The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

2002 Kaiser Media Internships Program:

Week 12 program-August 18-21, 2002 Boston, MA Accommodations: Sheraton Commander Hotel, 16 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Sunday, August 18, 20026:00pm:Dinner, Sheraton Commander Hotel Minuteman Room Review of the Internship, preview television intern tapesMonday, August 19, 20028:00am: Continental breakfast, The 16 Garden Street Restaurant 9:00am: Board bus from hotel to go to Harvard School of Public Health (Contact: Terri Mendoza)677 Huntington Avenue, Kresge Building, Room 1109:30-10:20am:Environmental Health: The Health Public Housing InitiativeJonathan Levy, Sc.D., Assistant Professor of Environmental Health & RiskAssessment, Departments of Environmental Health and Health Policy Management, Harvard School of Public Health10:30-11:20am:Tuberculosis Control:Claire Murphy, Community Development Coordinator, Tuberculosis Control Program, Boston Public Health Commission11:30-12:20pm: College Alcohol Study: Toben Nelson, Assistant Director of Program Evaluation for the College Alcohol Study, Department of Health & Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health12:30-1:30pm:LuncheonProgram Adjourns1:30pm:Depart Harvard; Walk to New England Journal of MedicineHarvard Medical School Library, Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street 2:00-3:00pm:Meet with Dr. Gregory Curfman, Executive Editor and other invited editors3:15pm:Board bus for hotel3:30 onwards:Read 2002 Interns clips book6:30pm:Meet in hotel lobby; board bus6:45pm:Dinner: The Helmand, 143 First StreetTuesday, August 20, 2002 8:30am:Continental breakfast, Minuteman Room 9:00-11:30:Review of Video Tapes for Television Interns:–George Strait, former Medical Correspondent, ABC Television News–Callie Crossley, former Health and Medical Producer, 20/20, ABC Television12:00pmBoard bus at hotel12:30pm Working lunch with The Boston Globe health/science teamThe Boston Globe, 135 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 021072:30pm:Board bus (Dan’s Coach Service)3:00-5:00pm:Site Visit, Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, Barbara McInnis House,461 Walnut Avenue, Jamaica Plain, BostonBob Taube, Executive Director and Dr. Jim O Connell5:00 pm:Adjourn Board bus to hotel 6:30pm:Meet in hotel lobby; board bus7:00pm:Dinner: Filippo Ristorante (with invited Boston reporters) 283 Causeway Street, Boston, MA Wednesday, August 21, 2002** Please note Please pack and check out of your room before breakfast; bring your luggage with youto the Minuteman room, or check with hotel bellstand.**8:30 am:Continental breakfast, Minuteman room 9:00am sharp:Clip Review Session:–Paul Delaney, Director, Initiative on Racial Mythology, and Member, National Advisory Committee, Kaiser Media Fellowships Program –Madge Kaplan, Senior Health Desk Editor, Marketplace Radio/WGBH–Phil Hilts, Health/Science Reporter, Boston Bureau, New York Times 12:00pm:Buffet lunchEvaluations & Wrap Up1:30pm:Board bus at hotel for Airport (Dan’s Coach Service)

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• John Cutter, freelance health/aging writer, St. Petersburg, FL
• Robert Davis, medical and science writer, USA Today
• Fred de Sam Lazaro, correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; executive producer; KTCA-Twin Cities Public Television, St. Paul, MN
• Mason Essif, segment producer, HealthWeek-PBS, Washington, DC
• Don Finley, science, medicine and environment editor, The San Antonio Express-News
• Merrill Goozner, freelance journalist and associate professor of journalism, New York University
• Andrew Julien, health/medical writer, The Hartford Courant
• Madge Kaplan, Health Desk Editor/Boston Bureau Chief, Marketplace Radio/WGBH
• Sarah Lunday, health care industry reporter, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
• Joan Mazzolini, investigative reporter, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
• Andy Miller, health care business reporter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• Charles Ornstein, health business reporter, The Dallas Morning News
• Joe Palca, correspondent, science desk, National Public Radio
• Jon Palfreman, senior producer, FRONTLINE
• Christopher Ringwald, demographics and mental health reporter, The Times Union (Albany, NY)
• Neil Rosenberg, senior medical reporter, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• Karl Stark, health care business reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
• Brenda Wilson, correspondent and editor for public health, healh policy and medicine, National Public Radio
• Linda Wright Moore, editorial writer, The Philadelphia Daily News

John Cutter, freelance health/aging writer, St. Petersburg, FL Project: Alzheimer’s disease–prevention research, access to new treatments, and the impact of the disease on patients and their families.

Forgetful, Fearing Alzheimer’s and Hoping for a Cure, New York Times, June 24, 2001.

Living with Alzheimer’s, Copley News Service, June 20, 2001.

Importing Prescription Drugs Potentially Dangerous Rx, Copley News Service, June 13, 2001.

‘Safe’ Does Not Mean ‘Risk-Free’ to FDA, Copley News Service, June 6, 2001.

Progress on Prescription Issue Will Require Give and Take, Copley News Service, February 07, 2001.

Robert Davis, medical and science writer, USA Today Project: Variations in the nation’s emergency medical systems and their impacts on survival rates.

Speeding to the rescue can have deadly results, USA Today, March 21, 2002.

Health care, without question, USA Today, September 6, 2001.

Fred de Sam Lazaro, correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; executive producer; KTCA-Twin Cities Public Television, St. Paul, MNProject: The role of international medical graduates in providing health care in under-served urban centers and rural areas in the U.S.

Going Home: U.S.-trained foreign doctors and the countries they’ve left behind, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, August 23, 2002

Foreign Country Doctors: The effect of doctors with degrees from overseas institutions on the U.S. health care system, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, June 18, 2002.

Mason Essif, segment producer, HealthWeek-PBS, Washington, DC Project: The e-revolution in health care–how the Internet is affecting access and quality of health information, communication between providers and patients, and medical commerce.

E-service Keeps Doctors, Patients in Touch, CNN, April 9, 2001.

A Reporter’s Notebook: Perspective on the April 2001 Fellows’ sitevisit to Cuba.

Don Finley, science, medicine and environment editor, The San Antonio Express-News Project: Obesity in the U.S.

The Supersize Crisis: Obesity in America,, a six-part series, The San Antonio Express-News, December 8-15, 2002.

Merrill Goozner, freelance journalist and associate professor of journalism, New York University Project: The sources and costs of pharmaceutical innovation.

Medicine as a Luxury, The American Prospect, Volume 13, Issue 1. January 1-14, 2001.

Andrew Julien, health/medical writer, The Hartford CourantProject: The influence of social and economic forces on children’s health”

“GenStress: A Landscape of Pain,” a four-part series, The Hartford Courant, December 15-18, 2002.

Madge Kaplan, Health Desk Editor/Boston Bureau Chief, Marketplace Radio/WGBH Project: Investigating changes in the health care workforce and their impact on health care delivery and patient care.

When a Heart Rebels: How Health Care Got a Primary Nurse, WGBH, Boston.

Sarah Lunday, health care industry reporter, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Project: The impact of prescription drugs on the health care industry–financial, ethical, medical and political.

Alcon Receives Warning from FDA: Problems Involving Test Batches are Fixed, Drug Manufacturer Says, Dallas Morning News, December 9, 2000.

Joan Mazzolini, investigative reporter, The Plain Dealer, Cleveland Project: VA health care–how well are veterans’ medical centers serving those who served us?

In Harm’s Way: Some 4 million veterans depend on the Veterans Affairs health system, but attempts to reform the system have been thwarted.

Andy Miller, health care business reporter, The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionProject: Indoor air quality and its effects on health in the home and workplace.

Sick Buildings: A Special Report

Charles Ornstein, health business reporter, The Dallas Morning NewsProject: The evolving role of employers in the health care system-what role should they play in providing benefits for employees, retirees and their families?

Pension Fund Giant Feels Bite of Medical Inflation: Heavyweight Faces Tougher Health Care Negotiations, Dallas Morning News, March 25, 2001.

Behind-scenes Look Shows How Firm Chose Health Plans, Dallas Morning News, December 24, 2000.

Sleuths Scope Out Benefits: GTE Seeks Quality at the Right Price, Dallas Morning News, December 24, 2000.

Experiments Shifting Decisions on Health-care Plans to Workers, Dallas Morning News, October 15, 2000.

Insurance Grew From a Luxury to Entitlement, Dallas Morning News, May 14, 2000.

Drowning In Expenses, Dallas Morning News, May 14, 2000.

Premiums Put Squeeze On Workers, Dallas Morning News, April 2, 2000.

Bridging Benefit Gaps, Dallas Morning News, April 2, 2000.

Texas Trying To Pass More Costs To State Workers, Dallas Morning News, April 2, 2000.

Jon Palfreman, senior producer, FRONTLINEProject: The development, marketing, and pricing of prescription drugs.

“The Other Drug War,” FRONTLINE, June 19, 2003.

Christopher Ringwald, demographics and mental health reporter, The Times Union (Albany, NY)Project: The challenges and debate facing alcoholism and addiction treatment programs; what works, why, and how to measure results.

The Soul of Recovery: Uncovering the Spiritual Dimension in the Treatment of Addictions, Oxford University Press-USA 2002.

Neil Rosenberg, senior medical reporter, The Milwaukee Journal SentinelProject: Differences in health care treatment due to race, gender and age

Racial Gaps Found in Access to Transplants, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 16, 2001.

Separate and Unequal: U.S. Practices a System of Medicine that Shortchanges Minorities and Women, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 16, 2001.

Racial Gaps Found in Access to Transplants, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 16, 2001.

Sources from Neil Rosenberg’s Project on Race, Gender and Age.

Joe Palca, correspondent, science desk, National Public RadioProject: How clinical trials work-the ethical, medical, financial and societal issues involved

Clinical Drug Trials Helpful or Harmful? Dilemma of Using Drugs to Prevent Diseases in People Who are at Risk but Otherwise Healthy, Especially When the Drugs Have Serious Side Effects, National Public Radio, March 21, 2001.

Continuing Fight on Capitol Hill over a Patients Bill of Rights, National Public Radio, May 11, 2000.

Karl Stark, health care business reporter, The Philadelphia InquirerProject: The quality of medical care–what data can really help doctors provide high quality treatment, and help patients find good care?

In Philadelphia, Malpractice Awards have ‘Gone Haywire’, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 2000.

Medical Changes Proposed by Firms:A Group Representing Large Companies Says its Three Suggestions Could Save 60,000 Lives a Year, The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 16, 2000.

Taking the Pulse of Medicine: A Local Start-up Offers Ratings of Doctors and Hospitals on the Web. It Sells Them to Employers. The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 6, 2000.

Brenda Wilson, correspondent and editor for public health, health policy and mediciane, National Public Radio Project: AIDS and HIV prevention efforts in South Africa=attitudes toward sexuality, Western medicine, death and disease-and the implications for the U.S.

Sisters Against AIDS, Heart and Soul, December/January 2001

Linda Wright Moore, editorial writer, The Philadelphia Daily News Project: Disparities in health status and access to medical care between black and white Americans.

At the Heart of Race and Health Care, Philadelphia Daily News, November 27, 2000.

Program on Public Health Information and Partnerships

The Foundation’s Program on Public Health Information and Partnerships serves as a resource for the public and media on public health issues. A particular focus is on reaching young people with information about reproductive and sexual health issues, such as HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, contraception and unintended pregnancy. Other recent public education campaigns have addressed parent-child communication, raised awareness about the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for low-income families, and helped to bridge the digital divide.

Our primary means of reaching the public with critical health information is through public health partnerships with leading media organizations. Current and recent partners include leading television networks such as MTV, CBS, Nickelodeon, Univision, BET, and UPN, and popular consumer magazines such as Essence and Latina (Essence Communications), Family Circle, Glamour, Self, seventeen, Teen People and YM. We also have two general campaigns: Talking with Kids About Tough Issues, a national initiative to support families, and It’s (Your) Sex Life, a print and online initiative to provide information on sexual health issues.

Our partnerships are multi-faceted efforts that use a range of approaches to getting out the information. In addition to customized public service messages, special joint programming and editorial, we also provide extensive resource and referral services for those seeking additional information. We create customized free resources – print and online -that are distributed through dedicated toll-free hotlines and/or websites, which tag all our messages and programming. The Foundation works collaboratively with its partners providing both expert substantive support as well as financial support for research, production and campaign operations.

Through the Kaiser Public Health Advertising Partnership the Foundation has the capacity to develop our own public service messages from concept to final product. We work with leading creative and production companies – or, in some instances, with the in-house production teams at a partner network – to develop high-quality, high-impact public service messages. Our PSAs do not look like typical PSAs. We work collaboratively with our media partners to develop creative that will most effectively reach our target audience, and we secure placement that will maximize visibility. To inform our message development, we regularly conduct surveys, focus groups and other communications research, so that we can better understand what our audiences know as well as how they learn about these issues.

The Program also serves as a general resource for public health information for the media. Our main effort in this area is the New York city-based Kaiser Media Resource Project on Reproductive and Sexual Health, which serves as on-call resource and provides technical assistance for journalists. The Kaiser Media Resource Project also develops fact sheets, issue updates, and other information pieces on a range of sexual health issues as well as conducts a quarterly briefing series for journalists on Emerging Issues in Reproductive Health.

Tina Hoff, Vice President and Director, Program on Public Health Information & Partnerships

Complete Survey Toplines for the Kaiser Health News Index: 2002

The Kaiser Health News Index is designed to provide key tracking information on public opinion about health care topics to journalists, policymakers and the general public.

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Health News Index November/December, 2001

The Health News Index measures public attention to and knowledge about leading health stories covered in the news in October and November. The Health News Index is designed to help news media and people in the health field gain a better understanding of which health stories Americans are following and what they understand about those issues.

• Summary of Findings
• Topline/Survey

This study by the Harvard School of Public Health and the Kaiser Family Foundation documents the attitudes of doctors and the public about medical errors and their or their families’ experiences with medical errors in the course of receiving medical care. The surveys also compare physician and public perspectives on the extent of the problem and their views on the effectiveness of proposed solutions.

The study’s findings are featured in The New England Journal of Medicine December 12, 2002 edition.

• News Release: 4 in 10 of Public, More than One-Third of Physicians Say They Have Personally Experienced Medical Errors
• Chartpack
• Toplines
• The New England Journal of Medicine article

The Pew Hispanic Center/Kaiser Family Foundation examines how members of the Hispanic community identify themselves, their views of the United States, their experiences with discrimination both within the Latino community itself and from non-Latino groups, their language abilities and preferences, their economic and financial situations and their experiences within the health care system.

• Summary of Findings
• Toplines

See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information

With a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging mandatory filters in libraries, the Foundation conducted a comprehensive study that indicates Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively block pornography without significantly impeding access to online health information – but only if they aren’t set at their most restrictive levels. As filters are set at higher levels they block access to a substantial amount of health information, with only a minimal increase in blocked pornographic content.

• Executive Summary

See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information

With a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging mandatory filters in libraries, the Foundation conducted a comprehensive study that indicates Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively block pornography without significantly impeding access to online health information – but only if they aren’t set at their most restrictive levels. As filters are set at higher levels they block access to a substantial amount of health information, with only a minimal increase in blocked pornographic content.

• Appendices

The Current State of Retiree Health Benefits: Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2002 Retiree Health Survey

This report presents findings from a study of large private-sector employers conducted by researchers at Hewitt Associates and the Kaiser Family Foundation between July and September of 2002. The study is based on survey responses of 435 large private-sector firms (1,000+ employees) that currently offer retiree health benefits, and includes 36% of all Fortune 100 companies and 28% of all Fortune 500 companies. Information was collected on a variety of topics including costs, premiums, retiree contributions, benefit design, prescription drug benefits, recent changes and expected changes within next three years, and the implications of a Medicare drug benefit for employers.

• The Current State of Retiree Health Benefits: Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2002 Retiree Health Survey

See more recent retiree health benefits surveys.