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Board backs pilot to station indigenous-language interpreter at Alisal Health Center
Summary
Following community advocacy, the board directed the Health Department to proceed with a pilot to place a full-time indigenous-language medical interpreter at the Alisal Health Center, supported by Natividad Medical Interpretation Services and with associated staff training and digital outreach.
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 21 directed the Health Department to design and implement a pilot program to station a full-time indigenous-language medical interpreter at the Alisal Health Center in East Salinas.
The referral originated from community groups seeking improved access for Mixteco, Chatino, Zapotec and other indigenous-language speakers. Health Department staff reported they have completed a landscape analysis, visited Salud Para La Gente in Santa Cruz to review best practices, updated electronic records to record patient-preferred languages, begun staff training and planned recruitment of a…
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