You Work as a Dental Hygienist in a School-Based Health

You work as a dental hygienist in a school-based health center in a public high school (grades 9 through 12) . The health clinic is staffed by you, a dental assistant, a dentist, a nurse practitioner, a health educator, a school nurse, a social worker, a mental health counselor, a nutritionist, and a sports medicine specialist. In addition to having the health clinic available, students are required to take a health class for 4 weeks in ninth grade. In the last few months, parents and teachers have reported increased use of smokeless tobacco, cigarettes, and e-cigarettes by students outside the school grounds. The principal has asked the health center team to address the problem of increased use of tobacco products.
-Which of the following approaches is the best one to use for testing key communication messages that will be used with the teens?

A) Conduct focus groups with randomly chosen teens to get feedback
B) Conduct separate focus groups for teens who (1) use chewing tobacco, (2) smoke cigarettes, and (3) use e-cigarettes
C) Conduct focus groups with parents of some of the teens to get their feedback
D) Ask the teachers to review and vote for their preferred messages