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New National Campaign Encourages Parents To Start Talking With Their Children Earlier About Some Of The Hardest-To-Talk-About Topics, Like Sex Campaign Provides Resources to Help Parents Begin the Discussion On Tough Issues In Age-Appropriate Way that Incorporates Own Values Campaign Survey Says Parents Are Not Talking Enough About Sex, AIDS, Violence, and Drug and Alcohol…
Talking With Kids About Tough Issues National Surveys of Parents and Children for the "Talking With Your Kids" Campaign Kaiser Family Foundation and Children Now Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates -- Questionnaire and National Toplines -- Parent Interviews: All responses here for parents of children ages 8-12; from children ages 10-12; or from teens…
Survey of Women About Their Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Their Reproductive Health Glamour; Kaiser Family Foundation; Princeton Survey Research Associates Summary of Major Findings February 1997 The Kaiser Family Foundation partnered with Glamour magazine on a national survey to find out how much women know about their reproductive health care needs and whether they…
A three part study on the sexual content on television's family hour, and the impact on children and their families. The family hour is the first hour of prime time programming, 8-9 p.m. in most areas of the country.
The Kaiser Survey on Public Knowledge and Attitudes about STDs other than AIDS Questionnaire and Toplines November 20, 1996 Conducted for The Henry J.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in America: Exposing the Epidemic Provides some context about the STD epidemic, including taking a closer look at the prevalence of STDs in the United States, the long-term health consequences, and the public and private responses tothe epidemic, particularly, innovations in prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
A summary and toplines from a national survey conducted for the Foundation by Market Facts, Inc. of public knowledge about STDs overall and their attitudes towards policy options to confront the spread of STDs. This survey was released at a briefing on Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Exposing the Epidemic.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases In America: Exposing the Epidemic November 20, 1996 Briefing Participants: Peggy ClarkePresidentAmerican Social Health AssociationP.O. Box 13827Research Triangle Park, NC27709919/361-8400Press contact: Sharon Broom919/361-8416 Jacqueline Darroch Forrest, Ph.D.Vice President for ResearchThe Alan Guttmacher Institute120 Wall StreetNew York, NY 10005Press Contact: Susan Tew212/248-1111 ext. 208 Helene D. Gayle, M.D., M.P.H.
Researchers, clinicians, and policymakers examine the challenge of improving contraceptive use in the United States through a look at patient-provider relationships, currently available methods of contraception, the needs of special populations, and promising intervention and communication strategies.
This study, conducted for the Kaiser Family Foundation by Katharine E. Heintz-Knowles, Ph.D., University of Washington, presents a "snapshot" of the sexual content on soap operas today. Katharine Heintz-Knowles examined 97 hours of programming from theten nationally televised soap operas between May 27 and June 28, 1996.
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