WVIZ/PBS ideastream®: Ideas
Ideas is a series of special one-hour programs produced and presented by WVIZ/PBS ideastream®. Topics for each episode are guided by ideastream’s “Listening Project,” a series of surveys, town hall meetings and other community-focused activities. Subjects such as education, the economy and jobs, the environment, economic development, civic affairs, and health and human services are prominently featured. Each Ideas episode also serves as the keystone for a compilation of related programming on 90.3 WCPN, WVIZ/PBS and content on ideastream websites. The goal of this program series is to focus audience attention on an issue or topic of broad community interest. These stories, segments, and entire programs are distinguished by their depth and quality of journalism and the creative storytelling ideastream audiences have come to expect and appreciate.
Thursday, June 15, 2006
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Children of Uganda
If 255,000 Greater Clevelanders - or 15% of our local population - were suffering from HIV/AIDS, we'd probably pay a lot more attention to the disease, right? According to the World Health Organization, at one time 15% of the population of the African nation of Uganda was living with AIDS or HIV. This week, a dance troupe of youth from that nation - many who have lost their parents to AIDS - is performing at the Allen Theatre. Besides the cultural exchange, these kids are in Cleveland to raise awareness of AIDS in their homeland.
Children of Uganda
Cleveland Department of Public Health: Findings among Cleveland Residents Living with HIV/AIDS
AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland
Juvenile Diabetes
With incidences of Juvenile Diabetes exploding across America - and especially in Ohio - ideas examines the daily effort diabetics have to out forth to ensure survival. We look at the disease through the eyes of an 11-year-old Rocky River girl, who explains how it impacts her and her family's lives. Then we'll hear from the leading Diabetic expert at Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital about the efforts being made to control, and eventually cure, Type 1 Diabetes.
Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital's website.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International's website.
MedlinePlus information on Type 1 Diabetes.
Diabetes information, and to find out if you are at risk: Diabetes Association of Greater Cleveland.
Teaching Babies to Survive in Water
Today, 11 infants will drown in the United States. It happens in pools, on beaches, even in bathtubs. But experts say that babies as young as six months can save themselves. After nearly 30 years of research, a method has been developed to teach even our very littlest loved ones, how to survive in the water.
For more information on the Infant Swimming Resource visit http://www.infantswim.com or call (440) 729-1463
Child Autism
Nearly 1 in every 166 babies born in the United States will be diagnosed with autism. This mysterious developmental disorder is increasing so rapidly that some experts predict by the end of the next decade there will be 4 million autistic Americans. As with many misunderstood disorders there are stereotypes, but those who deal with the autism will tell you that each child is an individual with the ability to learn and function. If your child or someone you love has autism here are some links that can help.
The Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism
The Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital Autism Center
Monarch School and Services for Autistic Children and Adolescents
The Autism Society of Greater Cleveland
The Autism Society of Ohio
At the Crossroads
Statistics tracking teenage use and abuse of chemicals, including alcohol, are shockingly high... but dependency isn't the only mental health issue affecting the nation's youth. That's evidenced by its being "just one" of several mental illnesses tracked and treated by area doctors. Federal statistics show that mental health disorders affect one in five American children and adolescents, and half of those are, by definition - emotionally disturbed. There are many reasons kids wind up in treatment. Courts can order it. Schools can request intervention. So can parents, who become naturally concerned when a child turns difficult to manage, or exhibits signs that there could be mental health issues. Rick Jackson went to Lake County to talk to the experts at Crossroads, a mental health treatment facility designed especially for teens and pre-teens. He researched whether Northeast Ohio numbers are in line with national stats, what type illnesses are the most prevalent, and what brings on mental illnesses. He also sat in on several sessions, one lead by Dr. Steve Bell of Crossroads, in which several young boys talked about their situations.
Crossroads - Lake County Adolescent Counseling Center
Send questions and comments to ideas@ideastream.org.
