| GENERAL
HEALTH / WELLBEING |
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How have you been
feeling lately? |
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Are you healthy? |
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Do you have a lot
of stress? -> SEE STRESS HANDOUT |
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Do you get enough
sleep? - > SEE "SLEEP AND DREAMING" HANDOUT |
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Do you ever read
magazines or news articles about health? If yes, what subject(s)
do you find the most interesting? |
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What do you think
is the most serious health problem in Korea? |
| LONG
LIFE |
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Are your parents
healthy? |
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What do you think
about getting old? |
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Do you want to live
a long time?
- what's better; "Live fast, die young" or "Boring
but long"? |
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Do you think you
will live until a ripe old age? Why or why not? - > SEE "DEATH & DYING" HANDOUT |
| ALLERGIES |
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Do you have any
allergies? |
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Do you think pets are
good for a person's health?
PROS:
- Fur allergies / crap everywhere / spread
disease
- Do you think it is unhealthy to keep a dog/cat
in your home?
CONS:
- Anti-stress / companionship |
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Do you know anyone
who is allergic to alcohol? |
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Do you know anyone
who is allergic to milk / milk products?
- Lactose intolerance |
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Are allergies just
conditioning? Can you un-learn them?
- Wolf and sheep experiment |
| EATING
/ DRINKING |
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Do you always eat
healthy food? (Is your diet healthy?) |
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How often do you
eat junk food?
- What kinds of junk food do you eat?
- Which is
your favorite junk food? |
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Do you eat a lot
of vegetables? / fruit?
- Do you eat vegetables every day? |
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Do you always eat breakfast?
- What do you have?
- Is it healthy? |
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Do you take vitamins or
mineral supplements? |
| VEGETARIANISM |
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Would you ever consider
being one?
- Why? / Why not? |
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Do you know anyone
who is a vegetarian? |
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Why are people vegetarians?
- Religion (Buddhist)
- Fluffy bunny reasons (cant
eat cute animals)
- Political / animal welfare
* Battery
farming
* Generally
bad conditions and mistreatment
- Healthier
* Allege
humans aren't supposed to eat meat (omnivore issue)
* BSE
/ CJD
* Steroids
in meat |
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Is it easy or hard
being a vegetarian in Korea? |
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Do you know of anyone
who is a vegan? |
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Why are people vegan? |
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Are you a carnivore? |
| DRINKS |
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Ever had a Red
Bull? / Pro Plus / Ritalin -
Why?
- Do you like it? |
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Do you drink a lot?
/ Too much? |
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For alcoholism
/ addiction to booze and smoking. -> see
DRUGS handout |
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For 'normal' styles
of drinking. -> see DRINKING
AND PARTYING handout |
| WEIGHT |
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Do you think you
are overweight? |
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Do think that you
need to lose weight? |
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Do you watch your
weight? What foods do you think are healthy? |
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For body image: -> SEE "BEAUTY
AND PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS" HANDOUT |
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Do you know anyone
who is obese?
- Talk about BMI
- Supersize me |
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Are Koreans getting
fatter on the whole?
- Does this worry you?
- Is there anything that
can be done to stop this trend? |
| FITNESS |
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Are you a member
of a health spa / fitness club / sauna - Why? |
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Are you a member
of a Sauna?
- What s good about a sauna?
- Do you like the
hot-then-cold treatment? Why? |
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Do you exercise?
- What kind of exercise do you do?
- How often
do you exercise? |
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How do you keep
interested in exercise? |
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Do you play sports?
Which ones? |
| SICKNESS
/ TREATMENT |
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When was the last
time you were sick?
- What was it?
- Was it bad?
- How long did it
last?
- How did you treat it? |
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How often do you
get sick?
- Do you catch a cold more than once a year? |
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When you were in
high school, how many days of school did you miss each year
because of sickness? |
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Who is the healthiest
person in your family? Who is the least healthy? |
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Do you take medicine
when you are sick? |
| EASTERN
MEDICINE |
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When do you choose
eastern rather than western treatment? |
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Which eastern medicines
work best in different situations? |
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Have you ever been
to an acupuncturist? What do you think of acupuncture? |
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What about bloodletting
/ leeches? |
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What about cupping? |
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What about sauna
/ massage? |
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What about herbal
teas / homeopathy? |
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What about aromatherapy? |
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What about meditation? |
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What about new age
/ crystals / prayer? |
| INJURIES |
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Have you ever burned
yourself with hot water? |
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Have you ever gotten
a black eye? |
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Have you ever sprained
your ankle? |
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Have you ever broken
a bone? |
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Do you ever get
headaches? Do you know anyone who suffers from migraine headaches? |
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Do you know anyone
who suffers from backaches? |
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Do you bruise easily? |
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What's the highest
temperature you've ever had? |
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What's your blood
type? - What does that mean? |
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Have you ever donated
blood? |
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What disease frightens
you the most? Why? |
| -> SEE "ACCIDENTS" HANDOUT |
| VISITING
DOCTORS |
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When was the last
time you went to a doctor? |
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Do you go for regular
medical check-ups? |
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Are you afraid of
needles? |
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Do you normally
go one doctor in particular or any available doctor? |
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What is the best
way to find a doctor, if you're new in the area? ("He's 'Famous'") |
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Do Korean doctors
have a good 'bedside manner'? |
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Are doctors always
right?
- Corruption / incompetence:
* Over-prescribing
drugs for profit
* Prescribing
particular drug to get kickbacks
* General
incompetence
* Generally
bigoted:
= Gays
have AIDS
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Pregnant teens are sinners
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STDs are only for evil people |
| SURGERY
/ BIG ILLNESS / HOSPITALS |
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When was the last
time you went to a hospital? |
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Ever had surgery?
- What for?
- Ever had a general anesthetic?
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Was it painful / a bad experience? |
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Have you ever broken
a bone? |
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Have you ever had
stitches? |
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Do you have any
scars? |
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What do you think
of cosmetic surgery?
- Do you know anyone who has had cosmetic surgery?
- What on / why?
- Would you ever consider having cosmetic
surgery? -> SEE "BEAUTY AND PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS" HANDOUT
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Do you think you
would be a good surgeon? Why or why not? |
| VISITING
DENTIST |
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When was the last
time you went to a dentist? |
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Do you go to the
dentist's twice a year? |
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Do you know anyone
with false teeth? |
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Have you ever had
braces on your teeth? |
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Do you have your
wisdom teeth?
- Have you had them out?
- Did it hurt?
- Was it
necessary? |
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Do you have any
gold teeth? - Why? |
| HEALTH
SERVICE |
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What do you think
of the health service in this country? Good? Bad? |
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How can the health
service be improved? |
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If you were President
of Korea, what would you do to improve Koreans' health? |
| EPIDEMICS |
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Do you worry about
any of the following? What do you know about:
- the SARS virus?
- AIDS?
- Bird Flu
- Ebola
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Flu |
| GENERL
QUESTIONS |
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Who do you think
is responsible for the care of your health--you yourself, your
parents, or your doctor and medical people? |
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Would you consider
donating your organs after your death? |
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What about donating
blood? |
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What do you think
about abortion? Why do some people support it and others
are against it? |
