A Program For Encourage Diabetes Management And Prevention

The goal is to increase the percentage of understanding of diabetes and how to live empowered with diabetes. I will conduct outreach programs in various methods to reach the people to participate in the health program. My objective is done by specific, measurable, achievable, results-focused, and time-bound (SMART) goals. By May 31, 2018, an increase of 40% establishes one-on-one follow up education session with each individual and families through home visits or phone calls to monitor them to improve their lifestyles. By February 30, 2018, an increase of 80% distribution of brochures and with door to door interactions with the individuals in the community. By September 2018, increase 90% of people to engage in community health fair, classes, and exercise activities on diabetes and cardiovascular classes. This will introduce the individuals in social support that allow interactions with teaching and

Several nationwide programs and incentives were administered in the last couple of decades to promote awareness of diabetes and hopefully help prevent millions of Americans from developing diabetes. Health Agencies, such as World Health Organization (WHO) and Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have developed objectives to tackle diabetes. Some of these objectives include conducting surveillance and obtaining diabetes data to identify trends in the population, spreading awareness about the condition, and developing programs that will enhance diabetes care and ensure the longevity of the patients. Various programs have been developed but while some excel, others fail to benefit the lives of the patient.

Diabetes is a serious medical condition that can also be a risk factor for the development of many different diseases and conditions including dementia, heart disease, and CVA. Thus, effective management of diabetes is very important. Patient compliance can be difficult to achieve if the person affected with diabetes is not educated about the illness or treatment, has not fully accepted the diagnosis or its severity, will not change habits or believes that the prescribed treatment regime is too difficult or ineffective, has cultural beliefs conflicting with the treatment regime, experiences stressful events, lacks social support, or suffers from psychiatric issues unrelated to diabetes (Gerard, Griffin, & Fitzpatrick, 2010). As one may expect, adequate education programs are essential tools when dealing with diabetics. Solid education will provide the patient with information as well as teaching the necessary skills to manage the disorder. The primary focus of any diabetes education program must be to empower patients as a part of the multidisciplinary team. This team should be focused at integrating diabetes into the lives of the patients and this focus should be based on the decisions made by the patient, otherwise the treatment plan can be looked on as forced (Gerald et al., 2010). Every patient stricken with diabetes has the right to benefit from an education program of this type. First, basic education and facts should be administered directly following the diagnosis of

• Funding from CDC, allows the NYSDOH to support other organizations to “develop and implement a range of diabetes prevention and management activities in community and healthcare settings” (New York State's Approach to Diabetes. (2017, June).

Diabetes has become an epidemic in today’s society. Diabetes affects almost every system in the body, and with an estimated 346 million people in the world with diabetes, healthcare has been heavily affected by the disease (Ramasamy, Shrivastava, P., & Shrivastava, S., 2013). One of the biggest issues for healthcare workers when it comes to diabetes, is that it is such a complicated disease. With so many different systems being affected, medical professionals have had to learn how the disease process works, what causes diabetes to work through the systems, and the best treatments to address all these issues. Through much research, the healthcare system has grown very knowledgeable on diabetes. One important aspect of treating diabetes has been in the introduction of diabetic education. In the past, nurses and dieticians had been responsible for educating patients on diabetes, but now that role is also extended to other people in the healthcare team, including the patient (Tomky, 2013). In fact, patients taking an active role in the education process, including learning to self-care has now become a priority in diabetes treatment. The following paper will discuss diabetic education, the importance of self-care and how this affects a patient’s compliance.

Type II diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people in the United States and is also a disease that is continually growing in numbers. The cost of the individual and national health care systems is also a number that is growing. Policy for prevention of diabetes and pre-diabetes is something that while has changed some in the past, has been basically the same for the past 20-25 yeas. This disease affects many throughout the country, but effects those in the middle and lower classes due to the cost of eating healthier being greater than the alternative and also due to the fact that these groups are less likely to go for routine health care.

Diabetes is a chronic disease that requires constant self-care management practices among diabetic patients. The patients have to make decisions to stick to a strict diet and exercise plan, they also have to be involved in complex activities aimed towards their care and health. Diabetes self-management education provides patients with essential information and has been shown to have a positive impact on the health of patients. Self-management enhances patients with skills and knowledge and information for self-care. The problem focus for this project is lack of culturally diabetes self-management education for the diabetic Hispanic adult population who receive care at a free clinic in Indio, California. Patients who have diabetes need information about their behavior and diet plans to help in the management and maintenance

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is one of the most common health challenges world-wide, especially in older adults. In this paper, I am going to delve into how health promotion can be a significant factor in reducing the risks of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in the aforementioned demographic. Through academic research and resources, in my first paragraph I will be providing the definition of Health Promotion and its importance for patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. My second paragraph will be discussing the pathophysiology to aid in the comprehension of how this health challenge is present in the body, along with patient responses and complications. Lastly, I will be touching on health promotion interventions, which will also be incorporated with specific ideas and information to aid individuals in promoting health and preventing development and/or advancement of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

The transtheoretical model helps explain the patient’s behavior change related to the health aspects. As per this change agent, the patient’s purposeful behavior change consists of the cognitive and the performance-based elements. The five stages of the model are precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action and the maintenance stage (Virginia Tech Continuing & Professional Education, n.d.).

Another topic that is underlined throughout the book was Andie’s non-adherence to her insulin shot and other medications. Throughout the book, Andie has demonstrated many incidences of non-adherence. Andie does not use her needles properly and has intentionally miss insulin shots to lose weight. The reason behind her behavior can be explained by the “Health Belief Model” in the Adherence and Behavior section of PHRM 826 Patient Centered Care. For patients to take action, they need to have high perceived threat from not taking the action. Threat is influenced by severity of non-adherence and susceptibility of those severities. For Andie, she definitely has high perceived severity from knowledge of possible complications of diabetes from

Type 2 diabetes has become an epidemic in the United States. Diabetes affects 25.8 mil-lion people of all ages, which is 8.3% of the total population in the United States (NDIC, 2011). Type 2 diabetes accounts for 90-95% of all diabetes cases and is strongly associated with obesity, age, and physical inactivity (NDIC, 2011). Apart from its prevalence, diabetes involves direct medical costs of $116 billion, and medical expenditures for those with the diagnosis are 2.3 times higher than expenditures would be in the absence of diabetes (NDIC, 2011). Practitioners need to focus on finding the perfect treatment regimen, which may include physical activity along with diet modifications and pharmacologic interventions, in an effort to decrease the financial burden, control blood glucose levels, and improve the overall health of this population. The com-plications of untreated type 2 diabetes can be fatal, with heart disease, stroke, hypertension, blindness, kidney disease, and amputation among the more serious problems (NDIC, 2011). As a future family nurse practitioner, I will treat hundreds of adults and even children with type 2 di-abetes or at risk for it, and knowing the most successful interventions is foundational to being able to provide the best care to this patient population.

While the program is not designed to cure diabetes, it is designed to educate the community and all those involved on ways to prevent diabetes or ways to enhance the quality of life for those who already have diabetes. The program uses two of the three approaches used by the US Department of Health and Human Services. Those three approaches are: to cure diabetes, to prevent diabetes, and to improve the quality of care of people with diabetes to prevent further complications from diabetes (TDHHS, 2014). The program is in line with the objectives of Healthy People 2020:

To use a telephone for a campaign, it is simple. It will be part of the volunteers and employees’ duty to use the phone directory to call each resident of the target population and remind them of the campaign, and scheduled them an appointment as needed. There will also be phone interviews conducted to assess the population’s literacy level concerning diabetes. The telephone will also be used as to follow up on the participant 3 days after screening if they were at risk. A study was conducted, and it was found that a phone call could be delivered as the only post-procedure from chronic heart failure follow-up after a patient discharged from the hospital (Clark et al., 2007). With that said, a phone to remind the target population as well as to follow up post procedure has been deemed to be very effective.

Before you begin your teaching plan be sure to define the characteristics of the clinical site and patient population. The teaching plan should be customized to this population. This is a sample teaching plan that you can use and customize to your needs. You may want to design a pre-test and post-test to give your patients would are attending the teaching program.

Health care organizations and communities must work together to support diabetes care programs. Addressing health care issues, such as diabetes, is challenging for health care systems to achieve without the support of the community. “The Building Community Supports for Diabetes Care (BCS) program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Diabetes Initiative required that projects build community supports for diabetes care through clinic-community partnerships” (Brownson, O’Toole, Shetty, & Fisher, 2007, p. 210). The BCS project’s demonstrates community leadership