The Battle Against Diabetes

Living with diabetes poses many challenges for patients in areas like nutrition, glycemic monitoring and medication adherence. In fact, patients with diabetes

Unfortunately, due to the unprecedented increase in diabetic diagnoses, there are simply not enough doctors available. Educators, therefore, are and will continue to be needed to assist in this shortfall. They will teach new patients how to manage their diabetes, and assists and educate “older” patients in new, exciting technologies.

Diabetes affects over 180 million people in the US and is projected that by 2025 this figure will increase to 300 million.

The effectiveness of diabetes program that is offered in Sacramento County can be measured and converted into indicators and variables. Different hospitals in Sacramento County measure and convert the concept into indicators differently. Indicators may include the number of patients, changes in mortality, and changes in the nutritional status of the patients. The types of variables that researchers could look at maybe 1) the amount of patients that were serviced in a month to a year at the same facility, 2) the number of people that have diabetes and other illness per 1000 population, and 3) the changes in the weight of diabetic patients.

The patients should be more educated when living with conditions like diabetes in order to understand the consequences that they are exposed to if they decide to refuse treatment or part of the treatment due to MCA 2005 as this could be accounted as a waste for NHS if the treatment would not be effective

Diabetes is a chronic medical condition that requires a lifelong commitment in terms of self-management. Managing diabetes is a continuous process for the patients and their health care providers (Ho, Berggren, & Dahlborg-Lyckhage, 2010).

The rate of diabetes in the United States is one of the highest compared to other developed countries. An estimate of 9.3% of the population have diabetes, of those with diabetes 27.8% have yet to be diagnosed (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). This means that approximately 8.1 million people are currently living with diabetes, but are unaware of it. As of 2012, 12.3% of people with diabetes were 20 years old or older, the largest population diagnosed with diabetes were adults 65 years old or older. 25.9% of this population lives with diabetes (CDC, 2014). On a national level, the CDC have launched initiatives that focus on prevention and disease management. The National Diabetes Prevention Program is an example of one such initiative. This program focuses on lifestyle changes,

This can be best realized through Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), which is enforced through the ACA. Of course EMRs are not the remedy, but they can provide the infrastructure for improvements in data collection. Also, collected data should be more available for public access as it can steer patients to high performers. Of course, the issue with this is that providers may cherry pick patients and procedures to make their numbers look good.

If a client is resistance to the idea of keeping logs, I will respect their decision, and encourage them to use when they’re ready. Additionally, I will render my experience with using daily logs and share success stories. The idea of counseling/treatment is engaging the client at their level of recovery and help them progress beyond their state of being at that time. Being understanding and having empathy for clients aids trust with the practitioner. Lastly, I plan to continue to eat healthy and track my blood sugars regular. I will continue to stay away from high amounts of carbs and exercise 3 days a week. In closing, by using these logs I gained more information about diabetes regarding how it affects the body and I plan continue to use the tool to motivate a healthy

Because we are all physiologically the same there are factors that must be addressed in all Diabetics

Diabetes is a chronic illness that requires continuous medical care and patient self-management education to prevent acute complications and to reduce the risk of long-term complications[ ].

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

Diabetes has been out for thousands of years and still no cure. researchers and scientist have been searching and searching for ways to overcome this disease but nothing yet. Everyone goals are to either improve, prevent, or cure this disease. Diabetes became very known around the seventeenth century because of a high percentage of people was found with sugar in their urine and blood. Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases that affects our society worldwide. The average person in this world does not know anything about this disease. The diabetes association said “In 2013 the estimate of 328 million people had diabetes throughout the world”. Society today need to be aware of what we are up against with this disease.

Health objectives and campaigns are designed to set the foundation for addressing health care issues prevalent across the nation. Diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people. Due to the complications that can often go along with diabetes, public health policies are implemented to clarify issues that will improve the health of individuals. As presented in the health campaign part one, there are numerous government agencies, which exploit health information on federal, state, and local levels to develop policies and allocate resources to programs and necessary organizations. Many models and systems are used to manage diabetes and bring forth

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.