BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Foundry, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Glob Health Promot. 2021 Mar;28(1):51-59. doi: 10.1177/1757975920984196. Epub 2021 Feb 18.
Foundry is a province-wide network of integrated health and social service centres for young people aged 12-24 in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Online resources and virtual care broaden Foundry's reach. Its online platform - foundrybc.ca - offers information and resources on topics such as mental health, sexual wellness, life skills, and other content suggested by youth and young adults. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented significant and unique challenges to the youth and their families/caregivers served by Foundry. Disruptions to school, access to essential healthcare services such as counselling, familial financial security and related consequences has left young people with heightened anxiety. The Foundry team mobilized to respond to these extenuating circumstances and support BC youth and their families/caregivers during this hard time through three goals: (1) to amplify (and translate for young people and their families/caregivers) key messages released by government to support public health responses to the COVID-19 pandemic; (2) to develop content that supports the needs of young people and their families/caregivers that existed before COVID-19 and are likely to be exacerbated as a result of this pandemic; and (3) to develop and host opportunities through social media and website articles to engage young people and their families/caregivers by creating a sense of community and promoting togetherness and social connection during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each goal and plan integrated the leadership, feedback and needs of youth and their families through engagement with Foundry's provincial youth and family advisory committees. Our study evaluated Foundry's media response to the COVID-19 pandemic by recording/measuring (1) the website/social content created, including emerged thematic topic areas; (2) the process of topic identification through engagement with youth and young adults; (3) the social and website analytics of the created content; and (4) the constant, critical team-reflection of our response to the pandemic. Following measurement and reflection, our team offers recommendations to health promotion organizations for future preparedness.
铸造厂是加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省(BC)为 12-24 岁年轻人提供的综合性健康和社会服务中心的全省网络。在线资源和虚拟护理扩大了铸造厂的服务范围。其在线平台 foundrybc.ca 提供有关心理健康、性健康、生活技能和其他由青年和年轻人提出的主题的信息和资源。COVID-19 大流行给铸造厂服务的年轻人及其家人/照顾者带来了重大而独特的挑战。学校停课、获得咨询等基本医疗保健服务的机会、家庭经济安全以及相关后果使年轻人感到焦虑加剧。铸造厂团队迅速采取行动,应对这些特殊情况,并在这段艰难时期为 BC 年轻人及其家人/照顾者提供支持,主要通过三个目标来实现:(1)放大(并为年轻人及其家人/照顾者翻译)政府发布的支持公共卫生应对 COVID-19 大流行的关键信息;(2)开发支持 COVID-19 大流行之前存在的年轻人及其家人/照顾者需求的内容,并且由于这种大流行可能会加剧这些需求;(3)通过社交媒体和网站文章开发和主持机会,通过创建社区意识并在 COVID-19 大流行期间促进团结和社会联系,让年轻人及其家人/照顾者参与进来。每个目标和计划都通过与铸造厂的省级青年和家庭咨询委员会合作,整合了年轻人及其家人的领导力、反馈和需求。我们的研究通过记录/衡量(1)创建的网站/社交媒体内容,包括新兴主题领域;(2)通过与年轻人和年轻人的互动来确定主题的过程;(3)创建内容的社会和网站分析;以及(4)我们对大流行做出反应的持续、关键的团队反思,来评估铸造厂对 COVID-19 大流行的媒体反应。在测量和反思之后,我们的团队为健康促进组织提供了未来应对大流行的准备工作的建议。
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