The week started off with a meeting with the graduate students about our project. We discussed the schedule for session two, and what we wanted to accomplish. I helped devise activities that would help the youth brainstorm about health topics in their area.
Throughout the rest of the week I continued to search for advocacy groups on social networks and gather data about their posts. Wednesday I had another group meeting, with all the students in Dr. Parker's research group. We updated each other on the individual projects we are working on, and offered advice. I learned a different approach to obtaining data from advocacy groups on social media.
Thursday we had session two of our study with the BAHEC youth. From activities, discussion and observations, I learned why adolescents don't feel empowered to address health issues on social media. Much of it is credited to comfortability, relevance and structure of social networks. Next week I plan to come up with ways to address this problem.
Throughout the rest of the week I continued to search for advocacy groups on social networks and gather data about their posts. Wednesday I had another group meeting, with all the students in Dr. Parker's research group. We updated each other on the individual projects we are working on, and offered advice. I learned a different approach to obtaining data from advocacy groups on social media.
Thursday we had session two of our study with the BAHEC youth. From activities, discussion and observations, I learned why adolescents don't feel empowered to address health issues on social media. Much of it is credited to comfortability, relevance and structure of social networks. Next week I plan to come up with ways to address this problem.