Table 3.
Sample of quotes regarding sources of health information
| Parents and family |
| Participant 1: “My parents, especially. Because they are both doctors, so they tell me these things.” |
| Participant 5: “My parents and health class last year.” |
| Participant 19: “My mother and father and my family.” |
| Health education teachers |
| Participant 2: “Health class.” “Nothing [from anybody else].” |
| Participant 3: “My doctor. I learn information from here [school] and from my cardiologist.” |
| Participant 7: “The health class teacher, who also teaches gym class.” |
| Participant 11: “Teachers. The gym class teacher. “ |
| Participant 17: “A teacher. Teachers are older than me. Most older people tend to know about health.” |
| Participant 19: “Mostly health class…” |
| Healthcare providers |
| Participant 3: “My doctor. I learn information from here [school] and from my cardiologist.” |
| Participant 16: “I would ask a doctor. I would ask them [my parents], but if I do not understand, I would ask the doctor.” |
| Participant 20: “I would ask a doctor or a personal trainer.” |
| Printed health information |
| Participant 15: “I would check on the Internet. If I did not understand it, I would ask a friend who is good with reading.” |
| Participant 19: “...if there is some topic that I am interested in,…I can go on the Internet.” |
| Informal learning |
| Participant 9: “My immediate family [when asked about knowledge of family medical history], yes, maybe….yes, I know about my larger family medical history, but not in depth or too much about the past.” |
| Participant 10: “I do not have it [diabetes], but some people in my family do. I have seen some of them do a test to check their blood by pricking their finger...like if you have a high level of sugar, that can lead to a heart attack or death or something like that. So you have to check. I am very fuzzy on that.” |
| Participant 12: “I was eating with my family and I was 6 years old and someone had a heart attack and fell over.” |
| Participant 13: “Hearing people can hear things [reason why deaf people might know less health information than hearing people].” |