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  • The Teen Media Juggling Act: The Implications of Media Multitasking Among American Youth

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    In recent years, the issue of media multitasking has sparked a broad discussion about the potential impact on children and youth and has raised concerns among non-profits about how best to engage young people with social marketing campaigns. To help advance understanding about the issues that surround media multitasking, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a forum. Forum participants included executives from MTV and eMarketer, a leading market research firm, along with one of the nation’s…

  • Media Multitasking Among American Youth: Prevalence, Predictors and Pairings – Key Findings

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    The key findings explore how pervasive media multitasking is among young people, potential cognitive and social development implications, and which teens are most likely to multitask. It was released at a forum held on Tuesday, December 12, in Washington, D.C. A webcast of the forum, The Teen Media Juggling Act: the Implications of Media Multitasking Among American Youth is available. Key Findings (.pdf)

  • New Reports Analyze Latest Data on Health Coverage, Examine the Decline in Employer-Sponsored Coverage

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    Several reports examining the latest health coverage trends and profiling the nation's uninsured population were released at a Capitol Hill briefing. One report finds that despite the improving economy, the percentage of the population with employer-sponsored insurance continued to decline while the number of the uninsured continued to increase. A second report determines that nearly three-fourths of the decline in employer coverage was due to a loss in employer sponsorship or eligibility for coverage. Why…

  • Health Coverage for Low-Income Americans: An Evidence-Based Approach to Public Policy: Executive Summary

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    Health Coverage for Low-Income Americans: An Evidence-Based Approach to Public Policy This executive summary provides an overview of a framework addressing a set of core issues related to structuring health coverage for low-income Americans. It is a summation based on a review and synthesis of evidence that is available in the full report. Executive Summary (.pdf) Full Report

  • Forum on The “Reality” of Health: Reality Television and the Public Health

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    Forum on The "Reality" of Health: Reality Television and the Public Health The Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a forum to examine the implications of reality TV serving as a health information resource. The forum, The "Reality" of Health: Reality Television and the Public Health, featured a senior executive from Discovery Health Channel and FitTV, the host of the first season of reality TV's "Honey We're Killing the Kids," and leading researchers and authors on youth…

  • The “Reality” of Health: Reality Television and the Public Health

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    This discussion paper prepared by Lewis and Clark College communications professor Peter Christenson and American University communications assistant professor Maria Ivancin was released by the Kaiser Family Foundation at a forum to examine the implications of reality TV serving as a health information resource. The paper helped facilitate the dialogue, and explores common health-related themes in reality shows, as well as possible implications for viewers. Report (.pdf)

  • Source: Public Knowledge About AIDS/HIV Survey: September 1997 (2)

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    I'd like you to think about the way the problem of AIDS is affecting this country today. Do you think the problem of AIDS is about the same as it has been, that the country is making progress in this area, or that the country is losing ground?   Note: Asked of One-Half of Respondents:   14%  About the same 52   Country making progress 27   Country losing ground 7      Don't know/Refused   Survey by Henry…

  • Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Survey on Americans and AIDS/HIV: November 1995 (2)

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    I'd like to ask you about the way the problem of AIDS affects this country today. Do you think the problem is about the same as it has been, that the country is making progress in this area, or that the country is losing ground?    15%  About the same 32   Country making progress 48   Country losing ground 5    Don't know/Refused   Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey…

  • Source: Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS: March 2006 (4)

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    Thinking about the way the problem of AIDS is affecting YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY today, do you think AIDS is a MORE urgent problem for your community than it was a few years ago, a LESS urgent problem, is it ABOUT THE SAME, or has AIDS NEVER been a problem in your community? Total White Black Latino   23 15 49 46 More urgent 10 10 6 7 Less urgent 34 36 24 27 About the…

  • Source: Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS: March 2006 (3)

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    What do you think is the MOST urgent health problem facing this nation TODAY? (WAIT FOR REPLY BEFORE PROBE) Is there another health problem you think is almost as urgent? (RECORD UP TO 3 RESPONSES)   Subpopulation/Note: Asked of half sample Adds to more than 100% due to multiple responses     Total 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+   34 31 37 28 39 Cancer 18 9 16 16 35 Heart Disease 17 28 15 17…