers. Are the groups a matter of convenience, or is your goal to have more (fewer?) dogs -- i.e. fade out of the conversation and see what people bring up in a group dynamic? Do you think anything about the subject matter would make people more likely to share things with you privately vs. in a group-- maybe there are some questions about general attitudes that are better in the group but for the knowledge questions you want to talk to individuals?
I definitely don't have the best handle on the different theories, but I also wonder about grounded theory as your analysis approach when you have so many specific questions that you want to examine-- I imagine you have some anticipation of what people might talk about, and also some of your questions are yes/no at the moment. It seems like you might end up taking a more deductive approach when you look at the data.
Finally, re: your concern about the interviews turning into educational sessions on PrEP, if one of your goals is to target future educational efforts and get buy-in from providers, the time you spend educating and familiarizing providers seems like it would be well spent even if it's not furthering the research agenda.
Good luck with your study and thanks for your important work!
Laura
Hi Dominika, and great work. "attitudes" is a classic qualitative research question word. Significance is very well written with the call of an international body.
re: your challenge #1, you could consider dividing focus groups by experience of the participants with PrEP
I like the idea of the knowledge component - you may also get a sense from how people talk of what they understand - or you could even ask them to describe their understanding as part of the interview.
I think you will probably get an honest appraisal of challenges if you base your interviews and focus groups on participants' actual experience.