Health Policy
September 17, 2012 | Feature/Topic
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Social Isolation
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Radio News Service Dials Up Coverage of Rural Health Care News
February 1, 2000 | Program Result Report
From 1993 to 1998, the Western Organization of Resource Councils Education Project, a nonprofit educational and charitable corporation, produced award-winning radio coverage of rural health care by the High Plains News Service (HPNS).
Communalism Predicts Prenatal Affect, Stress, and Physiology Better Than Ethnicity and Socioeconomic Status
October 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Being culturally interconnected with others can be beneficial to a pregnant woman’s health and well-being.
The Loneliness of Fighting a Rare Cancer
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
After her mother is diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, a journalist researches how to help find effective therapies for patients who get rare diseases.
Community-Based Participatory Research Shows How a Community Initiative Creates Networks to Improve Well-Being
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Relationship between social participation and human health and well-being.
Perpetration of Physical Assault Against Dating Partners, Peers, and Siblings Among a Locally Representative Sample of High School Students in Boston, Massachusetts
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Ten percent of U.S. high school students experience dating violence. This study investigated whether Boston high school students had committed various types of physical abuse against their boyfriends and girlfriends the study also examined violence committed against siblings and peers.
Radio Bilingue Develops Health Programming and Plans a Health Desk
January 23, 2009 | Program Result Report
Radio Bilingue produced a body of health programming and developed a strategic plan for creating a health desk to expand its health focus.
Health Care Reporting for Native Americans
January 1, 2004 | Program Result Report
The Alaska Public Radio Network produced health-information news and features for the daily National Native News radio program, and developed a weekly call-in health program, "The Friday Wellness Edition."