1. 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

2. 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

3. 1
Developing facilitator materials
Networking
Managing challenges 2 3

4. LESSONS LEARNED…
Networking is KEY
Youth voice is VALUABLE

5. 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