Moderator’s Guide of Questions for Focus Groups with Mis

Department of Health and Human Services OMB Approved

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Control No. 0920-0932

Expiration Date 07/31/2018

Attachment B – Moderator’s Guide for Focus Groups with Missionaries/Volunteers

1. In how many trips have you participated in the last three years?

2. What regions have you visited in the last three years (e.g. Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, North America)? How long have you stayed?

3. In what type of accommodations have you stayed in during the trips?

4. What are your main concerns for health and safety before beginning travel? How much of a concern are health issues for you when thinking about your travel?

5. How often do you look for travel health and safety information about your mission destination? When do you look for this information?

6. Where do you most often go when looking for travel health information? (ex. travel health clinic, general medical doctor, CDC website, general travel guides, etc.)

7. If you have visited CDC’s website to seek travel health information, how would you describe the site? What about the site, was easy to use? What was difficult to use? What would you like to see changed?

8. Did you receive any training from your organization before your trip? How often do you receive pre-travel training from your organization? What type of information do you receive?

9. Would you be interested in learning more about travel health recommendations for popular mission destinations? How would you most like to receive this information?

10. If CDC were to produce educational materials intended for short-term mission groups, would you be interested in receiving them? What format would you find most useful? (ex. brochures, posters, email templates).

11. What do you know about diseases that are carried by mosquitoes?

12. Have you ever heard of dengue fever? What do you know about dengue fever?

13. Have you ever heard of chikungunya fever? What do you know about chikungunya fever?

14. Have you ever heard of Zika fever? What do you know about Zika fever?

15. Do you worry about diseases carried by mosquitoes? How worried are you?

16. How can you prevent mosquito bites? Do you think the current prevention measures are effective?

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