Covering Kids & Families is a national
outreach effort funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to
promote children's enrollment in their states' CHIP programs.
Insure Kids Now is a national effort
funded by the federal Department of Health and Human Services
to promote children's enrollment in their states' CHIP programs.
The Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. (CHCS) is a
non-profit foundation that "works
with state officials, health plan leaders, and consumer organizations
across the
country to improve health services for low-income families
and for people with severe illnesses and disabilities whose
needs cross over from the routine to the highly specialized." Among their publications are the following:
Health Literacy Fact Sheets Series
of nine fact sheets created for those who are designing
patient education materials for consumers
with low health literacy skills.
Strategies
to Assist Low-Literate Health Care Consumers Fact
sheet for providers who are designing materials for consumers.
Providers can create
a "shame-free" environment where low-literate patients
can seek help without feeling stigmatized