Table 5.

Searching for diabetes information online is not universal.

Participant ethnicity	Previously searched for diabetes-related information	Has never searched
African American	More so…yeah, my doctor had mentioned something about a drug that she could possibly give me if my blood sugar didn’t improve, so I looked that drug up.	No. I never looked.
Caucasian	Yes. I actually did look for it a couple other times because I was thinking that I was. I just actually remember this because my friend said that she felt that she was experiencing symptoms of diabetes…being thirsty often. And so I remember I Googled it, I was like, “oh, I’m thirsty a lot, too,” and, I was like “I do eat a lot of sugar, so, and it’s in my family.” I went and just looked up about diabetes. Yeah, I was looking for the symptoms, because I think to be diagnosed you have to go to your doctor and have blood work done.	No. For some reason diabetes is [chuckles] not really one of those. I know of some people with diabetes, and it’s not like as serious...like they’re living with it, so.
Mexican American	It is important that she [daughter] sees how the whole system works and how diabetes affects her as well. Very important for her to know. And I also investigate a lot about carbohydrates, because our doctor talks a lot about the importance of the carbohydrates diabetics need to take. Then there are times when we do not know the portions, the foods, the carbohydrates.	No, to tell you the truth because I was never at risk. I really didn’t worry a lot for that. I worried more about triglycerides or something that I’m at risk for.