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Interdisciplinary collaboration: a study in progress.

Carol Boswell·Sharon Cannon·KoKo Aung·Becky Hammack·G Peter Ienatsch·Melvin Prado
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A multidisciplinary, multi-institutional collaborative effort was initiated to address the perspectives of health care literacy in an urban/rural area of west Texas. This article presents the mechanisms utilized in the development and implementation of this collaborative process. Individuals within multiple institutions realized the importance of working together to address health care issues. As a result of this consortium development, an initial endeavor addressing health care literacy and functional health status was initiated. The development of the consortium and the project is presented in this article to provide a model for consortium development applicable to other professions.

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Carol Boswell, Sharon Cannon, KoKo Aung, Becky Hammack, G Peter Ienatsch, Melvin Prado. Interdisciplinary collaboration: a study in progress.. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1525-1446.2002.19402.x

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