I analyzed the quantitative data by scoring the data and using descriptive and inferential statistic methods to evaluate the results. Looking at the results, I found that 43% of middle school students say they have smoked or thought about smoking e-cigarettes or vape, while 51% of high school students have. Youth of minority were 12% greater than those not of minority who vape or use e-cigarettes.

The problem I want to study is adolescent vaping and e-cigarette usage in the middle school and high schools in the community I work in.

How common is adolescent vaping and e-cigarette usage in a rural and culturally diverse community?

The methods to collect qualitative data that I would use include interviews, observations, and documents. I would visit with students and administration about the topic and observe the behaviors of the students and administration in the school setting where vaping might occur. I will also use documents like academic journals to provide support and background information for my study.

I analyzed the qualitative data by hand through reading the data, marking by hand, and then divide them into parts. I would also code the data and then identify common themes. The qualitative results provided common themes. Most participants vaped or used e-cigarettes because their friends/peers. They also were more likely to vape in groups. Adolescents participate in vaping and e-cigarette use because they feel that it is less harmful for their body.

I collected quantitative data from a group of participants in middle school, high school, and school administration. I will collect demographic information, attitudinal measure, behavioral observation, and factual information. I think that these instruments are important because they can give more insight to the participants and why they are participating in vaping and e-cigarettes.

I again analyzed the quantitative data by scoring the data and using descriptive and inferential statistic methods to evaluate the results. Looking at the results, I found that 23% of boys smoked or thought about smoking vape or an e-cigarette over girls. This was the biggest change seen when comparing the second data collection to the first.

I again analyzed the qualitative data by hand through reading the data, marking by hand, and then divide them into parts. I would also code the data and then identify common themes. I found more themes within the groups that boys and girls participated in the act of vaping in groups of the same sex most often.

When thinking of how I would change the old action plan to the second study, I would focus on groups of youth that are of the same gender. Youth will feel more comfortable when sharing and answering my questions. I would make youth aware of the dangers of vaping and e-cigarettes.

More quantitative data was needed to obtain more cohesive results about adolescent vaping and e-cigarette usage in rural and culturally diverse communities. I looked at the demographics of boys versus girls in their usage. I also added more participants to the study, thus gathering demographic information, attitudinal measure, behavioral observation, and factual information.

When thinking about qualitative data to collect, I focused more on the why adolescents vaped and used e-cigarettes. I again used interviews, observations, documents to gather my information. I think that it was important to continue to strengthen the why in order to get the best information.