Partnership Profiles

KSTX-FM, Texas Public Radio in San Antonio, TX, partnered with the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District (SAMHD) to address the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the nation by developing a six-part series called Caring for the Children of Children: Teen Pregnancy in San Antonio.

Read about KLRE/KUAR in Little Rock, AR, and its partnership with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Their project began with a 13-week radio series on pertinent end-of-life issues and ended with a live call-in show.

Discover how Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland, OR and the Oregon Health Forum helped Oregonians learn about and use advances in end-of-life planning and care.

Learn about how WDIY-FM in Bethlehem, PA and ALERT Partnership produced news features to create greater awareness among adult WDIY listeners about the youth substance abuse problem.

WILL-AM and Champaign County Health Care Consumers, a local grassroots citizen group, focused on the problem of how hard it is for the poor, the elderly, children, and minority-group citizens to obtain affordable dental care. Along with WBCP-AM the Smile Healthy! project partners addressed the issue through a 24-part radio program, call-in shows, public events, a Web site, a documentary, and other efforts.

WMMT and the Kentucky Diabetes Network hope to motivate diabetic individuals to access appropriate health care services by using local voices and stories unique to Appalachian culture. The Living With A Killer: Diabetes in Rural Appalachia project includes a 12-part radio series and work with existing family support groups.

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.

Read about WMMT in Whitesburg, KY, and its programming with numerous community partners, including the University of Kentucky Center for Rural Health, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, the Office of Kentucky Legal Service Programs, Kentucky Welfare Reform Coalition, Kentucky Youth Advocates, and National Health Law.

Read about WKMS-FM in Murray, KY, and the Regional Prevention Center's (RPC) innovative outreach activities developed in a program called Straight Dope, informing the public about youth substance abuse issues in the West Kentucky area.

Learn how KDNA-FM in Granger, Washington, Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic and Providence Health System of Central Washington produced a weekly one-hour program on issues pertinent to Latinos, with emphasis on health-care accessibility.