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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
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,…
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2001/02 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Kaiser Media Fellowships program sitevisit to Seattle, WA and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Sunday, August 4--Friday, August 9, 2002 Accommodations : Sunday, August 4-Wednesday, August 7/Seattle: W Seattle Hotel, 1112 Fourth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101 Wednesday, August 7-Friday, August 9/Vancouver: Metropolitan Hotel, 645 Howe Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 2Y9 Sunday, August 4-Seattle, WA 6:15pm: Drinks 7:00pm: Dinner--Studio 3, 2nd floor, W Seattle…
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Sleuths Scope Out Benefits: GTE Seeks Quality at the Right Price 12/24/2000 By Charles Ornstein Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News CHAMPAIGN, Ill. If George Crowling put pencil to paper, his job description would read something like this: fortune-teller, penny-pincher, paper pusher and private detective. In short, Mr. Crowling manages health benefits. He is the person charged with finding health insurance programs for thousands of workers at…
Speeding to the rescue can have deadly results Ambulances rack up disproportionate crashes, leading some to doubt value of 'running hot' 03/21/2002 By Robert DavisReprinted with permission of USA Today Denver paramedic Otis McKay Jr. saw the fear in the young woman's eyes just before he mowed her down with his 5-ton ambulance. The seasoned paramedic had seen people die before. But watching 19-year-old Virginia Magalhaes-Rosa trying in vain to outrun his out-of-control ambulance in…
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation 2001/02 Kaiser Media Fellowships Program Meeting of 2001/02 Fellows and Fellowship program advisory committeeSunday, May 19-Monday, May 20, 2002 Hotel Accommodations: The Washington Monarch Hotel, 2401 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20037 Sunday, May 19 7:00pm: Meet in hotel lobby 7:30pm: Dinner--The Bistro, The Washington Monarch Hotel (at left of hotel lobby) Monday, May 20 8:30 am: Meet in hotel lobby; depart by taxi for Kaiser D.C. office 1450…
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
An Interview with Michael Sinclair, Ph.D., Senior Vice President of the Kaiser Family Foundation's South Africa Program Michael Sinclair provides highlights from the AIDS 2000 conference and shares his views on the role of the South African government in access to treatment and care, U.S. government and private sector support efforts, and the future of the AIDS epidemic. TRANSCRIPT: Q: The big question is what came out of this conference? What was good about it,…
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