Language & Literacy Survey

"Poor health literacy is a stronger predictor of a person's health than age, income, employment status, education level, and race."

American Medical Association

Community Foundation for Monterey County-Sponsored Health Language & Literacy Survey
The Cislini Discretionary Fund and the General Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County provided funding for the study. Led by Jason Morgen son, M.D., a third year Natividad Family Practice Resident Physician at the time, the Health Language & Literacy Survey was designed to conduct an objective evaluation of language and basic literacy levels among a sample of 346 patients at Natividad.

RESULTS

23
Distinct languages are spoken at Natividad

11%
Natividad patients have no education at all

1 in 3
Natividad patients has low literacy in their native language

41%
NMC patients are monolingual Spanish-speakers

CONCLUSIONS
The Natividad Medical Foundation has identified Medical Interpretation, Translation and Cross-Cultural Care as priority fundraising areas and is disseminating the results throughout the Hospital and community.

Read the full Health Language and Literacy Survey Report funded by the Cislini Discretionary Fund and the General Endowment Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County.

GIVING
At Natividad Medical Foundation, we are passionate about raising funds to support access to healthcare for babies, children and families in our community.

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