Clear Health Communication: Public Policy/Researchers

Grants and Partnerships

The Partnership for Clear Health Communication (PCHC) serves as the leading information source regarding the scope and impact of health literacy in the United States, as well as what providers and patients can do to improve health communication in every provider-patient interaction. Pfizer played an important role in the creation of the Partnership, serving as the convener and founding member of the organization.

Pfizer remains committed to ongoing support of the PCHC and its four-pronged action agenda:

Expanding awareness and educating patients and providers about low health literacy
Developing and applying practical solutions to improve patient/provider communication and motivating the health care system to adopt them
Conducting an active advocacy program to increase support for health literacy policy and funding
Conducting nationally coordinated research to define the health literacy issue and evaluate solutions

Pfizer provides an operating grant to the PCHC, and funds ongoing fulfillment of the Ask Me 3 educational program. The PCHC is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization driven by its Board of Directors, which represent national organizations, including health care providers, literacy groups and consumer health organizations, among others. To learn more or join the Partnership for Clear Health Communication, visit www.npsf.org/askme3.

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