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Stories Tagged "children"

Displaying 1 to 15 of 15 results.

Childhood Obesity in Iowa (Full Program) (#330)

posted on May 20, 2010 at 8:05 PM

Childhood Obesity in Iowa (Full Program) (#330)
Full Program: Childhood obesity is the topic on this episode of The Iowa Journal. We travel to Grundy Center to experience the school's PE4Life program and the Global Forum For Physical Education. 28:46 Read More »

Music Education from Kindergarten to College Master Classes (#328)

posted on May 20, 2010 at 10:01 AM

Music Education from Kindergarten to College Master Classes (#328)
What exactly are schools teaching in kindergarten and first-grade music classes? This shows some examples and also points out some hard economic realities. 05:26 Read More »

Iowans by Choice: One of the Best States to Live? (Full Program) (#324)

posted on April 13, 2010 at 10:07 AM

Iowans by Choice: One of the Best States to Live? (Full Program) (#324)
Full Program: The Iowa Journal explores the current in-migration of non-Iowans to the state and the benefits to the local economies of the towns in which they choose to live. 27:46 Read More »

Discussion of Iowa's Chronic Diseases (#311)

posted on November 20, 2009 at 4:22 PM

Discussion of Iowa's Chronic Diseases (#311)
A discussion of chronic disease management in Iowa. 17:36 Read More »

Diabetes Education for Iowa Kids (#311)

posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:36 AM

Diabetes Education for Iowa Kids (#311)
A look at how modern kids are dealing with the diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. 03:38 Read More »

Chronic Diseases - Iowa Prevention and Treatment (Full Program) (#311)

posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:21 AM

Chronic Diseases - Iowa Prevention and Treatment (Full Program) (#311)
Full Program: A look at chronic disease management in Iowa. 27:47 Read More »

Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment in Adults (#311)

posted on November 18, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Chronic Disease Prevention and Treatment in Adults (#311)
A look at chronic disease management in Iowa. 02:58 Read More »

Autism in Iowa: Health and Economic Effects (Full Program) (#227)

posted on May 15, 2009 at 11:12 AM

Autism in Iowa: Health and Economic Effects (Full Program) (#227)
Full Program: Autism affects one in every 150 children in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control. This program examines the needs of families in Iowa and asks how the state can best meet those needs. 28:04 Read More »

Discussion of Autism in Iowa (#227)

posted on May 14, 2009 at 5:41 PM

Discussion of Autism in Iowa (#227)
Autism affects one in every 150 children in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control. This program examines the needs of families in Iowa and asks how the state can best meet those needs. 12:00 Read More »

Two Sons with Autism: The McTaggart Family (#227)

posted on May 14, 2009 at 5:40 PM

Two Sons with Autism: The McTaggart Family (#227)
Autism affects one in every 150 children in the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control. This program examines the needs of families in Iowa and asks how the state can best meet those needs. 04:38 Read More »

Jessie Field Shambaugh and the Roots of 4H (#1216)

posted on January 7, 2009 at 6:13 PM

Jessie Field Shambaugh and the Roots of 4H (#1216)
Jessie Field Shambaugh was an educator and innovator in the early 1900s in Iowa. She is said to have been the 'mother' of 4H. Iowa Public Television gathers first-hand stories from people who knew her, including her daughter and a 107-year-old... 06:55 Read More »

Discussion: Is Iowa one of the best states in which to live? (#207)

posted on November 21, 2008 at 12:59 PM

They are a hidden population in a state dominated by the native-born. But the people who have willfully moved to Iowa could be the engines of new growth. “Transplants” to Iowa is the focus of this Iowa Journal. 14:46 Read More »

Iowa Attracting Entrepreneurs (#207)

posted on November 20, 2008 at 11:11 AM

Iowa Attracting Entrepreneurs (#207)
They are a hidden population in a state dominated by the native-born. But the people who have willfully moved to Iowa could be the engines of new growth. “Transplants” to Iowa is the focus of this Iowa Journal. 04:31 Read More »

Discussion: 2008 World Food Prize Laureates Robert Dole & George McGovern (#202)

posted on October 17, 2008 at 3:01 PM

Discussion: 2008 World Food Prize Laureates Robert Dole & George McGovern (#202)
"The Iowa Journal" discusses world hunger with the 2008 Laureates, former U.S. Senators Robert Dole and George McGovern. 12:00 Read More »

Teaching Kids to Avoid Online Child Predators (#110)

posted on May 14, 2007 at 4:14 PM

Teaching Kids to Avoid Online Child Predators (#110)
Law enforcement officials are telling us that the problem of online child predators is not going to be legislated away, and prevention is going to be the best medicine. Here are some general rules of thumb from a recent seminar given at the... Read More »

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