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Students on Glenn Terrell Mall at WSU
Spring 2024

Cougs for Recovery: By light and by darkness

Cougs for Recovery is a harm reduction recovery program where Washington State University students come together to discuss sobriety and recovery issues.

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Cougs for Recovery (WSU Dean of Students)

Cougs for Recovery allows students to find recovery-education balance (Daily Evergreen, November 17, 2022)

Grant focuses on helping students in recovery (WSU Insider, February 21, 2021)

By Light & By Darkness: Cougs for Recovery Art Exhibition (October 2022)

Teenagers searching online with mobile phones and tablet
Spring 2024

TikTok Rx: Youth turn to social media for health advice

Young people have lots of questions about diet, exercise, and sexual health. TikTok is one of their most trusted venues for finding out information.

“They’ll go to TikTok and ask questions,” says Nicole O’Donnell, assistant professor at Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. “They’re learning about health mostly through other people’s stories rather than some of the traditional health information you might get online.”

But are they getting good health advice? In a recent study, O’Donnell analyzed health content on TikTok. Influencers with motivational stories were prevalent, while content from credentialed health providers was lacking.

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Map of Washington state
Spring 2024

Pharmacy care in rural Washington—an interactive map

Rural health care access in Washington rural counties and the Rural Health Initiative

Millions of Washington state residents live in primary care shortage areas and nearly 800,000 struggle to access minimum health care in rural Washington. Washington State University’s Rural Health Initiative (RHI) addresses the need for pharmacists in rural communities by placing WSU pharmacy students with a rural, independent pharmacy for six weeks.

Washington State pharmacy map

MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREAS & POPULATIONS — MUA and MUP designations identify areas within counties or populations as having a lack of access to … » More …