Political Issues (Page 200)

presentationNov 12, 2009

Preventing Stroke and Heart Disease: New and Emerging Opportunities and Innovations

Susannah Fox will discuss how adults living with chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease are – or are not – using the internet.
reportNov 11, 2009

Americans and Western Europeans Agree on Afghanistan-Pakistan Extremist Threat

Americans and Western Europeans agree on the extremist threat from Afghanistan and Pakistan, but divisions remain over the Afghan war
reportNov 8, 2009

Tell the FDA the whole story, please

The FDA should hear about the reality of the information marketplace, which is increasingly mobile and social, not about the past failings of consumers to check the source and date of health information online.
presentationNov 6, 2009

Informatics for Consumer Health: Privacy, Security and Confidentiality

As part of a panel on privacy, security, and confidentiality, Susannah Fox discussed the “shadow economy” of health data that has sprung up, with all the dangers and opportunities of an unregulated market.
reportNov 5, 2009

Public Divided Over Afghan Troop Requests, But Still Sees Rationale for War
reportNov 5, 2009

Public Divided Over Afghan Troop Requests, But Still Sees Rationale for War

As Obama weighs difficult choices in Afghanistan, the public also appears to be finding it difficult to judge the merits of different options for expanding, maintaining or contracting the U.S. effort on that front.
reportNov 4, 2009

Religious Groups’ Official Positions on Capital Punishment

American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Since 1982, the American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. has opposed capital punishment in the United States. American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A., Resolution on Capital Punishment In this research package An Impassioned Debate An overview of the death penalty in America. The Death Penalty and the Supreme Court […]
presentationNov 2, 2009

Public Opinion Two Decades After the Fall of the Berlin Wall
reportNov 2, 2009

End of Communism Cheered but Now with More Reservations

Publics of former Iron Curtain countries generally look back approvingly at the collapse of communism. Majorities in most former Soviet republics and Eastern European countries endorse the emergence of democracy and capitalism. However, the initial enthusiasm about these changes has dimmed in most of the countries surveyed.
presentationOct 27, 2009

Trends in medical searches online: How e-patients use the internet

New trend charts showing how e-patients use the internet and search for health information online.