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Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice

We conduct research and support best practices to improve individual and organizational health literacy.
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About

The Tufts Medicine Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice focuses on reducing health literacy challenges for patients and their families, clinicians and clinics, as well as healthcare and public health organizations and systems.

Ultimately our goals are patient empowerment, professional proficiency and transformation of the institutional and societal practices that disadvantage those with limited health literacy and perpetuate health inequities.

Our mission

The Tufts Medicine Center for Health Literacy in Research & Practice develops, evaluates and disseminates new and effective health literacy discoveries and interventions. Our approach is interdisciplinary, collaborative and engages communities.

Approaches

  • Bring together interdisciplinary teams of investigators, faculty and collaborators to conduct innovative health literacy research.
  • Support health literacy education, training and professional development activities through universities and health systems.

Promote community engagement activities and partnerships by valuing and linking with existing resources and supporting new resources.

Our vision

Excellent individual and organizational health literacy to achieve equity in health systems and eliminate health disparities. We believe in the power of crucial thinking, self-determination and trust.

Beliefs

  • Health literacy is a type of power that is critical for self-determination.
  • Societies that promote health literacy can take down discriminatory health care systems and eliminate public health disparities
  • Health disparities are caused by social and environmental factors that can be addressed by improving health literacy.
  • Health literacy, which includes the domains of numeracy and health insurance literacy, adds to the value of healthcare by decreasing cost and increasing quality.
  • Critical health literacy, which includes the skills to evaluate and discern health misinformation and disinformation, will protect against another COVID-19 like infodemic.
  • Health literacy is key to restoring the public’s trust in science and creating health systems and health research that are worthy of people’s trust.
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800 Washington St
Boston, MA 02111

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Mailing address

Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice
Tufts Medical Center
800 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111

Office location

The Center for Health Literacy in Research + Practice is located in the Rehabilitation building, 2nd floor, 185 Harrison Avenue, Boston, MA. Please call 617.636.5459 to make an appointment.

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Announcements
Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice’s Sabrina Kurtz-Rossi Presents at Global Health Literacy Summit 2024
September 24, 2024
Sabrina Kurtz Rossi presented at the Global Health Literacy Summit on September 19, 2024
Articles
Community Walks Program Aims to Improve Wellbeing of Boston's Public Housing Residents
September 12, 2024
The Community Walks clinical trial investigates the impact of adapting the environment within Boston’s public housing developments to promote physical activity.
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Tufts Medicine Welcomes Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice
August 23, 2024
The Tufts Medicine Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice focuses on reducing health literacy challenges for patients and their families, as well as healthcare and public health organizations and systems.
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