Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

State Research Project Annual Technical Committee Meeting Las Vegas, NV March 12-13, 2007 Chair: Bob DelCampo Secretary: Rob DelCampo Call to order: Monday March 12th 9:01 PST by BD Introductions: 9:02; in attendance: Randy Weigel (U of Wyoming-RW); Kathy Rettig (U of Minnesota-KR); Dorothy Berglund (Mississippi U for Women-DB); Rob DelCampo (U of New Mexico-RD); Cynthia Jasper (U of Wisconsin-CJ); Diana DelCampo (New Mexico State U-DD); Jim Christenson (U of Arizona/Admin.-JC); Bob DelCampo (New Mexico State U-BD) Station Reports: 9:09 Action Items Reports due April 15th in SAES format circulated by BD in earlier email--ALL Email to KR address sign in circulated by BD--ALL Complete Report--KR Wyoming RW-handout; pilot completed; unforeseen complications with conducting ranch women focus groups; will look to get these completed in either April/September as participant schedules/seasonal work permit; media sources not as expectedmore internet oriented than expected; should complimentary work be included in reports? Loss of collaboratorMontanaconcerned with n=14 BD-suggests 5 participants for focus groups DD-invite 7, get 5 Minnesota KR-handout; different format due to institutional compliance; 3 focus groups-1 pilot, 2 for main data collection; data not yet analyzed however data is coded; publication rights? Doctoral student would like to use the data; 3 more to be completed in March; inclusion criteria has been met RW-ranch women dont necessarily meet criteria for having child at home under age of 12; average age ~55 BD-this is ok, drop criteria for inclusion? Mississippi DB-how she will come into projectlooking at low income African American women vs. Professional African American Women; some interesting differences that exist; little academic work in this area; dissemination of information-not necessarily traditional media sources but perhaps churches as indicated in the literature; 2 focus groups for professional/2 focus groups for low income; will this data be useful based on limitations?; would like to continue through 2010; interviews will be completed over the summer, analyze data in fall BD, RD, DD, JC-yes, more inclusive than exclusive, different bases of diversity JC-8 states have completed qualitative climate surveys, Patrice Ingram-Penn State; Sue Rankin-Cornell? NM will collect data soon-Wendy Hamilton @ NMSU; may inform this project Publication rights?if it is the individual stations data, share away; however if the entire data set is involved authorship should be shared as in the past BD-original intent has shifted; media is not necessarily the primary information source; no need to change objectives but note shift in focus; pragmatics of data coding? use of software (MAX-QDA)? DD-addressing sample issues; clarify the meaning of family; children, their definition of family, who lives with them, etc. CJ-how strict on child under 12 inclusion criteria? BD-eliminate this, to improve richness of the data RD-why exclude individuals? ALL-inclusion criteria now onlyfull time work (30 hrs. /week), female; however some criteria differ by particular group (profession need BA/BS minimum, etc.) RD-using MAX QDA: http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Step_by_step_software/MAXqda/index.php Wisconsin CJ-planning to do 1-2 professional focus groups, none yet; will complete in Spring 07; have not yet completed pilot New Mexico BD-only done SAES 422; so no handout; completed 2 focus groups, working class Latinas; digital recording ~$35 for recorderexcellent quality; software included and easy to manipulate; be sure to purchase one with USB outputRadio Shack carries them RW-~$400 Olympus, has transcribing software, etc. included BD-in April will complete the first professional group; findings are that media is moot; role overloaddifficulty involving spouse to ease the burden; quantitative research shows that Latinas are protective of parenting roles but allow for help with household tasks; now appears that this superwoman syndrome is more prevalentthey take on all roles themselveslack of support; NCFR proposal submitted; what are impacts?; will keep running groups over the years to increase database RD-opportunities to publish work on Latinas, comparative data for Business Journal of Hispanic ResearchAcademic/Practitioner BD-changing inclusion criteria, etc. will this impact us on the Administrative level? JC-not a problem as long as the meetings are productive RW- do we need to amend the initial proposal? JC-from time-to-time it should be revisited to tweak the information so that at the end of the project everything will be included RW-we will meet at 6:45 in South Tower lobby for group dinner should you choose to attend BREAK @ 10:40 Administrative Advisors Report 11:00 JC-use of Breeze or WebEX might be a good idea to periodically communicate; can set up through U of A; perhaps mid-year conference call can be facilitated by JC via U of A Breeze? Action itemset up Breeze for check in call in 6 monthsJC, BD, new chair JC-not much to report; already touched on most of the issues; these meetings are for cross-fertilization; please look for other outlets (i.e., Journal of Extension, etc.) but peer-reviewed outlets are the primary type of thing; do not include popular press, proceedings, conference presentations in reports, but DO include dissertations; NIMMS system is mostly concerned with peer-reviewed articles; continue to report this information for STATE reports but for SAES just submit peer reviewed journal articles, bridging statements, minutes; impact of this researchstereotypes of how women get information from media are not correct; impacts include: how to communicate with clientele, advent of the internet has changed complexion of the way we gather information, discussing changes in behavior that have not been caused but have occurred, implications for communication in the workplace, implications for diversity, communication networks, extrapolate the impact of these observed changeschanging stereotypes, etc.; report should be done in 60 days; it would be nice to capture more talent in this group regardless of the ability to attend the meetings BD-can we evaluate the impact statements? Differentiation of outputs and impacts; probably best to use the term implications as that relates more to the type of project we have undertaken JC-as qualitative social research the implications of what wee are observing is really the impact of the project; for example: someone wants to communicate with a particular group about a new medical procedure, etc. they now know how to disseminate this information; documenting changes in behaviors though qualitative assessment that provide insight on the communication process CJ-have funding for travel but not other parts of the project so do not have to right a report for Wisconsin; willing to write up report to show what has been done for project JC-fill out report with hope of perhaps getting funding in the future BD-perhaps just send in your portion of 422 report to show the amount of work that has been done KR-do a CRIS (?) report even though it is not required BD-new ways of disseminating information in new formats, etc.; experiment stations are moving more toward people research JC-more support for multi-state efforts; another new journal out of University of Georgia (something about outreach, etc.) publishes pieces on communication, qualitative stuff, etc.; national research initiative is looking for proposals in this area but process is laborious; viable option but quite time consuming BD-running behind so we should adjourn for lunch and pick up where we left off; address unanswered questions in lieu of software demonstration. LUNCH11:35 USDA/CSREES Representatives Handout 1:32 BD-handout; newsletter of sorts; direct questions to Caroline Crocoll Demonstration of qualitative data software 1:39 BD-Anisa Zvonkovic informed us on Friday that she was unable to attend the meeting Insteadaddressing previously raised questions 1:42 RW-complimentary workincluded in report? KR-in MN not allowed JC-part of intellectual endeavor CJ-should be included as it is part of academic inquiry RESOLUTIONinclude appropriate information to address the project; as long as it addresses the objectives of this project KR-publication rights? BD-historically, if it is your subset use it however you would like; when combining data it depends on who takes the initiative to do the work depending on established roles JC-formal agreements with students and where data are going RESOLUTIONstay with previously established norms; but keep discussion open BD-criteria for inclusion; family definition includes child under the age of 12? RESOLUTION--not in initial proposal, more informal definition of family RW-what are impacts?; section for outputs and section for impacts; what we have termed as impacts are better titled outputs JC-need to think more creatively about how we phrase the impacts RESOLUTION422 report has impacts; annual experiment station reports have outputs Action itemeach experiment station will produce a brief written annual report (1 page; similar to KR and RWs handouts) with full list of yearly outputs in addition to the 422 report (discussion of the degree to which you have addressed the research questions and any refereed journal articles) to be emailed to each participant before the annual meeting CJ-making sure we all have the latest version of the demographic sheets Action itemBD to email demographic sheet to all participants and questions ASAP BD-pragmatics of data coding/use of software RESOLUTIONnone really; trial and error at this point Recurring themes in the KR work: " Living in diverse family forms " Struggling to find time for caregiving " Facing new cultural pressures " Lack of role models to create new pathways " Juggling, balancing and negotiating WF/personal issues BREAK 2:30 (15 minutes only) Discussion of Goals for coming year 2:45 DD-focus groups are great; not sure of extension related goalsdepends on data CJ-complete focus groups, at least 1 perhaps 2 or 3 (professional women) RD-complete Latina Professional focus groups DB-complete 4 African-American focus groups this summer KR-3 scheduled focus groups (beginning next week); some analysis RW-learn to use MAX QDA; complete 2 focus groups BD-software; professional women in April; working class in summer,etc. Discussion of Dissemination possibilities 2:58 DB-should have honor student project completed KR-doctoral student project completed BD-trending poster/discussion @ NCFR RD-further trending data for IABE/RBR JC-anecdotal/preliminary findings for Journal of Extension? Election of Officers/Discussion of Location 08. etc. 3:06 BD-Phoenix again? RW-Susanna Smith volunteers Orlando CJ-Memphis, other southern cities 2008Phoenix, AZ March 27-30 tentative pending availability of location (27th/30th travel days) Perhaps same locationSpinghill Suites RD-local arrangements/secretary BD-remains as chair KR-nominates BD to remain as chair, CJ seconds, no objections How to do the focus groups 3:22 BD-attain IRB approval, get consentoriginals on file/copies to participants, fill out demographic form, provide box lunch, 10-15 minutes into interaction start to pose structured interview questions/probes/others KR-some issues not letting group discuss questions they would like to ask; miracle question very effective RW-participants did not want to answer miracle question; viewed as a therapy-type questionfocus group members knew each other and there was some difficulty divulging information DB-recruiting participants? Various methodsexisting meetings great place to recruit; listservs, etc. personal touchhave Pres. of Hispanic Professionals Womens group help recruit participants/have Head Secretary recruit others, etc. Child care/food are always a draw CJ-adding extra questions? Absolutely fine¬ a rigid structured interview schedule&adding your own questions absolutely fine RW-questions ahead of time? No, just general concepts to be covered Ideas for conference proposals/publications, etc. 3:52 JC-identify a common issue with preliminary/anecdotal information on for perhaps creating a 4-ish page report BD-maybe this discussion should be tabled until our 6-month conference call JC-sketch out the vision of research articles that each will take the lead on KR-demonstrating theory of economics/time intensive/labor-based child care/market based child rearing; 4 kinds of demonstrations of wealthdemonstration with data from project; use in the classroomresource substitutionreal life application DD-Superwoman Revisited 21st century stuff BD-superwoman revisitedLatinas; comparing 1991 to 2007; therapy implications DB-teaching program planning & evaluationhow do you reach people? Can inform the classroom; great training programs developed but how do we get it to people; non-traditional program delivery; "intersectionality" of gender/race/family status CJ-1-2 page fact sheet to go out to extension agents to inform how to educate/methods to use; service to the people of the state/extension service RW-e-extention of work/family issues? RD-WTFC/WTFF concepts that bring these about; how necessary; non-traditional sources, etc. BD-how do we proceed? Mull them over and revisit them in our September conference calladd to agenda for Sept. conference call AGENDA FOR CONFERENCE CALL (on BREEZE) Application of software package Continue brainstorm for dissemination plans DATE FOR CONFERENCE CALL SEPTEMBER 17, 2007 NOON PST, 1:00 P.M. MST, 2:00 P.M. CST, 3:00 P.M. EST JC Office Phone: (520) 621-7205 Tomorrow 9:00 A.M. informal breakfast gathering Meeting Adjourned 4:26

Accomplishments Objectives: 1. Determine the major challenges facing the three target populations with respect to work, family, and personal fulfillment. 2. Identify media and information sources used by the three target populations and their perspective on these media, to resolve and/or confront these challenges. 3. Examine and evaluate the messages and information that reach the three target populations through media and information outlet identified by focus groups. 4. Develop recommendations for adapting such messages and information to better address the needs of the three target populations. Objective 1. Determine major challenges facing the three target populations with respect to work, family, and personal fulfillment. Project Timeline: The first step in determining the major challenges of the target groups was to develop a protocol for conducting focus groups. This was accomplished in year one (2006) by telephone conference calls. Year two (2007) was identified as the year to conduct focus groups. Minnesota reported completion of three focus groups, one of them a pilot. There were 19 professional women who participated. They ranged in age from 31-53 years. All of them were married, had children, and also demanding jobs. All of them met the criteria for the study of working 30 hours or more, in a paid position, with two continuous years of work in the same job. They had at least a BA/BS degree and were employed in positions such as the following: Human Resources Manager, Dean in A Community College, Managing Editor, Litigation Support Provider. Two doctoral students and one Masters student are interested in producing publishable papers in the future from the data produced by the project. Mississippi plans to study low income African-American women and Professional African American women and to contact them through churches as well as other locations. These focus groups data will contribute to a student project. New Mexico completed two focus groups of working class Latinas and will complete a professional group in April, 2007. Preliminary data from the focus groups seem to suggest that working class Latinas tend to place personal fulfillment last among work, family, and personal fulfillment. Family appears to come first, followed by achieving a satisfactory job performance. This major challenge seems to be the lack of time available to complete tasks due to role overload. Wisconsin is planning one to two focus groups of professional women to be completed in Spring, 2007, one of which will be a focus group. Wyoming will be planning focus groups with farm and ranch women. The original plan for a February target date did not work because it was calving season for farm and ranch women. The scheduling is challenging because branding and moving to summer pasture occurs in May and June. The best months appear to be April or September. Objective 2. Identify media and information sources used by the three target populations and their perspectives on these media, to resolve and/or confront these challenges. Project Timeline: Conduct focus groups using common protocol in year two. Minnesota made a decision after the first three focus groups that professional women used the media very seldom as sources of information for balancing their complicated lives. They did go to friends, co-workers, or family members for assistance in thinking about the issues they were facing. Three focus groups are scheduled for March, 2007 that may have different outcomes. New Mexico Preliminary data from the focus groups seem to suggest that working class Latinas do not use print media on a regular basis. Also, television and the internet seem to be intermittent sources used to obtain information on meeting challenges of work, family, and personal issues. Wyoming conducted a pilot focus group of professional women in summer 2006 to test questions related to media and information sources used. The pilot revealed that this group compartmentalized their life roles (work, hobby, persona.) in order to explain the different resources they utilized to manage the different unique parts of their lives. Traditional media (magazines and newsletters) was NOT the preferred method for resolving work, family, and personal challenges. Internet, listserves, and peer networks were preferred methods. The investigator is involved in a three-state research/Extension effort. that complements W-1167: Defining Agricultural Clientele for Land Grant University Outreach in the West. This study asked: When seeking information relevant to your agricultural operation, what are your most preferred sources? The top responses from high to low were: Peer/support groups and networks, Internet, trade magazines, and Cooperative Extension. They preferred to receive information in fact sheets, newsletters, and direct mailings. There was wide variance among participants in responding to I have little time for myself or any leisure activities. Objective 3. Examine and evaluate the messages and information that reach the three target populations through media and information outlets identified by focus groups. Timeline for 2007 Complete focus groups: Wisconsin 1-3 groups of professional women; New Mexico Latina professional women, and working class women; Mississippi four African-American focus groups and completion of the honor students project; Minnesota three professional women groups with transcription, analysis, and project of doctoral student; Wyoming two focus groups. All states: learn to use MAXQDA software. In progress Researchers will continue to focus on the following issues: Living in diverse family forms Struggling to find time for care giving Facing new work, family, personal, and cultural pressures Lacking role models for creating new pathways Juggling, balancing, and negotiating work, family, personal, and cultural issues Objective 4. Develop recommendations for adapting such messages and information to better address the needs of the three target populations. In progress

Refereed Journal Articles: None this year