90.3 WCPN ideastream®: Health

SERIES

Health Podcast
From the Cleveland Clinic, to University Hospitals, to MetroHealth Medical Center, there is a lot going on in Cleveland in the world of health care. In this podcast, we go beyond much of the conventional health coverage offered by broadcast media to explore some of the deeper issues affecting health care. The latest research, issues of ethics, and expert advice is all fair game. 2007-present

Children's Health
In 2005-2006, ideastream took an extensive multiple media look at Children's Health. The project was designed to help educate parents, teachers and caregivers about ways to improve the health of the children in their lives and build further awareness of the long-term societal health crisis that produces unhealthy children. 2005-06

RESOURCES

HealthWatch
Each month, ideastream presents information about various health-related topics under the title HealthWatch. 2003-present

Focus on Mental Health
Special coverage of mental health issues continues with a series of in-depth reports on policy and issues affecting the delivery of mental health services to people all over Northeast Ohio. 2003

Living With Cancer
ideastream and The Gathering Place partnered with Northeast Ohio community organizations and healthcare facilities to present a special broadcast event, Living with Cancer: Celebrating National Cancer Survivors Day. 2004
Living with Cancer Resource Guide PDF

And Thou Shalt Honor
1 in every 4 households includes a caregiver. 80% of home care services are provided by family members. A caregiver is anyone providing care and support to adult family members or friends who are frail, elderly, chronically ill, or have a disability. This website has been prepared by WVIZ/PBS and 90.3 WCPN ideastream with the assistance of local caregiving professionals and related organizations as a companion to And Thou Shalt Honor: Caregiver Town Hall Meeting. 2004-05
And Thou Shalt Honor Resource Guide PDF

A Lion in the House
"Your child has cancer." Hearing these words will profoundly change a family's life, plunging members into a world of uncertainty, emotional upheaval and excruciating decisions. A Lion in the House tells the stories of five children facing battles with cancer. 2006
A Lion in the House Resource Guide PDF

FUNDING

Funding for the coverage of health topics comes from The Cleveland Foundation; The Harry K. Fox and Emma R. Fox Charitable Foundation; The George Gund Foundation; The Community Foundation of Lorain County; The Margaret Clark Morgan Foundation; The McGregor Foundation; The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation; and The Woodruff Foundation.