teenagers

Text messaging useful for reaching ‘at-risk’ teens about sex

PULLMAN, Wash. – Text messaging that connects teens with sexual health educators is effective for delivering sexual health information, according to a recent study in The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.

Teens in foster care mostly optimistic

A new survey of teenagers in foster care shows that most are optimistic about their futures and are treated well in the government-run system.   But the survey, done by WSU for the state Department of Social and Health Services, also shows a quarter of the nearly 700 teens who answered had run away from […]