Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBtjN10818 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:55:45 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311155.f7VBtjN10818@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from f04n01.cac.psu.edu ([128.118.141.31]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f6ALX5f23364 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:33:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [146.186.96.31] (rack31.ed.psu.edu [146.186.96.31]) by f04n01.cac.psu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA44860 for <nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov>; Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:32:59 -0400 X-Sender: blv1@email.psu.edu Message-Id: <p05001906b77119947347@[146.186.96.31]> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 17:32:58 -0400 To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov From: Sue Dormanen <sdormanen@handsnet.org> (by way of Barb Van Horn) Subject: HandsNet's WebClipper Digest 7/6/2001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:55:45 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 1916 Lines: 41 The following information is from WebClipper Digest, HandsNet's weekly overview of cross-cutting human services news from throughout the World Wide Web. For daily Headlines news, Alerts and Discussions, and to start your personal clipping service tailored to your needs, visit WebClipper at http://www.webclipper.org. Free trial WebClipper memberships are available on our public site at http://www.handsnet.org. ************************************ JULY 6, 2001 WHY AREN'T MORE CHILDREN ENROLLED IN MEDICAID OR SCHIP? - Parents' reasons for not obtaining public health insurance for children are more complex than once thought, finds an Urban Institute evaluation that suggests ways to improve enrollment. Parents interviewed in a large national survey gave a variety of reasons for not enrolling their children in public health insurance programs, leading researchers to question whether the current emphasis on education and outreach is sufficient to increase program participation. http://www.urban.org/news/pressrel/pr010702.html COLLABORATION BETWEEN WIC AND MANAGED CARE: A Resource Guide - A survey from the Women's and Children's Center of the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University finds that few states are actively practicing the kind of coordination between WIC and Medicaid managed care organizations which is key in improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations enrolled in WIC and Medicaid. http://www.sph.emory.edu/wcc/index.html -- ****************** 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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