Nadeem Khawar, Nayyar Raza Kazmi, Beena Ambereen, Mehr Taj Roghani.
Impact of focal group discussions among females in Tehsil Pabbi.
Pak J Pathol Jan ;13(1):1-5.

A quasi-experimental study was carried out to study the impact of targeted Focal Group Discussions (FGD) on the health habits of child bearing age females regarding health habits practiced on children under 5 years of age, It has been previously hypothezised that FGD`s help in improving health awareness among the masses and has been proved by some studies carried out in Africa and Latin America, In the same scenario we targeted a group of 73 females and conducted a questionnaire based survey gathering data about their health habits regarding children, That was followed by Focal Group Discussions targeting vital issues of child health, After 4 months a post study survey was conducted on the same group of study the impact of FGD`s. The results were promising showing a strong positive deviation towards healthy trends proving the hypotheisis in our local scenario as well,

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