March 10, 2021

Assessment of Teen Needs and Engagement Strategies for the South Park Library Branch

Student Nurses:  Sean Butterfield, Tae Ho Jeong,
Alicia Nguyen, Dave Trop, and Leah Yashar-Brown

Clinical Faculty: Hilary Jauregui, DNP, MN, RN

We launched our project based on meetings with our community partners as well as our instructor and our understanding of the community. Based on our assessment data on the community’s needs, we established that our goal with the South Park Library is to empower teens by gathering their input about the development of library programs centered on their needs as they transition from childhood to adulthood. Our job was to find what teens want and need from the community and ultimately, increase the engagement through the library by utilizing the library’s resources and programs. We talked with the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps youth, the library interns, and teens who live in the South Park community and to learn about what they are going through and how the library can provide their needs.

Read the full report here!