- 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?
- 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.
- 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?
- 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?
- 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?
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