AIDS in America: A Forgotten Epidemic? A Conference for News Leaders

The Kaiser Media Fellowships Program, in partnership with the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, hosts “AIDS in America: A Forgotten Epidemic? A Conference for News Leaders,” a conference for editors and news directors, Friday, March 19, to Sunday, March 21.

The conference includes presentations by David Satcher, M.D., former U.S. Surgeon General, Director of the National Center for Primary Care; Julie Gerberding, M.D., Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control; Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director of the National Institutes on Health, and others and a discussion of “AIDS at 21: Media Coverage of the HIV Epidemic 1981-2002,” a comprehensive new Kaiser study published in the March/April edition of the Columbia Journalism Review.

The event will be held in the Foundation’s Barbara Jordan Conference Center in Washington, DC.

Agenda

“AIDS at 21: Media Coverage of the HIV Epidemic 1981-2002,” Columbia Journalism Review

Presentation by Jennifer Kates, Director, HIV Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation Local View of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States

Glossary of Data and Terms

Columbia Journalism School’s Summary Report

The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism presented a similar conference for journalists in 2002, “The Coverage of HIV/AIDS: What’s Next?” that focused on the global AIDS crisis.

This issue brief examines low-income women’s health insurance coverage, experience with health plans and providers, and access to care. The analysis is based on data from the 2001 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, a nationally representative survey of nearly 4,000 women between the ages of 18 and 64.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

Using data from the 2001 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, a nationally representative survey of nearly 4,000 women between the ages of 18 to 64, this issue brief explores racial and ethnic disparities in health care among women. It provides new information on the differences in health status, health insurance coverage, and selected measures of access to care across three racial/ethnic groups of women: African American, Latina, and white.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

This survey brief of new analysis from the 2002 National Survey of Latinos examines Latinos experiences with health care in the United States. Topics discussed include coverage, accessing health care services, and communicating with health care providers.

Survey Brief (.pdf)

This issue brief looks at the coverage impacts and costs of two components of the administration’s FY 2005 budget proposals to increase the affordability of health insurance: a new tax credit for people purchasing non-group health insurance and a new tax deduction for premiums for high-deductible, non-group health insurance policies.

The estimates were prepared by Jonathan Gruber, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, using a micro-simulation model developed in conjunction with the Kaiser Family Foundation. The model predicts how individuals and firms would respond to changes in the health insurance market induced by changes in government policy.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

2001 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey and Issue Briefs

The Kaiser Women’s Health Survey was designed to better understand how the health system is working for women, in terms of health coverage, access to services, and in meeting their health needs. The survey also highlights the special challenges facing different groups of women, including women of color, those who are low-income, and those who are uninsured. This nationally representative telephone survey was administered to 3,966 women ages 18 to 64 in the Spring and Summer of 2001.

Based on the 2001 Survey, the Foundation released three issue briefs with new analysis and an in-depth look at health care access challenges that low-income women and women of color face as well as women’s roles in family health care decision-making and coordination.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Women’s Health Coverage and Access to Care (Released March 2004)

Health Coverage and Access Challenges for Low-Income Women (Released March 2004)

Women, Work, and Family Health: A Balancing Act (Released October 2003)

2001 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey – Women’s Health in the United States: Health Coverage and Access to Care(Released May 2002)

In 2002 the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a national survey of Latinos, which explored the attitudes and experiences of the Hispanic population in the United States on topics such as identity, assimilation, discrimination, and health care. Five new survey briefs are now available that further examine the findings from the 2002 survey.

Latinos in California, Texas, New York, Florida, and New Jersey

Generational Differences

Health Care Experiences

Bilingualism

Assimilation and Language

2002 National Survey of Latinos

This survey brief of new analysis on data from the 2002 National Survey of Latinos, compares the views and experiences of Latinos living in five states with large Latino populations: California, Texas, New York, New Jersey, and Florida. Topics include country of origin, identity, citizenship, politics, and discrimination.

Survey Brief (.pdf)

Bilingualism – 2002 National Survey of Latinos Survey Brief

This survey brief of new analysis from the 2002 National Survey of Latinos explores the languages Latinos speak in the United States. A close look is taken at those Latinos who speak both English and Spanish.

Survey Brief (.pdf)

This survey brief of new analysis from the 2002 National Survey of Latinos, explores the concept of assimilation and the role of language in explaining this process.

Survey Brief (.pdf)