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  • International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: Russia: 2006 Projects

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    International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: RUSSIA/UKRAINE 2006 Fellows Natalia A. Feduschak, a Kaiser International Fellow and a freelance journalist, wrote and delivered the following lectures about HIV/AIDS to journalism students at the Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and Kyiv International University between April 2005 and November 2006. The lectures are based on her own research and interviews conducted in Ukraine and Europe, through resources provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS, numerous…

  • International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: Russia: 2005 Projects

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    International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: RUSSIA/UKRAINE 2005 Fellows "Stop AIDS Series" Tatyana Fedyaeva, Narodnoe Radio, July 28, 2005 (.pdf) "HIV/AIDS Close-Up" Yuri Tishkov, Vecherniy Krasnoyarsk, August 2, 2005 (.pdf) "Stop AIDS Series" Tatyana Fedyaeva, Narodnoe Radio, September 4, 2005 (.pdf) "Lost Children Series" Olga Sedurina, Echo of Moscow Radio In Perm, October 12, 2005 (.pdf) "Lost Children Series" Olga Sedurina, Echo of Moscow Radio In Perm, October 26, 2005 (.pdf) "HIV in Kaliningrad" Irina Raldugina,…

  • Pulling It Together: Critical Path To Health Reform: Conclusion

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    Finally, it bears mentioning for organizations like Kaiser that do research and analysis and are committed to public education on complex health policy issues, that the kinds of activities that will be most useful will vary depending on what stage we are at on the "critical path." At this early stage, education about the problems and the issues is critically important to establish the facts and dispel myths. What are the public's concerns and experiences…

  • Pulling It Together: Critical Path To Health Reform: Stage Three

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    If there is a debate in the new Congress in 2009 about comprehensive health reform legislation, a major question is: Will there be an appetite for a bipartisan, centrist deal? No matter who is in the White House or what the margins are in the Senate, it is very unlikely that the deep divisions about how to reform our health care system between left and right will have been transformed enough to support passage of legislation…

  • Pulling It Together: Critical Path To Health Reform: Stage Two

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    Will the new president make health a top early priority and exercise real leadership on the issue? One of the big lessons of the health reform debate of the early nineties is that the Congress needs to be fully engaged in the process early on. Nevertheless, for health reform legislation to stand a chance, a new President will have to make it an early and top priority and exercise real leadership. Given the history of…

  • NEW ANALYSIS REVEALS WIDE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH COVERAGE AMONG ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, WITH UNINSURED RATES FOR SOME SUBGROUPS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE UNITED STATES

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    Tuesday, April 1, 2008 For further information contact:Kirran Syed, Kaiser Family Foundation, ksyed@kff.org or (202) 347-5270 Deeana Jang, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, djang@apiahf.org or (202) 466-7772 x223 NEW ANALYSIS REVEALS WIDE DISPARITIES IN HEALTH COVERAGE AMONG ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS, WITH UNINSURED RATES FOR SOME SUBGROUPS AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE UNITED STATES Breaking Down Data by Ethnicity Shows Korean Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Are About Twice…

  • 2008 Kaiser Media Fellows

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    Aliyah Baruchin, freelance health contributor, The New York Times and other news outlets, New York, NY Racial and ethnic disparities in health care Steve Bogira, freelance journalist and author, Chicago, IL The impact of poverty and race on health, and the disparity in health care, reflected in two adjacent city neighborhoods Greg Branch, freelance journalist, former Managing Editor, BET News, New York, NY Recruitment of medical personnel from Africa and Asia and its impact on…

  • Shouting to be Heard (2): Public Service Advertising in a Changing Television World

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    Broadcast and cable stations donated an average of 17 seconds an hour to PSAs, totaling one-half of one percent of all TV airtime, according to the study, , released by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The most frequent time period for PSAs to air was between midnight and 6 a.m., accounting for 46% of donated PSAs across all stations in the study; looking only at broadcast stations, 60% of donated PSAs ran overnight. The time period…

  • Study Finds Television Stations Donate an Average of 17 Seconds an Hour to Public Service Advertising

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    Broadcast and cable stations donated an average of 17 seconds an hour to PSAs, totaling one-half of one percent of all TV airtime, according to the study, Shouting to be Heard (2): Public Service Advertising in a Changing Television World, released by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The most frequent time period for PSAs to air was between midnight and 6 a.m., accounting for 46% of donated PSAs across all stations in the study; looking only…