March 12, 2020

Contribution of New Data toward Increasing Resources for Post High School Opportunities through the Seattle Public Library – South Park

Student Nurses: Mariyam Arifova, Ian Clouthier, Nancy Huynh, Hannah Nguyen & Krystal Sheedy

Nurse Faculty: Ellie Marsh, MN, RN

Our Community Health Nursing Clinical project group consisted of five students from the University of Washington BSN program in collaboration with the Seattle Public Library – South Park branch and their lead librarian Lupine Miller. Several theoretical models were used to develop this project including the nursing process known as ADPIE, CBPR, and the Socio-ecological perspective. Through the use of the ADPIE and Cultural Humility frameworks, our group assessed the community and planned our project to address the needs and disparities found in South Park related to reduced levels of employment and post high school education among teens and young adults. Our project aimed to gather data to understand the perceptions, assets, and barriers among the teen population in South Park through the implementation of a survey given to the Duwamish Valley Youth Corps, as a representative group of the teen population in the community. We then evaluated the collected data, shared it with our community partner and collaborated to form a list of ideas and strategies for increasing resources related to post high school opportunities at the South Park library.

See the poster presentation here and read the full report here!