Children's Health, Partnership Profiles

KUNI/KHKE, in collaboration with Global Health Corps and Radio Postville, produced Bringing Health to the Heartland for Immigrant Children, a series of culturally appropriate children's health programs in Spanish, Russian, Hebrew, and English for immigrant and refugee families in rural Iowa communities.

Learn how WMPG-FM in Portland, ME and the City of Portland Public Health delivered child health-care information to several local immigrant communities in their native languages, including Spanish, Russian, Serbo-Croat, Khmer, Somali, and Vietnamese.

KXCV/KRNW, in Maryville, MO, partnered with many organizations, including the NW Missouri Regional Council of Government, Community Solution for Rural Health of Nodaway County, heartland Regional Community Foundation, and NWMSU Center for Applied Research to discuss infant health care.

KPBX and the Pacific Northwest Inlander Growing Up Healthy was an initiative to promote children's health in eastern Washington communities. The partners explored public policy, citizen involvement, and let people know about health care resources. KPBX broadcast feature-length news reports and commentaries exploring the issues as well as call-in programs. The Pacific Northwest Inlander provided bimonthly coverage and a report on children's health.

Arkansas Educational Television Network and Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families collaborated on Health Raps, a children's health initiative targeting 12 children's health issues in Arkansas, which lags behind most other states when it comes to children's health. The initiative used bilingual rap tunes as PSAs, an educational program, a discussion guide, and six local health fairs.

Learn about WDET-FM in Detroit, MI, and its work with William Beaumont Hospital to explore the barriers to health care faced by children and their families in its local African-American, Arab-American and Hispanic communities.

Alaska Public Radio Network (KBRW-AM), in Anchorage, AK partnered with the Women, Infant and Children's (WIC) nutrition program, the Alaska Native Health Board, and Chugachmuit to promote better health care for Alaskan children.

KGNU and the People's Clinic produced a multifaceted radio series, The Whole Child, that broadened their community's understanding of what it means to have healthy children and what it takes to keep them healthy. The programs explored topics from prenatal care and infant issues to the many aspects of being a healthy teenager.

Find out how KCEP-FM in Las Vegas, NV and its partners, the Economic Opportunities Board, Clark County SAFE KIDS Coalition, University Medical Center Burn Unit, the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation, Clark County Fire Department, Clark County Health District, and District 4N Lions Club produced live call-in shows focusing on illnesses that affect children.

KHDC-FM in Salinas, CA, partnered with Head Start and other local community agencies to produce La Placita Bilingue, promoting the health of young children living with Spanish-speaking farm workers' families in rural areas of California.