Please complete the following assignment and post your responses on the Message Board:

1. Identify a piece of information you would like to have.

2. Explain how this information would be used in prevention efforts.

3. Identify a target audience from whom this information can be
obtained.

4. Write a question (or questions) eliciting this information. Remember,
good question is clear, asks for a single piece of information, asks for
information that the respondent can be expected to know, specifies
how the information should be provided, and is asked in a way that is
likely to elicit a truthful answer.

Here’s an example:

Piece of information: “I would like to know the age at which children in my community begin using marijuana.”

Why this info is useful: “We would like to begin our marijuana prevention activities at the age at which children first begin experimenting with marijuana.”

Target audience: “middle and high school students”

Possible question:*

How old were you when you tried marijuana for the first time?
1. I have never tried marijuana
2. 8 years old or younger
3. 9 or 10 years old
4. 11 or 12 years old
5. 13 or 14 years old
6. 15 or 16 years old
7. 17 years old or older

*Question taken from the High School Questionnaire of the 2003 Youth Risk Behavior Survey

After you have posted your responses, please review and comment on the responses made by your fellow participants. Can you think of other ways they might elicit the information they are looking for? Other groups they might survey? Post your feedback on the Message Board. Then come back and visit regularly—others may have posed questions to you!