Collaborate. Innovate.
Elevate.
The Health Literacy Collaborative Summit is a dynamic gathering where ideas take shape, partnerships take root, and solutions take flight. Health professionals from various settings come together to collaborate, innovate, and elevate health literacy in our region and beyond.
Reimagining Health Literacy:
New Paths, Collective Purpose
Health literacy is evolving—and so are we. This year’s theme invites us to look beyond traditional approaches and imagine new ways to connect, communicate, and collaborate. Together, we’ll explore bold strategies, challenge assumptions, and align around a shared purpose: making health information work for everyone. From clinical settings to community spaces, we’ll highlight the power of local partnerships, cultural insight, and grassroots innovation to drive meaningful, lasting change.
Details
Join us for the 2026 summit and be part of the movement to reimagine health literacy. Registration opens Summer 2025.
April 23-24, 2026
Day 1: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Conference Programming, followed by Dinner & Poster Sessions from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Day 2: 9:00 am to 2:30 pm Conference Programming
Fort Worth, TX
The 2026 Health Literacy Collaborative Summit will be held at
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
Continuing Education (CE) Credits
Participants will have the opportunity to earn up to 12
continuing education (CE) hours, pending approval from credentialing organizations.
Learning objectives
The summit is designed to equip participants with practical tools, fresh insights, and actionable strategies. Through this experience, regardless of their setting, attendees will be able to apply what they've gained in their own communities.
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
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, in April 2026, is hosted by the newly formed Health Literacy Collaborative, will be held at The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, with support from Health Literacy Media and the United States Health Literacy Association 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.
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