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Introduction-Motivation: |
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Many Americans struggle to get eyeglasses. We are conducting a study to learn about the barriers to getting eyeglasses, success stories where people have gotten eyeglasses and helped their vision, and people’s thoughts around eyeglasses and wearing eyeglasses. |
What are your thoughts after hearing this introduction? After hearing this introduction, what do you think the rest of the session will be like? |
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Testimonial: |
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Jean knows that she needs because she can’t see to read anymore, but it is hard for her to get eyeglasses. |
What are your thoughts about Jean’s story? What have your experiences been with getting eyeglasses? Are your experiences anything like Jean’s? What issues, if any, have people you know had getting glasses? What issues, if any, have you had getting glasses? What do you like and dislike about the story? How could we improve this information? |
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Self-efficacy: |
| “I can get glasses if I need them.” |
What are you thinking when you hear the statement? What are your thoughts about how easy or hard it is to get glasses? Interviewer: If you needed glasses, how would you go about getting them? |
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Social Determinants of health: |
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1) Sam is not sure he can afford to buy eyeglasses. So, he is not going to get them right now. |
What were you thinking as you heard this message about costs? What, if any, thoughts do you have about the cost of getting an eyeglass prescription? What, if any, thoughts do you have about the cost of buying eyeglasses and the frames? How would feel about talking to your doctor about the eyeglasses? |
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2) Scenario: A friend of Sam’s got her eyeglasses at a church event. |
What are your thoughts about the story? What do you think about the cost saving strategy that the message describes? Would you feel comfortable asking a friend for help to find a good price on glasses? Why or why not? |
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3) Scenario: A friend of Sam’s asked her friend for help to get her eyeglasses. |
What are your thoughts about the story? What do you think about the cost saving strategy that the message describes? Would you feel comfortable asking a friend for help to find a good price on glasses? Why or why not? |
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4) Scenario: One of your friends got their eyeglasses on the Internet. |
What are your thoughts about the story? Which strategies discussed in these messages would you be willing to try? What do you like and dislike about these stories? How could we make them better? |
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Access to Care: |
| 1) “I would like to get eyeglasses but it is hard to get to an eye doctor for a glasses prescription.” |
What are you thinking when you hear the statement? What, if any, thoughts do you have about getting to an eye doctor for eyeglasses? What, if any, issues have you faced in getting a prescription for glasses and then getting the glasses? How easy is it to get to an eyeglasses shop from where you live? |
| 2) “I would like to get eyeglasses but it is hard to find a place that sells eyeglasses.” |
What are you thinking when you hear the statement? What if any problems have come up for you when you thought about or tried to get to a store to buy glasses? What, if any, issues have you faced in picking up the frames and deciding on which lenses to buy? |
| 3) “I worry that eyeglasses may harm their eyes.” |
What are your thoughts about this statement? What, if any, problems can people have with glasses? How does wearing glasses affect your eyes? |
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Insurance: |
| “Grace waited until she got insurance to get eyeglasses.” |
What was going through your head as you heard this section? What, if any, experiences have you had with insurance and getting glasses? Have you got any eyeglasses through insurances in the past? |
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Competing Priorities: |
| “I know I need eyeglasses but other things are more important to pay for and concentrate on right now.” |
What were you thinking when you hard this message? How is the story similar or different to your experiences? How does trouble with vision compare to other things going on in your life? |
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Value of Vision: |
| “It is important to wear eyeglasses if you have trouble seeing things.” |
What was going through your head as you heard this section? What do you take away from this message? After hearing this message, how do you feel about wearing eyeglasses when things are blurry? How, if at all, does wearing or not wearing eyeglasses affect your life? |
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Personal Health and Vision: |
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Many people have medical problems that they have to deal with and their medical problems cost a lot of time and money. They don’t have time to get eyeglasses. They get by with the vision that they have. |
What does this section make you think of? How bad do you think your vision is relative to other people? What, if any, trouble have you had in your personal life because you didn’t have glasses? What are currently the most important things for you to be able to see well? How, if at all, would getting glasses change what you can do in life? How does it feel to discuss these values? How, if at all, has you vision (or lack of eyeglasses) ever affected your ability to pay your bill? Did not having eyeglasses hurt your ability to get a job? To help out at home? |
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Motivation: |
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Story: Shelia thought her vision was fine until she mixed up her medicines at home because of the small print on the bottle, and she had trouble seeing her television. |
What were you thinking as you heard Shelia’s story? How, if at all, can you relate to Shelia’s experiences? What, if anything, has motivated you to try to get glasses? How is Shelia’s story similar or different to your experiences? How does the story relate to your own motivations? |
| Attitudes/ Norms: Stigma, peer influence, perceptions |
“Wearing eyeglasses makes your eyes weaker.” What are you thinking as you heard this message? Do many people you know wear eyes glasses? What are they like? What do you think about people who wear eyeglasses? How, if at all, do people who wear glasses have more eye problems? How, if at all, do people who wear glasses get treated differently? |
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Safety: |
People who wear eyeglasses are weaker and old. What’s going through your head as you listen to this part? Would you be worried if wore eyeglasses in certain places? Can you describe that? How does your vision impact how safe you feel in your community? What, if any, issues have you had imagined yourself wearing glasses? |
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Cosmesis: |
| 1) “Most affordable eyeglasses make people look ugly.” |
What does this part make you think of? What, if anything, comes to mind when you think of how people who wear glasses look? |
| 2) “Most eyeglasses are hard to wear and are always falling and breaking.” |
What are you thinking as you heard this section? Have you ever bought a pair of glasses that didn’t work? What, if any, issues have you had when you tried on or wore glasses in the past? |
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Technology: |
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Right now, you can buy cheap eyeglasses online. Someday, everyone will be able to get an eyeglass prescription on the Internet. |
What goes through your mind as you hear this information? How would getting glasses from the Internet work for you? How comfortable do you feel getting eyeglasses from the Internet? What might be some problems you could foresee in getting glasses from the Internet? What other ways could you get glasses? |
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Discussion: |
As we wrap off, any other thoughts about this discussion? Does this discussion change any of your feelings about getting eyeglasses? Were these topics helpful for you? What other topics would you like to discuss? How can we improve this discussion when we talk with the next person? |
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Test results: |
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