Using data from the Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey of the New Orleans Area, this Survey Brief profiles young adults (those ages 18-34) living in the Greater New Orleans area, a group that will play a key role in the success and rebuilding of New Orleans. The brief looks at whether they plan to stay in the New Orleans area, their outlook for the future, their demographic profile, and some of the challenges they face.

The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey of the New Orleans Area was conducted door-to-door from September 12 to November 13, 2006.

Survey Brief (.pdf)

Young Adults and the Future of New Orleans – Times Picayune Op-ed

Giving Voice to the People of New Orleans: The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey

This document contains the detailed toplines from the first Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008, which is tracking changes in the saliency of health as a political and policy priority, what the public’s priorities are for a health reform plan and whether any candidates are breaking through with the public with their health reform plans.

 Toplines (.pdf)

This document presents key findings from the first Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008, which is tracking changes in the saliency of health as a political and policy priority, what the public’s priorities are for a health reform plan and whether any candidates are breaking through with the public with their health reform plans.

 Key Findings (.pdf)

This document contains the detailed toplines from the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – June 2007.

Topline (.pdf)

This document presents key findings from the June 2007 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008, which tracks changes in the saliency of health as a political and policy priority, what the public’s priorities are for a health reform plan and whether any candidates are breaking through with the public with their health reform plans

  Key Findings (.pdf)

The Role of State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs in Serving Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries Following the Implementation of Medicare Part D

Prior to January 1, 2006, State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs helped to fill a critical gap in coverage for Medicare beneficiaries without prescription drug coverage, targeting resources to beneficiaries with relatively low incomes. With the inception of the Medicare prescription drug benefit, the role of SPAPs began to change. This policy brief examines the role of state pharmaceutical assistance programs in the year following the implementation of the drug benefit.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

Health Challenges for the People of New Orleans

This analysis of a household survey of Greater New Orleans area residents conducted in Fall 2006 examines the health care status of the adult population and details their health coverage and access to health care services after the disaster.

News Release

Full Report (.pdf)

Executive Summary (.pdf)

Health Status (.pdf)

Health Coverage and Access (.pdf)

Households with Children (.pdf)

Appendices (.pdf)

This June tracking poll finds that health care remains the top domestic issue that the public wants presidential candidates to address, trailing only Iraq on the public’s overall priority list.

Iraq ranks first among Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike. Health care ranks second among Democrats and Independents, while Republicans rank immigration second and health care third.  Immigration rose sharply as an issue in the new poll, which was taken as media attention focused on the Senate debate about immigration reform legislation. The economy (13%) and gas prices (12%) follow.

The poll also measures the public’s perceptions of the presidential candidates on health issues. To date, most people don’t know or can’t know name the candidate who is placing the biggest emphasis on health or the candidate who most matches their own views.

The Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 is part of a broader effort by the Kaiser Family Foundation to provide a central hub for resources and information about health policy issues in the 2008 election. The June poll was designed and analyzed by Foundation researchers and involved a nationally representative random sample of 1,203 adults, who were interviewed by telephone between May 31 and June 5. The margin of sampling error for the survey is plus or minus 3 percentage points; for results based on subgroups, the sampling error is higher.

Findings

Topline/Survey

This Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll is the first in a new series on the public’s views of health reform and the presidential candidates’ positions on health care. Through the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008, Kaiser will track changes in the saliency of health as a political and policy priority, what the public’s priorities are for a health reform plan, and whether any candidates are breaking through with the public with their health reform plans

This first baseline survey shows that Iraq continues to top the public’s list of issues, with 44% of the public citing it as one of the most important problems for the government to address and the same share saying they would like to hear presidential candidates talk about it. Iraq is the number one issues for Republicans, Democrats and independents alike.

But health care ranks second, with 29% citing it as one of the most important problems for the government to address, followed by the economy at 13%. Health care ranks second behind Iraq for Republicans, Democrats and independents alike. Previous Kaiser polls have shown the economy and health care tied as priorities for the public, or the economy ahead of health care, so it may be that health care is may be on the rise as a campaign national issue.

As the campaign progresses, Kaiser will continue to track public opinion on health care and the presidential candidates every two months as part of its broader efforts to develop information and analysis to inform the emerging health reform debate at the state and federal levels.

Key Findings

Topline

As the number of people living with HIV/AIDS continues to grow, the pandemic has affected many sectors of society, reaching well beyond its direct human toll. The Kaiser Family Foundation has prepared a primer on The Multisectoral Impact of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, which explains this concept and summarizes key research assessing impacts to date in many of the worst affected countries, including effects on population structure and demographics, individuals and households, the public and private sectors, health, education, agriculture and food security, and the economy.

Report (.pdf)