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[ Design Lesson Plan: Nathan Botts ] 

Introduction - As the US healthcare system becomes more impacted by factors such as the oncoming flood of baby boomers, higher occurences of chronic illnesses (diabetes, hypertension, etc.), and an insufficient pool of incoming healthcare workers, the burden of managing one's own health, therapy, and medical transactions will increasingly fall on the patient and their family. As new systems for personal health management are developed it is critical then that these systems are responsive to the unique and specific needs of underserved populations. Designing systems that meet the needs of the most disadvantaged users can help to insure wider adoption of that system. By conducting interviews with current users, care managers and administrators of personal health record systems a framework for best practices can be created to assist providers and developers as they look to adopt and develop these resources.

Background - The MiVIA program is a web-based personal health record that allows migrant farm workers to update and keep track of their health information. The ability to hold their information in a centralized place through which they can access it no matter where they move is very important to this population due to all of the moving around that they do. Of equal importance is the ability to keep track of any medical interactions that they have. Many of these field workers do not have medical insurance and so in most cases whenever they go to a clinic doctors often have to start from scratch again and again. Not only is this a burden on the provider, but it can also have an impact on one's health (ex. conflicting prescriptions). In order to better find out how migrant farm workers are using these systems and how best to address their needs, interviews were conducted with this population and were analyzed to see whether there were any overarching issues that came up. 

Learning Objective – The objective of this lesson is to walk through the process of analyzing interview data gathered from MiVIA users through use of the Atlas TI qualitative analysis application.

Users will learn:

• key aspects of qualitative analysis
• techniques for analyzing survey data
• and approaches to effectively reporting findings.

Analysis – An understanding of the perceptions and experiences of migrant farm workers in use of the MiVIA application will be derived from a semi-structured interview given to 10-15 participants. Constructs within the interview include aspects of usability, access, motivation, and health outcomes.  

Evaluation and Extension - 

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Background 

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Design Lesson Plan: Chris Liapis 

Introduction: Designing a focus group to facilitate qualitative research on the basis of trust in e-governmental systems.

Background : Focus groups have been a key qualitative research tool in A{1…n} studies and proven immeasurable in regard to participant response. Focus groups have in many research areas helped explain the ‘why’ in justification of survey responses.

Learning Objective: This object is intended to facilitate a real world example of designing and conducting a focus group. As a means of qualitative research, and on the basis of trust in e-governmental systems, a focus group will be designed based on previous literature and employed as a live case study.

Analysis:A short survey taken after respondents (class) runs through transit exercise. An audio recording of applicants responses. Decoding of audioAnalysis of survey and focus group response

Evaluation and Extension: n/a

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