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  • News Media Partnerships

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    About News Media Partnerships The Foundation in partnership with other organizations, such as research institutions, universities, and media outlets, conducts and commissions original survey research on a wide range of topics related to health policy and public health, as well as major social issues. The goal of these surveys is to better understand the public's knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors and to amplify the public's voice in national debates. Representatives of the sponsoring organizations work closely…

  • Surveys

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    The Kaiser Family Foundation offers research on the public's views and experiences on many health and social policy issues. You can easily sort the surveys listed below by topic or by date range to find the information you are looking for. function SubmitNewSearch(){// validate date rangeselected1 = frmSort.sm.selectedIndex;selected2 = frmSort.sy.selectedIndex;selected3 = frmSort.em.selectedIndex;selected4 = frmSort.ey.selectedIndex;if ((selected1 == 0) && (selected2 == 0) && (selected3 == 0) && (selected4 == 0))document.frmSort.submit();else if ((selected1 > 0) && (selected2…

  • Immigrant Health Care and Linguistic Access

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    Publications on Immigrant Health Care and Linguistic Access In 2000, there were over 32 million foreign-born residents in the U.S. Immigrants often face barriers to health coverage and health services. The disparities confronting immigrants can be similar to those faced by low-income working families generally, but immigrants also face other barriers, including linguistic issues and eligibility changes that have limited their ability to qualify for Medicaid. These new or updated publications address issues related to…

  • Seventeen Magazine and Kaiser Family Foundation Release New Survey of Teens About Virginity

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    As part of an on-going public information partnership called SexSmarts, seventeen and the Kaiser Family Foundation conduct nationally-representative surveys of teens 15 to 17 on issues related to their sexual health. The latest in the series is about perceptions of virginity and first sexual activity among adolescents. It covers a variety of issues related to decision making by adolescents about virginity, including when and why they choose to have sex and what issues and concerns…

  • Zero to Six: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers – Report

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    Zero to Six: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers Recent years have seen an explosion in electronic media marketed directly at the very youngest children in our society, yet very little is known about how these changes have played out in young people's lives. In order to help understand the implications, the Foundation conducted a national study of more than 1,000 parents of children ages six months through six years. The…

  • Children, Health, and the Media: Report and Fact Sheet Series

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    A series of reports and fact sheets on topics related to children, media, and health that pull together the most relevant research on such issues as TV violence, teens online, media ratings, and children and video games. Media, Youth and Civic Engagement - This fact sheet pulls together the latest information on the role of media in youth civic participation. It reviews how the media is used to get out the vote, ways television and…

  • Children and Electronic Media

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    Recent years have seen an explosion in electronic media marketed directly at the very youngest children in our society, yet very little is known about how these changes have played out in young people's lives. In order to help understand the implications, the Foundation conducted a national study of more than 1,000 parents of children ages six months through six years. The findings are published in the report Zero to Six: Electronic Media in the…