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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Kaiser Media Fellows: Brenda Wilson Sisters Against AIDS December/January 2001 By Brenda Wilson Reprinted with permission of Heart and Soul. Sisters Against AIDS, Part I Sisters Against AIDS, Part 2
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Alcon Receives Warning from FDA Problems Involving Test Batches are Fixed, Drug Manufacturer Says 12/09/2000 By Sarah LundayReprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News Alcon Laboratories Inc. has received a warning letter from federal regulators, saying the drug maker failed to meet several quality and safety standards during a recent inspection. The problems could alter the purity of the company's products, according to the Nov. 17 letter from…
2001 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Kaiser Media Fellowships program sitevisit to San Antonio and Laredo, TX:Sunday, July 29-Friday, August 3, 2001 Accommodations: The Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, TX 78205 (Tel: 210-223-4361; fax: 210-228-0022) Sunday, July 29 Meet in Miami airport6:30pm: Meet in hotel lobby 7:00pm: Dinner, The Grant Room, The Menger Hotel, with Bibi Lobo, vice president, National Latino Children's Institute Monday, July 30-San Antonio The Grant Room, The Menger Hotel8:30am: Buffet…
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Alcon Receives Warning from FDA Problems Involving Test Batches are Fixed, Drug Manufacturer Says 12/09/2000 By Sarah LundayReprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News Alcon Laboratories Inc. has received a warning letter from federal regulators, saying the drug maker failed to meet several quality and safety standards during a recent inspection. The problems could alter the purity of the company's products, according to the Nov. 17 letter from…
2001/02 Kaiser Media Fellowships program:Poynter Institute program on computer-assisted health reportingMonday, November 12-Wednesday, November 14, 2001 Location: The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 801 Third Street South, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 (Tel: 727-821-9494; fax: 727-821-0583; www.poynter.org)Hotel accommodations: The Hilton Hotel, 333 1st Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 (Tel: 727-894-5000; fax: 727-894-7655) Program Faculty Mike Wendland, Poynter Institute Fellow; Technology Columnist, The Detroit Free Press, Wendland's High Tech Talk, NBC-TV News Channel's weekly technology reports,…
See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information With a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging mandatory filters in libraries, the Foundation conducted a comprehensive study that indicates Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively block pornography without significantly impeding access to online health information - but only if they aren't set at their most restrictive levels. As filters are set at higher levels…
See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information With a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging mandatory filters in libraries, the Foundation conducted a comprehensive study that indicates Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively block pornography without significantly impeding access to online health information - but only if they aren't set at their most restrictive levels. As filters are set at higher levels…
The third in a series of fact sheets on topics related to children, media and health pulls together the key facts on the amount of time young people spend online; their favorite online activities; how and where young people access the web; and how use varies by age, gender and ethnicity. Key Facts: Key Facts: Children and Video Games
The Health Rights Hotline, a four-year pilot consumer assistance programbegun in Sacramento, California in July 1996, provides health plan enrolleeswith information about managed care and helps them resolve difficulties withtheir plans. The Hotline is a program of the non-profit Center for HealthCare Rights, and has been funded by three private health care foundations:the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the California Wellness Foundation,and the Sierra Health Foundation. This demonstration project, located in the Sacramento region in…
Talking with Kids (and Parents) Talking with Kids, a partnership of the Kaiser Family Foundation and Children Now, has teamed up with Nickelodeon, the number-one kids' entertainment brand, to create Talking with Kids (And Parents) About Tough Issues, a campaign to encourage earlier and more frequent parent-child communication. Launched in March of 2001, the on-going effort includes resources to support talks on a range of "tough issues," including sex, violence, alcohol and drugs, and respect.…
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