Youth Focus Groups NORTH CAROLINA MARCH 6, 2014 Youth engagement in state needs assessments NORTH CAROLINA MARCH 6, 2014 State Adolescent Health Resource Center/Konopka Institute/U of MN

TALK ASSESS GOAL 6-8 groups of diverse adolescent populations View of health & access to health information Topics & elements for AHRC website Social media presence GOAL North Carolina AHRC Youth Focus Groups

1 Developing facilitator materials Networking Managing challenges 2 3

LESSONS LEARNED… Networking is KEY Youth voice is VALUABLE

FINDINGS… Major interests = stress/mental health, nutrition & healthy living, smoking, sexual health-birth control, insurance information Diversity of groups & priority topic areas Use of social media as KEY to gathering interest in website