Where are focus groups written up in an academic article when not a part of the primary research, indeed helped to develop the question set used with participants in the primary research?
In terms of outcomes that makes the focus group work exactly as contributions from the Literature Review. I am tempted to include the focus group write-ups there. It is logical, but I've never seen such a thing. Is the better alternative, therefore, to include reporting the primary research as having multiple stages and including the focus groups there?
It sounds like you collected and analyzed the focus groups as the first section of a two part, qualitative study. If so, this could be categorized as a "multi-methods" study.
Regardless of whether you use that label, you should describe the focus groups under the Methods section because they are a research method that was part of your research process. The literature review should just about prior theory and research in your area.
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