Dr. Monteic A. Sizer Videos

As I travel around our twelve-parish region meeting with staff, engaging with partner agencies, visiting with patients, and interacting with the general public, I am convinced of the need to further deploy our #pharmaceutical capabilities. The needs are great in Louisiana's Delta. We announced a partnership between Northeast Delta Human Services Authority (NEDHSA) and #Genoa Healthcare Pharmacy (Genoa). Genoa has served the behavioral health community for more than 20 years with its array of comprehensive pharmacy services. Genoa also offers customizable, tailored services to help meet individual needs in rural communities. Through our partnership with Genoa, more of our patients, staff, provider network, and the entire region can now obtain cost-effective medications as part of our holistic #behavioral and #primary health care delivery system. And as part of our holistic care model and partnership with Genoa, we are now able to prescribe and ship psychotropic and primary health medications to patients regionally, better coordinate and communicate with prescribers inside and outside of our provider network, are better able to monitor patient tolerance and adherence to medications more efficiently, and can better ensure the proper storage and disposal of unused and unwanted medications. #LeadershipLessons #PharmacyServices #Partnerships #IntegratedHealth #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth

2 of 4. Northeast Delta Human Services Authority (NEDHSA) announces the launch of its #suicideprevention campaign, STAY. STAY is built on a simple, pragmatic request: that people considering suicide "Stay" and reach out for help. Just that request "to Stay" infers love. It indicates value that the community wants people to stay and heal. #NEDHSA Executive Director Dr. Monteic A. Sizer said STAY is an easy request for anyone to make and understand "if you don't know what to say, start with STAY." "So many opportunities for conversations are lost by people unsure of the right words to say when dealing with people in need," Dr. Sizer said. "STAY, as a word and a campaign, provides an easier on-ramp for conversation with a person you are seeking to help and are concerned about." STAY is an added effort to what NEDHSA already has in place to reduce and bring awareness to suicide in Northeast Louisiana. The agency has deployed Al's Pals and Signs of Suicide programs, distributed suicide-related information, and provided various trainings throughout the region's school districts. To help reduce adult suicide, NEDHSA works holistically to reduce the negative social determinants of health. Specifically, NEDHSA works to combat food insecurity, high unemployment, community instability, poor education, and inadequate housing options, just to name a few. Dr. Sizer added: "Our nation and our communities are in unprecedented times for suicide and suicidal ideation. The pandemic, climate change, economic uncertainty, and political upheaval have had extremely harmful effects on the mental health and general well-being of our families, friends, and neighbors. Too many suffer in silence, perhaps without realizing help is available. People see their loved ones suffer and are not sure how to help them. Just say Stay!" Learn more by going to staynedelta.org #LeadershipLessons #PopulationHealth #JustSayStay #SocialDeterminants

1 of 4. Northeast Delta Human Services Authority (NEDHSA) announces the launch of its #suicideprevention campaign, STAY. STAY is built on a simple, pragmatic request: that people considering suicide "Stay" and reach out for help. Just that request "to Stay" infers love. It indicates value that the community wants people to stay and heal. #NEDHSA Executive Director Dr. Monteic A. Sizer said STAY is an easy request for anyone to make and understand "if you don't know what to say, start with STAY." "So many opportunities for conversations are lost by people unsure of the right words to say when dealing with people in need," Dr. Sizer said. "STAY, as a word and a campaign, provides an easier on-ramp for conversation with a person you are seeking to help and are concerned about." STAY is an added effort to what NEDHSA already has in place to reduce and bring awareness to suicide in Northeast Louisiana. The agency has deployed Al's Pals and Signs of Suicide programs, distributed suicide-related information, and provided various trainings throughout the region's school districts. To help reduce adult suicide, NEDHSA works holistically to reduce the negative social determinants of health. Specifically, NEDHSA works to combat food insecurity, high unemployment, community instability, poor education, and inadequate housing options, just to name a few. Dr. Sizer added: "Our nation and our communities are in unprecedented times for suicide and suicidal ideation. The pandemic, climate change, economic uncertainty, and political upheaval have had extremely harmful effects on the mental health and general well-being of our families, friends, and neighbors. Too many suffer in silence, perhaps without realizing help is available. People see their loved ones suffer and are not sure how to help them. Just say Stay!" Learn more by going to staynedelta.org #LeadershipLessons #PopulationHealth #JustSayStay #SocialDeterminants

Below is a short clip from my 2023 #OpioidSummit featured address. The theme of our summit was "Building Resilience for Recovery through Trauma-Informed Care." I discussed our nation's collective #trauma and the founding of America. Additionally, I discussed the ramifications of our nation’s generational trauma, public policies, structured relationships, and opioid addiction. Thousands die every year due to opioid-involved overdoses. The misuse and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—are a serious national crisis that affects population health, incarceration rates, encourages underground drug economies, and ravages individuals, families, and communities, to name a few. At Northeast Delta HSA, we will continue to galvanize and build consensus around why it's important to improve the health of all Americans. The costs are too high for our state and nation to remain divided on things that should unite us. #LeadershipLessons #PopulationHealth #TraumaInformedCare #OpioidSolutions #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #Hope

Thousands die every year due to #opioid-involved overdoses. The misuse and addiction to opioids—including prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—are a serious national crisis that affects population health, incarceration rates, encourages underground drug economies, and ravages individuals, families, and communities, to name a few. We will continue to galvanize and build consensus around why it's important to improve the health of all Americans. The costs are too high for our state and nation to remain divided on things that should unite us. Opioid addiction will only be successfully mitigated when we develop enough compassion for those addicted and get them the evidence-based treatment they need, reduce those negative social determinants that drive their addiction, and help those addicted find something meaningful to live for. #LeadershipLessons #PopulationHealth #CommunityOutreach #OpioidAwareness #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #Treatment

I discussed our nation's collective trauma and the structured relationships that formed to help shape who we are as a people and nation during my Saturday, May 20, 2023 Faith Summit keynote address. My subject was Saving the Soul of America. I believe America is the greatest nation in the world. Our nation's founding federal and state constitutional documents are brilliantly written and aspirational. They call us to our highest and most noble virtues. They speak of freedom, faith, justice, opportunity, fairness, fellowship, among other things. However, while enjoyed by many Americans, many still struggle to grasp or keep the promises of those inspiring documents. #LeadershipLessons #OneNation #TraumaInformedNation #Hope #SpiritualDeterminantsOfHealth

I discussed our nation's collective trauma and the structured relationships that formed to help shape who we are as a people and nation during my Saturday, May 20, 2023 Faith Summit keynote address. My subject was Saving the Soul of America. I believe America is the greatest nation in the world. Our nation's founding federal and state constitutional documents are brilliantly written and aspirational. They call us to our highest and most noble virtues. They speak of freedom, faith, justice, opportunity, fairness, fellowship, among other things. However, while enjoyed by many Americans, many still struggle to grasp or keep the promises of those inspiring documents. #LeadershipLessons #OneNation #TraumaInformedNation #Hope #SpiritualDeterminantsOfHealth

We must galvanize and build consensus around why it's important to improve the health of all Americans. The costs are too high for our state and nation to remain divided on things that should unite us. And when you add up the cost of lives lost, medical expenditures, lost worker productivity, social strife, and hopelessness that comes from unrealized potential, it puts our state and nation on an unsustainable, downward spiral. We simply cannot allow significant numbers of our population to continue experiencing the debilitating, downstream effects of negative social determinants of health and various forms of addiction if we want to be productive and viable as a nation. #LeadershipLessons #PopulationHealth #CommunityOutreach #OpioidAwareness #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #Treatment

I know our nation is divided. I understand our state is, too. But how do we reduce the divisions and focus on what unites us? During and after every major tragedy, we generally unite around assisting those in need. We focus. We must now focus on the words found in our nation's and state's most precious governing documents. We must focus on being one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty, justice, and yes, jobs, housing, food, good schools, and quality health care for all. #LeadershipLessons #IntegratedHealth #CommunityEngagement #PopulationHealth #SpiritualDeterminantsOfHealth #OpioidSolutions

As I reflect this Saturday on health system leadership and the practices needed to help transform the lives of vulnerable individuals, families, communities, and governmental systems across Louisiana and the nation, I rewatched a clip of #Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards responding to my opening remarks. Governor Edwards commented after I prayed and spoke about what was needed to make systemic, structural progress in Louisiana and the nation. So, why is the fight for health care so difficult for vulnerable individuals and communities? We all get sick. We all want to be cared for when we become ill. And we are all going to die. A person's race, ethnicity, education, money, where they live, their political affiliation, or faith tradition they believe in or don't believe in cannot save them from these inevitabilities. What can health leaders do? In addition to building talented teams, designing innovative programs and services, establishing win/win payment models, and using enhanced technology and data analytics, health leaders can use their influence and earned trust to build community infrastructure. For example, health leaders can help create jobs, buy supplies and equipment from local vendors, and work with government officials on ways to establish and expand affordable housing options, increase fresh food markets, develop reliable transportation systems, help to improve educational systems, and work to build a more robust nonprofit sector, to name a few. College and university assets should be leveraged as well. We must improve the social conditions of vulnerable people if we want better population health outcomes in our state and nation. Our nation is at risk! #SpiritualDeterminantsOfHealth #LeadershipLessons #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #PopulationHealth #Innovation #CommunityPartnerships

WATCH this intense scene from our Alky and Users: An Ongoing Tragedy production. This production is powerful! We hope to see you at ULM's Brown Theater Saturday at 6:30 pm! “We must do different things to educate, engage and inspire the public,” Dr. Sizer said. “We’re helping people in our region to understand addiction and mental health issues with this innovative prevention approach. We want them to understand that all people have value and potential. This production is designed to challenge us, sadden us, and motivate us towards collective action.” Dr. Sizer added: “Traditional governmental approaches often ignore the power of creative arts as prevention and empowering strategies. We’re incorporating the arts with our work to reach and warn people about the impact of addictions and related negative social determinants of health.” "We intend to help make Northeast Louisiana a regional creative hub, a preferred destination which will assist in generating much needed regional economic development, diversity, job creation, and more. Health is correlated with economic and social opportunities," Dr. Sizer noted. Get your FREE Tickets here: nedhsadrama.eventbrite.com #NEDHSA #Drama #RiseAboveStigma #SubstanceAbuseAwareness #MonroeLA

As I reflect on health system leadership and the practices needed to help transform vulnerable individuals, families, communities, and governmental systems across Louisiana, I rewatched this old clip of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. His remarks came after I prayed and spoke about what was needed to make systemic, structural progress in our state and nation. So, why is the fight for health care so difficult for vulnerable individuals and communities? We all get sick. We all want to be cared for when we become ill. And we are all going to die. A person's race, ethnicity, education, money, where they live, their political affiliation, or faith tradition they believe in or don't believe in cannot save them from these inevitabilities. What can health leaders do? In addition to building talented teams, designing innovative programs and services, establishing win/win payment models, and using enhanced technology and data analytics, health leaders can use their influence and earned trust to build community infrastructure. For example, health leaders can help create jobs, buy supplies and equipment from local vendors, and work with government officials on ways to establish affordable housing options, increase fresh food markets, develop reliable transportation systems, help to improve educational systems, and work to build a more robust nonprofit sector, to name a few. They can and should leverage college and university assets as well. We must improve the social conditions of vulnerable people if we want better population health outcomes in our state and nation. #SpiritualDeterminantsOfHealth #LeadershipLessons #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #PopulationHealth #Innovation #CommunityPartnerships