Health Knowledge Gain and Retention from Television

Description: Knowledge about the likelihood of mother-to-child HIV transmission rose substantially among Grey's Anatomy viewers following an episode dealing with the issue.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Television as a Health Educator: A Case Study of Grey’s Anatomy, September 2008.

Topics: Media and Health

Included in these Slideshows: KFF.org Data Spotlight

Slide Date: September 16, 2008

Changes in the Average Amount of Time Children Age 8-18 Spend with Selected Types of Media per Day, 1999-2004

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-Olds, March 2005.

Topics: Media and Health

Slide Date: September 16, 2008

Time Spent with Selected Media Types for Children Age 6 and Under, 2005

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Their Parents, May 2006.

Topics: Media and Health

Slide Date: September 16, 2008

Young Children's Use of Screen Media by Age, 2005

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Their Parents, May 2006.

Topics: Media and Health

Slide Date: September 16, 2008

Children's Daily Media Use, 2005

Description: In a typical day, 83% of children under age six use any screen media, and 75% of children under six watch TV.

Source: SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation, The Media Family: Electronic Media in the Lives of Infants, Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Their Parents, May 2006.

Topics: Media and Health

Slide Date: September 16, 2008

Impact of TV Show ER on Viewers' Health Knowledge and Behavior

Source: a) Kaiser Family Foundation, Survey of ER Viewers: Emergency Contraception Pre-show, April 1997; b) Kaiser Family Foundation, Survey of ER Viewers: Emergency Contraception Post-show, April 1997; c) Kaiser Family Foundation, Survey of ER Viewers: Wave 1, September 1997; d) Kaiser Family Foundation, Survey of ER Viewers: Emergency Contraception Post-show, April 1997, Wave 1, September 1997, and Wave 4, May 1998. N=300-500 per survey.

Topics: Media and Health

Slide Date: September 16, 2008

Percent of Regular Viewers of the TV Show ER Who Know What "HPV" Is (a sexually transmitted disease)

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Surveys of ER Viewers on HPV and Cervical Cancer, February-April 2000. N=300-500 per survey.

Topics: Media and Health

Slide Date: September 16, 2008

TV Advertising for Food vs. Public Service Announcements for Fitness or Nutrition, 2005

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Food for Thought: Television Food Advertising to Children in the United States, March 2007.

Topics: Media and Health

Slide Date: September 16, 2008

Distribution of Types of Food in TV Advertising Targeted to Children or Teens, 2005

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Food for Thought: Television Food Advertising to Children in the United States, March 2007.

Topics: Media and Health

Slide Date: September 16, 2008

Proportion of TV Time Devoted to Public Service Announcements vs. Other Content, 2005

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Shouting To Be Heard (2): Public Service Advertising in a Changing Television World, January 2008.

Topics: Media and Health

Slide Date: September 16, 2008