Albuquerque: Asthma Social Networking Website Project

Our Year 3 Workplan includes an objective that will create a youth advisory group that participates in the development of asthma education strategies for high school students.

What is the best way for high school students to obtain asthma information? Since many students frequent social networking sites for various reasons, would they use Facebook, Twitter,or other similar sites to obtain asthma information? If they would utilize this venue, what would they like to see on it? A focus group of high school students with asthma was conducted in May 2010. The information from this focus group will be used to help the APS asthma program decide whether to proceed and create a social networking website method to provide information about asthma. The questions asked were:

• What social networking sites are you aware of?
• Which social networking sites do you and your friends use most?
• New ways of doing things have advantages and disadvantages, what are some advantages to using social networking websites as a way to obtain information about asthma?
• What are some disadvantages to using social networking websites as a way to obtain information about asthma?
• If we do end up setting up a social networking website on asthma/diabetes, what kind of information would you like to see on such a website?
• If we do end up setting up a social networking website on asthma, what kind of formats would you like to see on such a website?
• If we do end up setting up a social networking website on asthma, what are your ideas on how we should promote/spread the word about such a website?
• During this discussion were you able to think of any more advantages or disadvantages to using social network websites as a way to obtain information about asthma?

Ask us about the results of the focus group!!!!

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
Denine Gronseth
Albuquerque Public Schools
gronseth@aps.edu
http://www.aps.edu/