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  • Health News Index – November/December 2000

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    Health News Index November/December, 2000 The November/December 2000 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, Health News Index includes questions about how closely the public is following major health stories covered in the news during November. It also includes a year 2000 summary of the stories Americans followed most closely and looks specifically at gender and age differences in attentiveness to health news stories. Every two months, Kaiser/Harvard issues a new index…

  • National Survey on Americans as Health Care Consumers: An Update on the Role of Quality Information

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    This survey of Americans by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) shows that the recent attention to medical errors may have entered the public's consciousness since it is now among the public's leading measures of health care quality. The survey also found that the public is more likely to rely on recommendations of friends, family and health professionals they know than on existing standardized quality indicators. Few…

  • SexSmarts Survey – “Safer Sex”, Condoms and “the Pill”

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    As part of an on-going public information partnership called SexSmarts, seventeen and the Kaiser Family Foundation conduct nationally-representative surveys of teens 15 to 17 on issues related to their sexual health. This survey examines teens' knowledge and attitudes about "safer sex" and contraception (November 2000).Summary of Findings (.pdf)Toplines/Survey (.pdf)

  • Third National Survey of Women’s Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health

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    Third National Survey of Women's Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health This national survey of women's health care providers on reproductive health includes data on prescribing practices and discussion of contraceptive counseling, as well as demographic information. Survey Snapshot: Women's Health Care Providers Experiences with Emergency Contraception Toplines: National Survey of Women's Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health: Emergency Contraception

  • Issues in the 2000 Election: The Economy

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    The Washington Post/Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University national survey on "" is the fourth in a series of surveys examining policy issues in the 2000 national elections. This survey, conducted October 12 - 19, 2000, of a nationally representative sample of registered voters also included an oversample of "Economy" registered voters. This survey and all surveys in this series, are designed to provide a more in-depth look at the attitudes of issue-oriented voters and…

  • Health News Index – September/October 2000

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    Health News Index September/October, 2000 The September/October 2000 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/HarvardSchool of Public Health, Health News Index includes questions about how closely the public is following and how well they understand major health stories covered in the news during September, including stories about presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush's prescription drug proposals. Every two months, Kaiser/Harvard issues a new index report. HNI September-October 2000 Topline/Survey MEDIA ADVISORY Download

  • Kaiser Family Foundation National Survey of Kids (and Their Parents) About Famous Athletes as Role Models

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    With the most recent Olympics and now Major League Baseball marred by reports of the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs, a new nationwide survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the influence of sports figures in kids' lives today. Based on telephone interviews with a randomly selected national sample of 1,500 children ages 10-17 years old (and 1,950 parents), the survey found that many American kids are mirroring the behavior of famous athletes - the…

  • Young People Have Mixed Views On Abortion; But Strong Support For Sex Education And Gay Rights-3069

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    Young people have mixed opinions on abortion, but strong positions on comprehensive sex education, HIV/AIDS policies, and gay rights, all hot button issues that could be affected by the upcoming presidential campaign, according to a new national survey of 18-24 year-olds released today by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and MTV's "Choose or Lose" campaign. Seventy percent of young people say that whatever their own opinion on abortion, they favor a woman having the…