Primary Prevention Of Diabetes

Among individuals with diabetes, traditionally disadvantaged groups, including non-Hispanic blacks and rural patients, appear to bear the greatest burden and risk of multimorbidity. Significantly higher odds with increasing number of comorbidities is seen by race/ethnicity, rural residence, and geographic region. According to (Lynch et al., 2015), a group multimorbidity presents a significant public health challenge. Moreover, regional, rural/urban, and racial/ethnic differences in patterns of multimorbidity in diabetes are still not very well understood.

“In 2010, an estimated 25.8 million people in the United States had diabetes mellitus, of which approximately 1 million have type 1 diabetes and most of the rest have type 2 diabetes ” (Papadakis et al., 2014) That means that in 2010 about 24.8 million people suffered from type 2 diabetes. Diabetes mellitus is impaired insulin secretion and variable degrees or peripheral insulin resistance leading to hyperglycemia (Porter, Kaplan, 2011). Type II diabetes has become more prevalent in the United States due to the decrease in physical activity, the increase in obesity rates, and also the predisposition of genetic factors. In this paper I am going to cover description of history and the disease, etiology, signs and

In fact, a report by the Canadian Diabetes Association (2011) states that “diabetes cost the Canadian healthcare system and economy $11.7 billion in 2010, and costs will rise to $16 billion by 2020,” and that “this growing burden threatens both the sustainability of our healthcare system and the future economic prosperity of Canada.” Furthermore, it proposes that “even a modest reduction in diabetes prevalence would have a significant financial impact. A 2% reduction in prevalence rates would have a 9% reduction in direct healthcare costs.” Type 1 diabetes affects the Canadian healthcare system monetarily and in providing care for children and adolescents diagnosed with the disease. Normal follow-ups with a doctor helps the children and adolescents to properly manage their diabetes through the guidance of the professional and to diagnose and treat any other diseases that show prevalent early symptoms in correlation to type 1 diabetes. In the case of other diseases alongside type 1 diabetes, a specialist or even expensive procedures such as therapy and medications could be required as well. Emergencies due to hypo or hyperglycemia also impact the Canadian healthcare system because hospitalization could be required. Even though type 1 diabetes cannot be cured, solutions to various problems faced by children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes can limit the impact of the disease on Canada’s economy and healthcare system. More than just academic support is required to ultimately keep Canadian students out of hospitals with type 1 diabetes complications and in the classroom, where these impairments do not get out of hand and are well

Diabetes has become a burden not just for the American population, but for many developing countries. It is important to focus on the socioeconomic status and the environment as they have been known to be the greatest threats to the health of the population. For example, diabetes affects 80% of the

This study is the first in more than a decade to calculate the risk Americans face of developing diabetes during their life-time. It was conducted by epidemiologists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, who have been tracking and analysing the prevalence of diabetes and the rate at which news cases are diagnosed for many years.

Diabetes Management brings substantial financial and social burden through its short and long term effects on individuals’ life. According to American Diabetes Association, diabetes has affected 29.1 million Americans in 2012, with $176 billion direct medical costs (American Diabetes Association, 2014). Such increasing trends in incidences of diabetes and its associated comorbidities has raised many concerns on quality of health care and has placed this disease as the main target for behavioral lifestyle interventions and diabetes management programs in the field of public health.

When it comes to public health in the United States, data sources play a major role in determining the morbidity and mortality in a given population. In fact, “to assess the potential utility of data, one needs to consider the nature, availability, representativeness, and completeness of data” (Friis & Sellers, 2014). Therefore, when dealing with a chronic disease such as diabetes, morbidity surveys can provide data for specific public health research purposes. According to Friis and Sellers (2014), “ The purpose of morbidity surveys are to determine the frequency of chronic and acute diseases and disability, collect measurements of bodily characteristics, conduct physical examinations and laboratory tests, and probe other health-related

Rosella, Manuel, Burchill &Stukel (2011), applied the Diabetes Population Risk Tool model in a cohort study to determine the risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus occurrence whereby it was noted that increasing age, elevated BMI, hypertension and less than secondary education are risk factors for diabetes (Rosella, Manuel, Burchill, & Stukel,

Diabetes is a long-term and persistent disease. It has been described as a worldwide disease afflicting an estimated 104 million people. The purpose of this study is determine the risk of developing diabetes based on poor nutrition and sedentary lifestyle. This study will also explains the different types of diabetes, its treatments, and symptoms in women, preventions and recommendations. An overall sample of 40 women from age 18-54 years old from different ethnicity such as White/Caucasians, Latino/Hispanic, Asian/ Pacific Islander. Diabetes can be especially hard on women. The data was interpreted using Microsoft Excel. The burden of diabetes on women is unique because the disease can affect both mothers and their unborn children. Diabetes

In reference to class lecture, theory is used to identify the relationship between diabetes cases to race, education and income. Healthy People 2020 goal is to “reduce the disease and economic burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) and improve the quality of life for all persons who have, or are at risk for, DM.” One of its’ first objective is to “reduce the number of diabetes cases in the population.” Multiple interventions have taken place to fulfill this objective such as increasing diabetes awareness in the workplace, increase diabetes screening and increasing physical activity in the community. When looking at the ecological model, these intervention addresses the individuals by increasing diabetes screening. Both diabetes awareness in the workplace and increasing physical activity in the community addresses the community sectors of the ecological model.

In this section, I will describe the determinants of type 2 diabetes in the over age 65 population in the U.S. and current researches, programs and policies at multiple levels of socio-ecological framework.

It continues to affects children – diabetes hospitalizations per 10,000 children in Wayne County is 6.3, excluding newborns (). It’s a widespread preventative disease that people can be unaware of having if there’s a lack of education and depending on the living environment. Access to healthcare is important because living in lower income housing/communities puts one in a pre-exposed situation.

Diabetes is a common and well-known disease in the US. Healthcare providers manage the care of patients daily as both direct and indirect effects of diabetes contribute to their poor health. Diabetes mellitus type 2 is characterized by high blood sugar levels as a result of insulin resistance. The risk factors associated with an increasing prevalence in the US includes genetics, family history, poor eating habits, sedentary lifestyle, and obesity.1 Healthcare providers are challenged to assess each diabetic patient’s limitations and address the issues that impact the ability to control their diabetes.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a major chronic health problem in adults 18 years or older in the state of Kentucky (KY) that is responsible for many illnesses and deaths. There are also various complications associated with this health condition. Complications of DM are atherosclerotic vascular disease, cardiovascular disease, retinopathy, nephropathy, delayed wound healing, and increased risk for osteomyelitis, which increases the risk for amputation (American Diabetes Association, 2013). The incidence and prevalence of DM is increasing each year, making the importance of understanding this deadly but preventable disease and the opportunities to delay complications essential in providing care to the diabetic population in KY and nationwide. Nationwide, diabetes prevalence in the US affects approximately 25.8 million Americans with the occurrence of the diagnosed diabetes in the elderly population demonstrating a consistent significant increase (ADA, 2013). The data reveals that monitoring of the national trends in the course of the increase in diabetes is important, and it will help to assess the severity of the problem, the role of risk factors, necessary interventions, and plan appropriate healthcare measures.

Following data collection, a group of biostatisticians and epidemiologists will analyze the data. The information will be analyzed using biostatistics, geographic location, and time. The incidence, prevalence, morbidity, and mortality rates will be calculated to give a better scope of the diabetes