{"id":276,"date":"2019-01-04T09:43:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T14:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mrctcenter.org\/health-literacy\/?page_id=276"},"modified":"2019-01-04T09:43:24","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T14:43:24","slug":"aboutthiswork","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mrctcenter.org\/health-literacy\/introduction\/aboutthiswork\/","title":{"rendered":"About This Work"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The MRCT Center is a research and policy center that aims to improve the integrity, safety and rigor of global clinical trials.<\/h1>\n

You can find out more about the organization here<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_cta h2=”” add_icon=”left” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-play-circle” i_color=”peacoc” i_size=”xl” i_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fhms.webex.com%2Frecordingservice%2Fsites%2Fhms%2Frecording%2F4f012ffeec544b9799bd798b123d00dc%2Fplayback|target:_blank”]Watch the Health Literacy website launch webinar from October 2019 here!<\/a>[\/vc_cta][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1570638572247{background-color: #efefef !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1546″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1570640096072{margin-top: -25px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As a result, in April 2018, the MRCT Center convened a workgroup of diverse stakeholders, to develop tools and resources that support adopting and implementing health literacy principles at all points of the clinical research life cycle.<\/p>\n

We welcome your input and recommendations of additional resources that support health literacy integration into clinical research.\u00a0 Please email us at\u00a0mrct@bwh.harvard.edu<\/a>\u00a0to submit your comment[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To our knowledge there are no health literacy initiatives that focus on integrating health literacy concepts, techniques and best practices into all clinical research communications and interactions.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1571604965064{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;}”]<\/p>\n

Project Leadership<\/h2>\n

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