1. Black Infant Health Practice Initiative Institute of Public Health Florida A&M University Sandra Suther, PhD Cynthia M. Harris, PhD C. Perry Brown, DrPH Fran Close, PhD

2. FAMU IPH ORANGE COUNTY BROWARD COUNTY PALM BEACH COUNTY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DUVAL COUNTY MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IPH BIHPI Technical Assistance

3. Qualitative – Probes deeper, Asks Why? Social Ecological Model No or late prenatal care Where do you intervene?

4. IPH Qualitative Technical Assistance

5. Community Training Conducting Focus Groups  Develop Interview Guide Base questions  Train Moderators  Train Assistant Moderators  Suggestions for Participant recruitment

6. Focus Group Training Conducting Research with Human Subjects  Ethics Dealing with a sensitive topic Reporting abuse Confidentiality  Developing Consent forms

7. Technical Assistance Transcribing Focus Groups Trouble-shooting

8. TA Challenges Time Unable to make frequent travel to sites

9. According to feedback survey, what else university could have done… Focus group training  More practice  Attend first focus group  Faster access to results Somebody to come to the community and ask how focus groups were conducted