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CHL 2024 Impact Report

Clear Vision, Lasting Impact: Driving Health Literacy Forward

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Transform into a health literacy responsive organization with our comprehensive organizational health literacy assessment.

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We are an interprofessional team of health literacy experts dedicated to improving individual and population health by making health information easy to understand and use. We provide services to individuals and organizations across the globe who communicate health information with patients and the public.

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Empowering Health Professionals with Skills to Enhance Communication with Patients and Clients

Effective communication is fundamental to improving health. It supports patient engagement, improves health outcomes, reduces errors, and lowers costs.

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Clear Food Labels, Safer Consumers: Empowering Consumers with Health Literacy

Consumers rely on food safety labels to make informed choices, but the truth is, they can be confusing, hard to understand, and misleading with unfamiliar words and vague terms that make food seem healthier than they are.

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Improve Material Clarity with Field Testing

Do you ever wonder why your audience does not always follow your instructions, even after you talk with them and give them health materials? The answer could be that the material, even if written at an ideal reading level, is not easy to understand or use.

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Gold Metal Winner for Digital Health Awards Fall 2024

Make Health Insurance Simple with CHL’s Award-Winning Module

Health insurance can be complicated, especially for young people and others new to using it. Yet we all need to understand it in order to use it to access care and stay healthy. 

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4301 West Markham Street, Slot 599A
Little Rock, AR 72205
Phone: 501-686-2595
Email: healthliteracy@uams.edu

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