MyVoice National Text Message Survey of Youth Aged 14 to 24 Years: Study Protocol
| Autor: | DeJonckheere, Melissa, Nichols, Lauren P, Moniz, Michelle H, Sonneville, Kendrin R, Vydiswaran, VG Vinod, Zhao, Xinyan, Guetterman, Timothy C, Chang, Tammy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Medical education
mixed methods Descriptive statistics business.industry Community organization longitudinal study health policy Qualitative property General Medicine Youth voice 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Health care Protocol text messaging adolescents 030212 general & internal medicine business Psychology Health policy Qualitative research Adolescent health |
| Zdroj: | JMIR Research Protocols |
| ISSN: | 1929-0748 |
| Popis: | Background: There has been little progress in adolescent health outcomes in recent decades. Researchers and youth-serving organizations struggle to accurately elicit youth voice and translate youth perspectives into health care policy. Objective: Our aim is to describe the protocol of the MyVoice Project, a longitudinal mixed methods study designed to engage youth, particularly those not typically included in research. Text messaging surveys are collected, analyzed, and disseminated in real time to leverage youth perspectives to impact policy. Methods: Youth aged 14 to 24 years are recruited to receive weekly text message surveys on a variety of policy and health topics. The research team, including academic researchers, methodologists, and youth, develop questions through an iterative writing and piloting process. Question topics are elicited from community organizations, researchers, and policy makers to inform salient policies. A youth-centered interactive platform has been developed that automatically sends confidential weekly surveys and incentives to participants. Parental consent is not required because the survey is of minimal risk to participants. Recruitment occurs online (eg, Facebook, Instagram, university health research website) and in person at community events. Weekly surveys collect both quantitative and qualitative data. Quantitative data are analyzed using descriptive statistics. Qualitative data are quickly analyzed using natural language processing and traditional qualitative methods. Mixed methods integration and analysis supports a more in-depth understanding of the research questions. Results: We are currently recruiting and enrolling participants through in-person and online strategies. Question development, weekly data collection, data analysis, and dissemination are in progress. Conclusions: MyVoice quickly ascertains the thoughts and opinions of youth in real time using a widespread, readily available technology—text messaging. Results are disseminated to researchers, policy makers, and youth-serving organizations through a variety of methods. Policy makers and organizations also share their priority areas with the research team to develop additional question sets to inform important policy decisions. Youth-serving organizations can use results to make decisions to promote youth well-being. [JMIR Res Protoc 2017;6(12):e247] |
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