1. Suppose that someone showed you how to use the Internet. Would you be more inclined to start using it?

    • What would they need to show you?

  2. Suppose that you could access the Internet at school or in a government office. Would you be interested in accessing the Internet there? Why/Why not?

D. Health [25 minutes]

Now that we have an idea about using and accessing the Internet, we are going to talk about using the Internet when it comes to health issues.

  1. Has anybody here ever searched for health information, for example, information on an illness, a condition, or how to make healthy choices when it comes to diet and lifestyle?

    • What kind of information did you look for?
    • Where did you search for this information?
    • Did you find the information you were looking for? Where did you find it?

  2. What about major health issues? Can anybody think of a major health issue that has been in the news? [PROMT IF NECESSARY: SARS, West Nile, Walkerton, flu epidemic, the Norwalk virus]. Did anybody search for information concerning these issues?

  3. Now, what about the recent issues surrounding SARS? (Does everybody remember the SARS outbreak in Toronto last spring)? At the time, were you interested in finding information on SARS?

    • How did you find information on SARS? From what sources?
    • Do you feel you had enough information?
    • Did you find that the information you were accessing was current enough?
    • Do you know anybody that used the Internet to find information on SARS?