A small, dedicated group of Tulsa teens and young adults spent the summer learning about journalism from professionals and reporting on something very important to them—their health and their opportunities for health care. The summer program at Tulsa Community College, funded with a grant from the Dow Jones News Fund and individual donations, hosted health officials, toured newsrooms and health clinics, interviewed physicians and other health specialists, and learned multimedia skills from some of the brightest of Tulsa’s media stars. The result is this compelling array of stories.
Eating Disorders are Soaring Among Teens, and Low Cost Care is Hard to Find
As the numbers of teens in Tulsa with eating disorders rises, health officials and clinicians saythat the resources are woefully inadequate to address it.Unfortunately, it is difficult to know if someone has an eating disorder. National statistics showthat about a …
The Danger of Teens Using Social Media and Online Gaming
Social Media is taking a role in everybody’s life nowadays and people have been getting more and more obsessed as the days go by. In this generation, teenagers are now considered as digital natives, meanwhile past generations are digital immigrants. The …
Podcast: A Conversation with Jazmine Cash on Eating Disorders
This podcast speaks about the underfunding of eating disorders in Tulsa, while being backed up by directors and health professionals within the area. Primarily, most of the podcast includes a testimony from an Oklahoma teen who suffered from an eating …
Healthcare and Support: How the LGBTQ+ Community Needs Care and Sustainability
Physical and mental health is important, but do we talk about it in teens? Or even the LGBTQ+ youth? Your teenage years (ages 13-18) are the average time to come out as part of the community. On average, 82% of …
Podcast: ‘The Queer Perspective’
Podcast: ‘The Queer Perspective’ delves into the critical issues facing LGBTQ+ youth in the United States, but especially in Tulsa and Oklahoma. Each episode explores the unique challenges they encounter. From navigating an often hostile Healthcare System to grappling with …
Teens And Weight Management: Is Tulsa Doing Enough
The number of teens with youth-onset type-2 diabetes is projected to quadruple in the U.S. by 2050 if adequate interventions are not made, according to Diabetes Care, a medical journal. Excessive body weight is a leading risk factor for diabetes …
Teen Pregnancy and STIs in Tulsa: What Teens Need to Know
Teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are major concerns for teenagers in Tulsa. These issues are impacting the lives and futures of many teens in the community. However, research has shown that providing accurate information and education to teenagers …
Wrestling Through High School: An African American Student’s Story
In the inaugural episode of the TCC Connection Health Initiative, host Reyhana Fouda presents an anonymous account of a sports injury experienced by a student wrestler at Broken Arrow High School. The episode delves into the intersection of race, sports, …