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  • Medicaid and Managed Care – Policy Brief

    Issue Brief

    Medicaid and Managed Care June 1995 This year, Medicaid will finance health and long-term care services to more than 35 million low-income Americans. In its role as a purchaser of health services for low-income families, Medicaid increasingly relies on managed care to deliver care. Almost 8 million Medicaid beneficiaries, predominately poor children and their parents, now receive health care services through a broad array of managed care arrangements, including Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs) and less…

  • Survey on Public Knowledge and Attitudes on Contraception and Unplanned Pregnancy in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands

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    G. Emergency Contraceptive Pills, or Morning-After Pills G1. If a woman has just had sex and thinks she might become pregnant, is there anything that she could do in the next few days to prevent pregnancy, or not? Asked only in the U.S. USA18+ Yes, there is something 36% No, there is not anything 47% Too late to prevent pregnancy (Vol.) 1% Not sure/Refused 17% G2. Have you ever heard of morning-after pills, also called…

  • National Survey Results on Public Knowledge/Opinions and OB/GYN Practice/Attitudes on Emergency Contraceptives (“Morning-After Pills”) – Policy Brief

    Issue Brief

    EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION: The Answer to America's Unplanned Pregnancy Problem? March, 1995 OVERVIEW For approximately 20 years, emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs), high-dose oral contraceptivesalso referred to as "morning-after pills," have been known to prevent pregnancy after unprotectedsex and available in the United States. Findings from a new Kaiser Family Foundation/LouisHarris and Associates, Inc. national public knowledge and opinion survey, however, indicate thatmost American women are uninformed or misinformed about the contraceptive alternative andfew have ever used…

  • National Survey on Public Perceptions about Contraception

    Poll Finding

    A national random-sample telephone survey conducted between January 19-21, 1996 on Americans perceptions of the risks and benefits associated with oral contraceptives, or The Pill. The survey finds that many American men and women have at least some concerns about the safety of oral contraceptives. These findings were presented at a briefing in New York on January 31, 1996, co-sponsored by Kaiser Family Foundation, the National Press Foundation and The Alan Guttmacher Institute. TOPLINE Download…

  • Survey on Public Knowledge and Attitudes on Contraception and Unplanned Pregnancy in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands

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    D. Knowledge of Teen Pregnancy D1. Now I'm going to ask you some questions about teenagers, that is, young women between the ages of 12 and 19. Do you think that the percentage of teenagers in the United States who engage in sexual intercourse is increasing, decreasing, or is it about the same as ten years ago? Asked only in the U.S. USA18+ Increasing 73% Decreasing 9% Same 17% Not sure/Refused 1% D2. What percentage…

  • Survey on Public Knowledge and Attitudes on Contraception and Unplanned Pregnancy in the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands

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    Kaiser Family Foundation Surveys on Public Knowledge and Attitudes on Contraception and Unplanned Pregnancy in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands1995 Unplanned pregnancy is a major problem facing Americans today. Approximately 3.5 million unplanned pregnancies occur each year in the United States. Women in the United States are almost twice as likely as women in Great Britain and three times as likely as women in the Netherlands to face an unplanned pregnancy. Research has…

  • National Survey Results on Public Opinions/Practices on Contraceptive Use and Decision Making

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    Overwhelming Majority of Women Feel Most Men Are Not Responsible Enough For Preventing Unplanned Pregnancy The Top Two Reasons Why: Men "Don't Care" or Think It's the Woman's Responsibility The Majority of Women Say They Alone Make Sure Birth Control Is Used Embargoed For Release: 4:00 p.m. EST, Monday, May 22, 1995 For further information contact: Matt James Tina Hoff (415) 854-9400 Washington, D.C. -- Three quarters (73%) of American women say most men are…

  • National Survey Results on Public Opinions/Practices on Contraceptive Use and Decision Making – Toplines/Survey

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    The Kaiser Family Foundation Survey on Public Knowledge and Attitudes on Contraception and Unplanned Pregnancy: Contraceptive Use and Decision Making: The Role of Men -- Questionnaire and Top Lines -- The Kaiser Family Foundation Survey on Public Knowledge and Attitudes on Contraception and Unplanned Pregnancy was a random-sample, telephone survey of adults nationwide. The national sample consisted of 2,002 adults (1002 men and 1000 women), 18 years and older, and was conducted between October 12…

  • Dimensions of New Contraceptives: Norplant and Poor Women

    Report

    Leading reproductive health and family planning experts consider the social policy and public health implications of Norplant, a long-acting method of birth control. This publication was produced as part of the Kaiser Forums program, an ongoing series of issue-specific briefings at which policy makers, health experts, practitioners, and others discuss and debate controversial topics related to the Foundation's core areas of interest. REPORT Download

  • The California Single-Payer Debate, The Defeat of Proposition 186

    Report

    A report summarizing the campaigns of proponents and opponents to the California Health Security Act (Proposition 186) of 1994. The report includes findings from research commissioned by the Kaiser Family Foundation on the potential financial and administrative impact of the Act on California, as well as an analysis of the paid media campaigns on the issue (see also #1026, Statewide Surveys of Californians on Public Attitudes Toward the Single Payer Ballot Initiatives (Proposition 186), #1027,…