Thank you for your interest in the UAMS Center for Health Literacy (CHL)
We are excited to share highlights from fiscal year 2024 (July 2023-June 2024).
This year brought significant transitions at the UAMS CHL. After leading the center since, 2020, Alison Caballero, MPH, CHES® retired. Katie Leath, MPH, MA, who has been with CHL since 2015, took over as director. During this transition, we also added new members to our team as former staff transitioned to pursue other professional opportunities.
Despite these changes, the UAMS CHL mission, vision, and values have remained the same, guiding our efforts to improve health communication, engage communities, and reduce health care costs. Our commitment to integrity, respect, diversity, and teamwork continues to shape the work we do with our partners and clients.
This Year’s Highlights
Read about how our team has collaborated on diverse projects to ensure health information is easy to understand and use.
Improving Patient Care
CHL launched the UAMS Patient Education Portal (PEP), a significant initiative designed to enhance patient care through high-quality education resources.
Read About the Launch
Integrating Health Literacy into Curriculum
CHL continued its efforts to support the integration of health literacy competencies in the health profession curriculum.
Read About Our Series
Enhancing Research Impact through Health Literacy
With support from the UAMS Translational Research Institute (TRI), CHL delivered essential health literacy and plain language services to strengthen translational research.
Read About Our Role in Research
Improving Health Insurance Literacy Online
CHL developed an interactive online learning module to equip young adults to better understand and use their health insurance.
Read About Developing Our Module
Assessing Organizational Health Literacy
CHL concluded multi-year projects funded by federal grants for public health and health care organizations to address health equity by advancing Organizational Health Literacy.
Read Our Story
Fostering Clear Health Communication
CHL continued to demonstrate leadership in health communication through impactful presentations, insightful publications, and prestigious recognitions.
Read MoreOur Partners
This year we have been honored to work with a variety of partners who impact all areas of health. Some of them include:
Food Allergy Research & Education
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation
Nebraska Association of Local Health Directors
Arkansas Immunization Action Coalition
