The
Health Literacy
Collaborative Summit
Save the date! More details to come!
The Summit
2 days of health literacy talks
April 23-24, 2026
University of North Texas Health Science Center - Fort Worth, TX
Registration opens Summer 2025"
Summit learning objectives
Discuss ways interprofessional health care teams communicate and integrate health literacy into prevention, management of disease and health promotion
Explain how to use health literacy practices and principles in different contexts
Identify skills and strategies to use when working with different communities and/or to design relevant health programs or resources
Describe factors to consider when helping consumers find, understand, and use health information and manage their health
By the numbers
Participants
350+
Presenters
75
Breakout sessions
20
Days
2
About the event
From 2004 to 2022, Wisconsin Health Literacy (WHL) hosted the traditional Health Literacy Summit event to bring together interprofessionals from diverse fields to share practices and strategies to support individuals, families, and communities. In 2024, WHL partnered with other states to host the first Health Literacy Collaborative Summit (HLCS). This upcoming Summit held by the newly formed collaborative and hosted by the University of North Texas Health Science Center will continue to bring together a variety of professionals from health care, community-based organizations, libraries, health insurance, health information technology, and public health. It will continue to emphasize health literacy experience, and practical approaches and strategies, leading to a rich regional health literacy event.
Speakers
We are proud to bring expert speakers from across the world.
Featured plenary sessions
Health Literacy in Schools: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Orkan Okan
Adapting Indigenous Health Toolkit for Pediatric Populations
Laurelle Myhra, PhD, LMFT
Weather, Climate Change and Health Literacy
Mr. Erik Salna, MS
Going from "Why Won’t they” to “How Can We”: Changing Systems to Build More Equitable Health Access
Saida M. Abdi, PhD, LICSW
Meet Me in the Middle
Silas Buchanan
Join us at the Summit!
Registration is now open!
Click the link below to register.
You will be asked to chose the breakout sessions you want to attend. You can read more about the breakout sessions offered here.
Health Literacy
Collaborative Summit
news and updates
Continuing Education (CE) Credits
We are offering continuing education credits for those who qualify.
This activity is designed to bring together a national audience of adult literacy educators and interprofessional health care providers. Continuing education credits will be available for nurses, physicians, pharmacists, social workers, NCHEC CHES, and NBPHE Certified Public Health professionals.