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From: Barb Van Horn (blv1@psu.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 12 2001 - 11:38:14 EST

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Dear subscribers,

The following resources and information appear relevant to your work 
in health literacy and were found on The WebClipper Digest, 
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GETTING LESS CARE -  New Families USA report shows big health care 
gaps between uninsured and insured with common chronic health 
problems.  Compared to their insured counterparts,uninsured people 
with chronic health conditions receive half the number of lab tests; 
are much more likely to go without essential medicines; obtain far 
fewer screenings; make 19 to 28% fewer visits to outpatient settings; 
and are three to four and one-half times as likely to have been 
unable to obtain care due to affordability problems.
http://www.familiesusa.org

A fact sheet from the Kaiser Family Foundation focuses on the 
uninsured and their access to health care.
http://www.kff.org/content/2001/1420b

STATE AND LOCAL INITIATIVES TO ENHANCE HEALTH COVERAGE FOR WORKING 
POOR - The Commonwealth Fund summarizes 21 programs designed to help 
the 24 million American workers and their family members who lack 
health insurance. 
http://www.cmwf.org/publist/publist2.asp?CategoryID=4

HOW WELL DOES MEDICAID COVER FOSTER CARE CHILDREN? - New policy brief 
from Mathematica notes coverage disruptions and mental health needs.
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/fostercarebrief.pdf

FOOD STAMP LEAVERS IN ILLINOIS: How They Are Doing Two Years Later - 
New study from Mathematica is one of the few to examine the status of 
this diverse group. About half of those who exited in 1997 were 
employed two years later, while more than half had incomes below the 
poverty line. Researchers found food insecurity with hunger evident 
among one-fourth of the leavers. Those who left the program because 
of sanctions experienced severe and multiple hardships. The findings, 
which mirror those of a similar study of food stamp leavers in 
Phoenix, Arizona, point to national concerns about food stamp leavers.
http://www.mathematica-mpr.com/PDFs/foodstampleave.pdf

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Barbara Van Horn
NIFL-WORKPLACE List Co-Moderator
Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy
College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University
102 Rackley Building, University Park, PA 16802-3202
Phone:   814-865-5876	Fax:     814-863-6108
E-mail:  BLV1@PSU.EDU

"Moving adult literacy from the Margins to the Mainstream"

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