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We collaborate with affiliates to share the latest news and events in health literacy research and practices. Contact us to learn how to become an affiliate of the Tufts Medicine Center for Health Literacy Research + Practice.
Our faculty and staff are dedicated to conducting ethical collaboration and community engaged research to develop and evaluate new health literacy innovations.
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Center for Health Literacy Research and Practice

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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.

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We conduct research and support best practices to improve individual and organizational health literacy.
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What To Know About Upcoming COVID-19 Vaccines and the FLiRT Variants
June 7, 2024
Quotes by Shira Doron, MD, in a story about important things to know about upcoming COVID-19 vaccines and the currently dominant FLiRT variants.