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The Roundtable on Health Literacy convened a one-day workshop to review challenges for diverse populations' participation in clinical trials, best practices for clinical trial sites and researches incorporating health literacy practices, and effective health literacy strategies for clear communication with participants.
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Workshop
·2020
Because of the individualized nature of drug and therapeutic treatments, clinical trials require participants who represent the diversity of the patient base. If early trials do not have a broad patient base, it can be difficult to know who may or may not benefit from or respond to a treatment later...
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Description
An ad hoc planning committee will plan and conduct a one-day public workshop that will feature invited presentations and discussion of incorporating health literacy principles into clinical trials. The workshop may include presentations and discussion of issues related to:
- challenges or barriers for diverse populations’ participation in clinical trials,
- best practices for clinical trial sites and researchers incorporating health literacy practices,
- effective health literacy strategies for clear communication with participants, and
- other areas as appropriate.
The planning committee will define the specific topics to be addressed, develop the agenda, select and invite speakers and other participants, and moderate the discussions. A proceedings of the presentations and discussions at the workshop will be prepared by a designated rapporteur in accordance with institutional guidelines.
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Department of Health and Human Services
Other, Federal
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