Who is eligible to participate in the youth focus groups and face-to-face interviews?
Focus group participants will take part in a one-hour discussion group with 8-10 skaters of the similar age. All focus groups will be conducted at the local skate park where participants usually skate. Participants in the face-to-face interviews will take part in a 45-minute to one-hour one-on-one interview with a member of the research team. Interviews will be conducted at the local skate park where participants usually skate. Both focus groups and face-to-face interviews will be asked about their past history of skating injury and the circumstances of their injury including any equipment involved, their perceptions of injury risk and the motivators and barriers to the wearing of safety gear by. Both focus groups and face-to-face interviews will be audiotaped.
