Using Focus Group Discussion to investigate Perceptions of Sexual Risk Compensation following Posttrial HIV Vaccine Uptake Among Young South Africans

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of a research study examining the potential for risk compensation following HIV vaccination. The study made use of focus group discussions (FGDs) as the main source of data, and the chapter focuses on choices relating to data-collection method, challenges, and methods for addressing contextual and methodological challenges to FGDs