Re: Any views
From: maria (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jul 3 19:53:01 2003
that's great Angela - if you email me and let me know that'd be really
great! :)
Many Thanks,
--
Maria
At Wed, 2 Jul 2003, angela wrote:
>
>I can talk with you if you'd like~ Angela
>
>maria <anonymous@obgyn.net> wrote:Hi again,
>
>I thought I'd attach my original message about the research in case
>anyone missed it (with the mistakes changed :-)!!!!):
>
>Hi,
>Let me introduce myself,
>
>My name is Maria Macintyre. I am a research student at the Knowledge
>Media institute (http://kmi.open.ac.uk) Open University, UK.
>
>I’m looking into the public use of the internet and whether this has any
>impact on the changing roles of health professionals and the public. As
>part of my research I’m observing health communities and finding out
>about the experience of using the internet by talking to community
>members, like yourselves.
>
>Obgyn.net have agreed to let me observe the forum. However, I wanted to
>introduce myself and let everyone on the board know about the project.
>
>What’s the research about?
>
>I'm interested in looking at the forum retrospectively for a period of
>three months (i.e. Dec 02 - Feb 03). This will also involve me looking
>through the archives (to follow a particular thread, for example) and me
>sending an occasional message to the forum.
>
>Would you be interested in talking to me?
>
>In addition, I would really like to talk to you personally about your
>opinions and experiences of using the internet for health purposes and
>your use of this forum in particular. I'm also interested in whether
>this has had any impact on your interactions with health professionals.
>If you would like to share your views with me, we can do this using a
>chat facility or by telephone if you prefer.
>
>Anonymity and confidentiality
>
>Let me take this opportunity to assure you that anything you say either
>to me personally or on the forum will be anonymised and treated as
>private and confidential. If you decide to take part you are still free
>to withdraw you consent if you wish to do so.
>
>What’s in it for you?
>
>Although the research is for my PhD, I think that it will be worthwhile
>for you and your community. It should provide a detailed picture of
>online health communities; this will be done by looking at the needs of
>people like yourselves and how these are being met. I'm looking at
>another online Endometriosis forum as well, which means that I'll be
>paying particular attention to the specific needs of people with Endo. I
>intend to publish my findings, which will also raise the profile of
>online health communities and their usefulness.
>
>It’s a two-way process!!!
>
>I feel that research should be an interactive process between the
>researcher and the communities studied and would welcome any feedback or
>comments about the research. Also if you are interested I can give you
>a summary of the findings.
>
>If you’re happy to talk to me…
>
>Simply email me and let me know. Then we can arrange a time that would
>be convenient to you.
>
>Whatever you decide
>
>Don't hesitate to email me if you have any further queries.
>
>Look forward to hearing from you soon,
>
>Many Thanks,
>
>--
>Maria
>
>Maria Macintyre
>Research Student
>KMi
>Open University
>Milton Keynes
>MK7 6AA
>m.a.macintyre@open.ac.uk
>
>At Tue, 1 Jul 2003, maria wrote:
>>
>>Hi everyone :D,
>>
>>I just wanted to say hello and a big thank you to everyone who's got in
>>contact so far the response has been really positive, and if anyone else
>>is interested don't hesitate to get in touch - everyone's views are
>>important.
>>
>>Also, as some of you may have been aware there was an article in the
>>June edition of Endozone's newsletter the Coping Zone
>>http://www.endozone.org about the research and calling for people to
>>contribute.
>>
>>I'm giving a presentation in London next week at the ERSC virtual
>>methods seminar series http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/crict/vmsem5.htm
>>and wondered whether anyone had any thoughts or comments about online
>>research or the method that I've used I'd be interested in hearing them
>>(please don't be too mean!!!)
>>
>>Look forward to hearing from you,
>>
>>Take Care,
>>
>>--
>>Maria
>>
>>m.a.macintyre@open.ac.uk
>>
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