KFF designs, conducts and analyzes original public opinion and survey research on Americans’ attitudes, knowledge, and experiences with the health care system to help amplify the public’s voice in major national debates.
The Kaiser Family Foundation, in conjunction with Princeton Survey Research Associates, conducted a comprehensive examination of media coverage of HIV/AIDS from 1981 to 2002.
The study investigates the volume of HIV/AIDS coverage over time and key events, domestic versus international focus of coverage, the portrayal of affected populations, story topics, the tone of the media coverage, the length and placement of the coverage, and the consumer education component. The methodology report from this study is below.
Medicaid Financing and Fiscal Management: A Discussion of the Current Federal-State Partnership and Program Integrity
The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured will host a discussion for reporters on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 to discuss Medicaid financing and fiscal management and related proposals for change. Reporters in the area are invited to participate from our office; all reporters are invited to participate via conference call. For more information, call 202-654-1313.
This Kaiser Family Foundation report that reviews more than 40 studies on the role of media in the nation’s dramatically increasing rates of childhood obesity explores what researchers do and do not know about the role media plays in childhood obesity. It also outlines media-related policy options that have been proposed to help address childhood obesity and identifies ways media could play a positive role in helping to address this important public health problem.
On March 2, 2004, Vicky Rideout, Vice President and Director of the Program for the Study of Entertainment Media and Health, testified to the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure hearing on the rise of obesity in children in America.
The Kaiser Family Foundation, in conjunction with Princeton Survey Research Associates, conducted a comprehensive examination of media coverage of HIV/AIDS from 1981 to 2002.
The study investigates the volume of HIV/AIDS coverage over time and key events, domestic versus international focus of coverage, the portrayal of affected populations, story topics, the tone of the media coverage, the length and placement of the coverage, and the consumer education component. Survey toplines from this study are below.
Text of plenary speech prepared by Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman, Ph.D., for the National Medicare Prescription Drug Congress (Washington, D.C., February 26, 2004).
This Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief that reviews more than 40 studies on the role of media in the nation’s dramatically increasing rates of childhood obesity explores what researchers do and do not know about the role media plays in childhood obesity. It also outlines media-related policy options that have been proposed to help address childhood obesity and identifies ways media could play a positive role in helping to address this important public health problem.
Selected Survey Findings on the New Medicare Rx Drug Law – Chartpack
Seniors are confused about the Medicare prescription drug law. Below is a series of chart illustrating selected findings from the January/February 2004 Kaiser Health Poll Report survey. The findings show that while about two-thirds of seniors report following the debate closely, just 15% say they understand the new prescription drug law very well and seven in 10 don’t know that it passed and was signed into law.
Seniors are confused about the Medicare prescription drug law. Below are survey toplines of selected findings from the January/February 2004 Kaiser Health Poll Report survey. The findings show that while about two-thirds of seniors report following the debate closely, just 15% say they understand the new prescription drug law very well and seven in 10 don’t know that it passed and was signed into law.
The loveLife initiative is a bold and ambitious attempt to reduce HIV infection among South African adolescents by promoting sexual health and healthy futures for young people.
The Impending Catastrophe: A Resource Book on the Emerging HIV/AIDS Epidemic in South AfricaExecutive SummaryFull Report
Former Presidents Clinton and Mandela Appeal for Increased Effort to Combat HIV Infection Among Young PeopleTwo of the world’s most prominent elder statesmen have made a joint appearance in support of loveLife, South Africa’s national HIV prevention program for youth, hailing loveLife as the model for HIV prevention among youth globally. — more
“Behavior Change: The Cornerstone of HIV Prevention,” a Paper from loveLife, by David HarrisonEvidence that HIV prevention really works stems largely from cost-effective interventions implemented in countries with concentrated epidemics, or within high-risk populations in countries with generalized HIV epidemics. The few countries in which generalized epidemics have been substantially curtailed have helped explain the relative impact of behavioural mediators of HIV reduction that, in turn has finessed epidemiological modeling of successful intervention. This limited experience suggests that adequately resourced, politically supported national HIV prevention programs can change the course of the global HIV epidemic by averting millions of infections. Further, the benefits of such intervention are likely to outweigh costs by far. Still, the compelling question for countries experiencing a generalized epidemic is: What constitutes an effective national HIV prevention program?
loveLife is an example of a national HIV prevention program implemented in a country experiencing a generalized epidemic. To a large extent, the political economy in which loveLife operates is conducive to its success. For this reason, it serves as an important case study for HIV prevention.Full report (pdf.)
As the federal government increases its scrutiny of state financing of the Medicaid program, this paper, authored by a former CMS official, evaluates the existing financial management of the Medicaid program. Using existing models from the private sector and the government, the paper identifies alternatives to improve Medicaid’s financial management without changing Medicaid’s existing financing structure. The alternatives would reduce the Medicaid program’s exposure to questionable practices, help control federal costs, and make the financial management of the program more comparable with that of the private sector.
