University of Michigan Health System: National Poll News from the University of Michigan Health System en-us http://www.med.umich.edu/news Copyright 2009, The University of Michigan jesssoul@med.umich.edu (Jessica Soulliere) wkolcz@med.umich.edu (Wally Kolcz) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:01:04 EST University of Michigan Health System http://www.med.umich.edu/1images/2logo.gif http://www.med.umich.edu Internet predators, privacy, porn: Are parents concerned? A report released today by the C.S. Mott Children'rsquo;s Hospital National Poll on Children'rsquo;s Health shows that parents across the United States have a wide range of concerns about the safety of their children'rsquo;s lives online. 'nbsp; http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1382 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1382 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST Children/Adolescent Health Gift of a Bear Program helps patients at U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital The University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children'rsquo;s and Women'rsquo;s Hospital is launching a new Gift of a Bear Program, which helps comfort young Mott patients and raises money for families in need. Supporters can help the healing of a Mott child by purchasing a teddy bear outfitted in an 'ldquo;M GO BLUE for Mott'rdquo; T-shirt for $25. Proceeds will also benefit the Family Hope Fund that provides help to families in need at a challenging time in their lives. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1380 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1380 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:30:00 EST National Poll U-M to host two-part tweet chat on H1N1/Swine flu Oct. 22 Members of the public are invited to participate in a tweet chat about H1N1/Swine flu Thursday, Oct. 22, from 10 a.m. - noon. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1343 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1343 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:00 EST Michigan Swine Flu Alerts Public tells health care workers: Get your H1N1 flu vaccine! C.S. Mott Children'rsquo;s Hospital National Poll on Children'rsquo;s Health finds nearly 90% of 'nbsp;public supports required H1N1 vaccination for health care workers in the case of outbreak, while only 38% of health care workers intend to get vaccinated. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1322 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1322 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:00:00 EST National Poll H1N1 flu: Are parents underestimating risk to kids? The latest C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds less than half of parents in the United States'nbsp;intend to'nbsp;have their children vaccinated against H1N1 flu, even though it is strongly encouraged by the CDC that children be vaccinated. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1312 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1312 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:00:00 EST National Poll Schools failing when it comes to bullying, violence prevention The C.S. Mott Children'rsquo;s Hospital National Poll on Children'rsquo;s Health finds only 26 percent of parents would give their child'rsquo;s high school an 'ldquo;A'rdquo; for preventing bullying and school violence, and 38 percent of parents would give their child'rsquo;s elementary or junior high an 'ldquo;A.'rdquo; http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1283 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1283 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EST National Poll Only one in three parents gives schools an A for offering healthy foods
Nationwide, only 33% of parents give their kids'rsquo; schools an 'quot;A'quot; grade for offering healthy food choices. Meanwhile, 12% give their children's schools a 'quot;D'quot; or an 'quot;F.'quot; That'rsquo;s according to a University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children'rsquo;s Hospital National Poll on Children'rsquo;s Health conducted in May 2009. The survey measured parents'rsquo; opinions about food choices at their children'rsquo;s public schools (about 67 million students).
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 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1253 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1253 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:00:00 EST Children/Adolescent Health Obesity remains No. 1 health problem for kids in 2009 Public concern about childhood obesity is on the rise and it continues to outrank all other health problems as the No. 1 concern for children in the United States. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1247 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1247 Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:00:00 EST National Poll Ask permission to use newborn data, parents say More than three-quarters of parents would be willing to allow the use of their children'rsquo;s newborn screening samples for research, a new survey shows. But more than half would be unwilling to permit use if their permission was not obtained beforehand. The survey sheds light on the emerging issue of how to square parents'rsquo; concerns about privacy with medical researchers'rsquo; desire to use the samples.
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 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1217 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1217 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:00:00 EST Children/Adolescent Health Recession stressful for many kids, toughest on poor and uninsured As the economy continues to falter, a poll released today shows that parents must make harder choices about how to spend what money they have, and children 'ndash; especially those who are uninsured or who are among the lowest income bracket - are more at risk because of it. http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1228 http://www2.med.umich.edu/prmc/media/newsroom/details.cfm?ID=1228 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:30:00 EST Children/Adolescent Health