Healthy minds/healthy children outreach service: lessons learned after eight years.

Regionalization of the Iowa State University Extension System: Lessons Learned by Key Administrators

The cyclical economic downturn in the United States has forced many Extension administrators to rethink and adjust services and programming. The Cooperative Extension System (CES), the organization primarily responsible for governmental Extension work in the United States, at Iowa State University responded to this economic downturn by restructuring its organization from county based to a regio...

Management of cervical spine injuries in young children: lessons learned.

Previous studies have shown that the correct use of car safety seats can protect infants and children from vehicular injury. Although child passenger devices are increasingly used in the US, motor vehicle crashes continue to be the leading cause of death and acquired disability in infants and children younger than 14 years of age. These events are likely related, at least in part, to the high p...

Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Food Security Research, Capacity-Building, and Outreach

Digital Citizenship: Lessons Learned as Service-Learning Meets the Digital Divide

This paper reports preliminary first year results from an “itr”-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) grant enabling two central Iowa universities--Drake and Iowa State--to assess the efficacy of service-learning interventions in the dissemination of Information Technology Literacy (ITL) beyond the campus gates. It introduces service-learning, a pedagogy that promotes mutually beneficial par...

Comparison of quality of life of mothers with healthy children and mothers of children with congenital heart disease after open heart surgery

Introduction: Congenital cardiac abnormalities are among the problems that affect the quality of life of children and parents, especially the mothers. Meanwhile, mothers are severely stressed and harmed due to their emotions and feelings, so that the suffering can reduce their quality of life. This study aimed to compare the quality of life of mothers of healthy children and mothers of children...