Knowing More and Giving More: A Focus on Diabetes Research, Management and Cures Thank you, and welcome to our event. Diabetes is something very close to many of us, as we have either experienced it in our daily lives, or know someone closely who has experienced it firsthand. In the United States alone, close to 10% of the population has diabetes, which includes almost 26 million children. There are 18.8 million people who have been diagnosed and are undergoing treatment or getting help, yet
Evellen Heirich et al, "Self-management interventions for type 2 diabetes: a systematic review" that lend themselves to potential use in clinical practice. This article was at variance with a significant amount of research articles in that there was no original research performed within this study. Instead, the data collection methodology simply consisted of analyzing previously existent research for different practices used to ameliorate patients afflicted with type 2 diabetes. In that sense this article
United States, individuals with diabetes come from various cultural backgrounds and perspectives which “establish rules “for living that extend to the cultural meaning of diabetes and its management (AADE, 2012). Culture influences an individual’s beliefs, attitudes and knowledge and indirectly impact the effectiveness of diabetes self-management education (DSME), (Nam, Chesla, Stotts, Kroon, & Janson, 2011). Therefore, to be effective in the delivery of DSME, diabetes educators must understand the
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Holistic Approaches to Weight Management with Type 2 Diabetes Cynthia Lewis American College of Health Care Sciences Abstract Weight management is key to avoiding the onsite of chronic disease and illness. Currently in the United States and globally, obesity and Type 2 diabetes are on the rise and are near epidemic proportions. Nearly 1/3 of Americans are overweight and 1 in 3 have been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (CDC, 2015). Therefore, it is essential that all health practitioners understand
Improve Diabetes Management in Lower Income Populations Diabetes affects nearly 10% of the total population and national cost of more than $200 billion each year in the United States (Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, 2017). Before the patient protection and affordable care act (PPACA), many low-income diabetes patients had no or very limited access of health insurance coverage due to financial disadvantage. PPACA Title II-Role of public programs expanded Medicaid coverage to individuals
And Vegan Diets In Type 2 Diabetes Management." Nutrition Reviews 67.5 (2009): 255-263. Academic Search Complete. Web. 10 Nov. 2016. “Vegetarian and Vegan Diets in Type 2 Diabetes Management” published in Nutrition Reviews in 2009 conducted research and came to the conclusion that a “Vegetarian and vegan diets offer significant benefits for diabetes management” The article provides background information and breaks down who has the largest cases of type two diabetes among omnivores, those who
Continuing telephone support. Patient education is the successful way of diabetes management in Maryland. With limited healthcare resources patient education is the most effective way of reaching out to people in the community which has come along way to yield a better health outcome. Research has shown the potential that community-based interventions hold for helping overcome health disparities in an Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes is a disease in which a person suffers high blood sugar. They suffer from high blood sugar because their pancreas does not produce enough insulin to balance their blood sugar levels, or their cells do not respond to the insulin that is produced. Type 1 diabetes, or juvenile diabetes, is when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin. The pancreas does not produce enough insulin because one’s body destroys the beta-cell in the pancreas (Hatziavramidis, 2013). Type 2 diabetes is when cells
The Importance of the Biopsychosocial Model: Diabetes Nicolle Steiner Patient Interview Mercy College Professor Cashin October 6, 2017 Abstract: For many years the biomedical approach has been the golden standard in healthcare, but this approach lacks many important factors. While the biomedical approach takes into consideration the biological aspect of a disease, it fails to address the importance of psychological and social factors when treating a patient. This paper compares