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Abstract
The recent transformation to managed care in this country has not only changed the financing of health care, but has also placed a premium on health education in several ways. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is working with community-based health care organizations to take advantage of opportunities for health education offered by managed care. HRSA has developed a workbook to help Federally Qualified Health Centers, which receive funding from HRSA, to provide primary health care to underserved populations, and to develop culturally and linguistically appropriate programs for educating their clients about how to effectively access and utilize health services under Medic-aid managed care. This article discusses health education principles highlighted in the workbook and describes how these principles are applicable to other managed care health education programs, using an asthma intervention program at a HRSA-funded community health center as an example.