A new community/public health nurse may want to use key informants to gather additional information. However, what might be equally informative and useful to do first?
A. E-mail message to all community residents
B. Focus group of about 6 to 12 informal leaders from the community
C. Newspaper survey to gather data via mail
D. Survey sent home for all children's parents to complete
E. Telephone survey to community adolescents
ANS: B
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