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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:MEDIA ADVISORY						=0D=0AFor Tuesday=
, April 28 2009					=0D=0A=0D=0ACONTACTS:=0D=0ARakesh Singh, (650) 234-9232=
, rsingh@kff.org=0D=0ARSVP to Tiffany Ford Fields, tford@kff.org (202) 347-=
5270=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0AThe 2009 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS:  Implicatio=
ns for the Domestic HIV/AIDS Crisis=0D=0ADC Briefing to Release Poll About =
Americans=92 Attitudes, Knowledge, and Experiences=0D=0A=0D=0AOn Tuesday, A=
pril 28, the Kaiser Family Foundation is hosting a briefing to release the =
2009 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS.  The new survey of the American publi=
c is the seventh major survey conducted by the Foundation on the issue sinc=
e 1995.  As Foundation President Drew Altman noted in one of his recent Pul=
ling It Together columns on the Foundation=92s website, the survey finds th=
at the public=92s attention to and sense of urgency about the HIV/AIDS epid=
emic in the U.S. has fallen considerably, with the share naming HIV/AIDS as=
 the nation=92s most urgent health problem down precipitously since 1995, a=
nd the share saying they have heard a lot about HIV/AIDS in the U.S. now le=
ss than half of what it was five years ago.  =0D=0A=0D=0AWhat is the public=
=92s appetite for federal spending on HIV/AIDS?  Do they think progress has=
 been made on the disease?  What are people=92s personal experiences with H=
IV/AIDS?  What do the survey findings tell us about HIV-related stigma?  Ho=
w do experiences with and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS differ among groups th=
at have been harder-hit by the epidemic, such as African Americans, Latinos=
, and young adults?  What is the public=92s sense of personal risk?  What a=
re the trend data on HIV testing?  These questions and many others will be =
addressed in the presentation and discussion of the survey findings.  Kaise=
r researchers who conducted the survey will be joined by two distinguished =
panelists:  Jeff Crowley, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, f=
rom The White House and Brenda Wilson, Science and Health Correspondent and=
 Editor, from National Public Radio.=0D=0A=0D=0ATuesday, April 28, Barbara =
Jordan Conference Center, 1330 G Street, NW, Washington, D.C.=0D=0A=0D=0A12=
:15 pm 	Registration and Lunch =0D=0A=0D=0A12:30 pm 	Introduction and Prese=
ntations=0D=0A=0D=0ADrew Altman, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Offic=
er, Kaiser Family Foundation =0D=0A=0D=0A		Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., Vice Pre=
sident and Director, Public Opinion and Survey Research, =0D=0A		Kaiser Fam=
ily Foundation=0D=0A=0D=0A		Elizabeth Hamel, Associate Director, Public Opi=
nion and Survey Research, =0D=0A		Kaiser Family Foundation=0D=0A=0D=0A12:50=
 pm 	Perspectives=0D=0A=0D=0A	Jeff Crowley, Director, Office of National AI=
DS Policy and Senior Advisor on Disability Policy,=0D=0A The White House=0D=
=0A=0D=0A	Brenda Wilson, Correspondent/Editor, Science and Health, National=
 Public Radio=0D=0A=0D=0A1:45 pm 	Adjourn=0D=0A=0D=0A=0D=0A
SUMMARY;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:Kaiser Family Foundation Briefing to Rele=
ase 2009 Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS
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