Innovative Text Messaging Campaign Promotes Indigenous Youth Sexual Wellness
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PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Healthy Native Youth (HNY) is proud to announce a collaborative effort to elevate adolescent sexual health for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) teens with the newly launched
Talking Is Power text messaging campaign. Funded by the Minority HIV/AIDS Fund (MHAF), the text messaging campaign – text EMPOWER to 97779 provides a resource for AI/AN parents and caring adults to initiate difficult conversations about sexual health topics with their teens and young adults. The text messaging platform ensures broad access in a time when many indigenous communities lack access to reliable internet.