“The agency must remain focused on meeting the comprehensive health and social needs of vulnerable populations,” said NEDHSA Executive Director Dr. Montic A. Sizer. Northeast Louisiana. This also means that we need to engage vulnerable populations to improve health outcomes for local populations. ”
“We must continue to be innovative in conceptualizing and solving problems on behalf of and with vulnerable people and communities in our region,” Dr. Sizer said. “Also, we must not forget how negative social determinants of health worsen major health conditions, mental health conditions, and addiction-related outcomes.”
According to the National Institutes of Health, “Health literacy is a complex phenomenon that involves individuals, families, communities, and health care systems. Health literacy includes material, environmental, and challenges related to disease prevention and health promotion.” Masu.”
The focus of the Empower Your Wellness campaign is to serve adults living with primary care issues, mental illness, developmental disabilities, and substance use disorders.
NEDHSA Director of Integrated Care Janice Rogers “This means knowing the correlation between services received and medications prescribed, and how all of that plays a role in an individual’s health outcomes.”
“Health literacy provides the skills to enhance and improve integrated care at scale,” Rogers said. “We aim to focus on the whole person while allowing individuals to be active participants in their treatment. This is a huge benefit that yields great results.”
Health literacy includes a wide range of abilities such as reading, understanding, sharing information, analyzing data, reflecting on decisions, and taking action. Through its Empower Your Wellness campaign, NEDHSA offers prescription counseling through on-site pharmacies. genoaWe host seminars at the clinic to discuss topics including, but not limited to, nutrition, the effects of controlled substances on certain medications, environmental risk factors, and more. NEDHSA staff are also trained to help implement consistent messaging to ensure patients understand their role in their overall health and wellness.
The Empower Your Wellness campaign is open to the public and NEDHSA will host health literacy sessions across the 12 parish regions. northeast louisiana After initially engaging people within our growing network;
Dr. Sizer continued, “At the end of the day, we want the people we serve to heal, connect meaningfully with others, work, get an education, fulfill their social responsibilities, and… We want other social determinants of health needs to be met and we want them to be contributing members of society.” ”
To register, please visit https://empowerwellness2024.eventbrite.com.
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