Discuss About The Conducive Enhancement Of Health Distressed?
Healthcare in today’s times have underwent unprecedented transformations that in turn has paved the way for holistic development of the people in need. Health education is particularly crucial in order to procure the optimal benefits out of adoption of suitable techniques that might be conducive to the enhancement of health of distressed individuals who are in need of therapeutic interventions. As part of the health promotion initiative, definite program may be improvised that will aid in prevention of the disorder under consideration. In the following assignment, a health promotion program aimed to manage diabetes will be discussed focusing on the target group of people belonging to the age bracket of 25-40 years. Techniques for diabetes prevention in addition to critical evaluation regarding the use of internet and communication technologies as tools of teaching and learning will be discussed. Specific goals and objectives, program plan, timelines, learning strategies and evaluation plan will be explored to provide an insight into the topic.
In the modern era, the incidence and prevalence of diabetes has shot up owing to the changing lifestyles and gain of prominence of Business possible environmental factors. Therefore, under such circumstances, the management of this chronic disorder calls for strict attention so that the condition may be managed effectively instead of focusing on the potential risk factors that accentuate the risk of confronting diabetes. Research has revealed that diabetes is linked with the risk of onset of other co-morbidities such as that of obesity, cardiovascular disorder (American Diabetes Association, 2014). The pervading problem of diabetes has become a household name of modern lifestyle. Therefore, in order to mitigate the condition among the most vulnerable population who are more susceptible to acquire the condition due to their faulty lifestyle pattern and paraphernalia, an educational program will be undertaken with the community members. Prudent suggestions and health related crucial information will be disseminated among them to aid them cope up with the ensuing challenges. Lifestyle modifications as indicated in empirical findings are capable of exerting discernible influences for directing positive outcomes that might be useful to deal with the throbbing condition of diabetes (Gonder-Frederick, 2014). Sedentary lifestyle as opposed to physically active life pose greater threat to develop diabetes like condition due to the onset of overweight or obesity like syndrome in the concerned person causing significant alteration in the metabolic functioning evident through certain biochemical and anthropometric parameters (Rockette-Wagner et al., 2015). The proposed program will help to impart most suitable education by means of suggesting appropriate solutions through interventions in the form of a definite dietary regime, plan of physical activity alongside other valid and relevant suggestions that might be helpful in controlling the prevalence of diabetes in the chosen group of people who are at increased risk of diabetes.
The educational program will focus mainly on generating awareness and enough public knowledge regarding diabetes in liaison with the causes and available interventional approaches that may be utilized in order to adequately prevent the condition. Pertinent investigatory work has revealed that certain myths and the level of awareness among certain population might hinder the progress of managing the disorder effectively through application of the useful resources (Kavita & Kumar, 2015). Improvement of the overall quality of health of the chosen population will be attended to in the conceived program through recommendation of strategies to for ameliorating the disease burden and counter the adverse impacts. Thus, the primary aims will be to increase the level of awareness and knowledge pertaining to diabetes amongst the chosen group so that adequate diabetes oriented self-care management strategies may be directed. Moreover, overall health status improvement by following lifestyle modifications will also be addressed satisfactorily.
Health coaching has been detected as an efficient tool to impart holistic educational intervention to a chosen community for the sake of increasing the level of awareness and outcomes among the chosen group and has been tested for disease control and management of diabetes (Meyer & Holland, 2016). An impactful change in terms of improving the diabetes care among the selected group of people within the community by streamlining the community based interventions will be implemented through conducting heath education sessions with the target group. The program will be introduced as part of the community based education, where the target group will be empowered with necessary information about diabetes encompassing the causes, signs and symptoms, management strategies that may be directed to address the lifestyle modifications for harboring optimal outcomes. Exercise guidance and nutritional guidance will be fostered to the target group as part of incorporating the lifestyle intervention elements.
The proposed educational intervention will be directed to persons belonging to the age group of 25-40 years. The three chief agendas of the educational program will be to ensure healthy eating, healthy living by engaging into daily physical exercise activities alongside management of weight within the ideal body weight range. Diabetes, as reported across literatures has been represented of having a widespread distribution encompassing a wide age group. Although the relative propensity of diabetes is common among the adults and elderly population, yet juvenile diabetes has also been reported to occur among the adolescents (Pugliese et al., 2014). However, the preponderance of having diabetes is greater in case of the adults as increasing age pose considerable threat of developing diabetes. With progressing age, the physiological functioning of the body is compromised as part of the natural process (Coudrillier et al., 2015). Therefore, the risks for encountering certain chronic and metabolic syndromes also are accentuated under such circumstances. Obesity has been noted as a possible risk factor for developing diabetes like condition that in turn is related to the onset of other co-morbidities that may affect the functioning of the vital organs and other bodily organs. Therefore, in the proposed health education program, the individuals belonging to the age group of 25-40 years will be recruited for carrying out diabetes screening and health awareness program so that chances of diabetes may be reduced appreciably in the chosen group. Research has attributed stress as an important contributor for diabetes and other metabolic syndromes (van Valkengoed et al., 2014). Among the chosen population, it is speculated that due to employment related engagements and other social factors, stress may be a common occurrence that in turn might culminate in causing diabetes. Therefore, community education of this group will enable them to manage diabetes effectively.
The target group will be empowered with the necessary information and guidance required to make them aware and educated regarding the disease of diabetes mellitus that causes the blood glucose level to rise beyond the normal range. Hormonal insufficiency due to lack of insulin is a common feature in case of diabetes and the two types of diabetes, Type1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes differ in accordance with the dependency on insulin. In type 1 diabetes, the body does not produce insulin because of the immunological destruction of the pancreatic cells that are held responsible for the generation of insulin. It is usually diagnosed in case of children as well as young adults and the affected individuals are in need of insulin therapy to deal with the situation (Atkinson et al., 2014). Conversely, type2 diabetes, also termed as non-insulin dependent diabetes is related with the improper utilization of hormone insulin (Taylor, 2013). Therefore, the target group must be made aware about the differences between the two types of diabetes with additional knowledge regarding their management strategies so that the arousing situation may be tackled in a deft manner. The treatments and therapeutic options that are in vogue to counter the effects of diabetes or prevent its onset through following of simple lifestyle modifications might act in favor of managing diabetes in the concerned persons. Management and prevention of diabetes being a multifaceted approach, necessary assistances and interventions will be informed about to the target group. The significance and need to maintain body weight within the limits of ideal body weight is imperative to allay the possibilities of adverse outcomes because of chronic ailments such as that of diabetes related hyperglycemia, hypertension and obesity. Knowledge about the person-centered care will be emphasized upon to allow them to better understand the mode of diabetes care independent of other (Inzucchi et al., 2015). Hence, core and vital knowledge regarding diabetes will be presented to the target group in a comprehensive manner so that self management care strategies may be adopted by them either to tackle diabetes or prevent chances of occurrence of diabetes.
The healthcare educational program meant for the diabetes management will be conducted as a community educational initiative where the target group of people belonging to the age range of 25-40 years will be incorporated as chosen respondents who are likely to be benefited. Australian suburbs within the city of Melbourne will be selected as the location for carrying out the program. Workplace settings where employees falling in the age group of 25-40 years are accustomed to doing sedentary desk-based jobs will be the place of choice where educational program will be carried out. The program will commence from 1st October 2017 and last until 30th November 2017 consisting of a period of two months. Three days week in post office hours, thirty minutes educational session will be arranged with the target group of employees belonging to the age range of 25-40 years who are acquainted with doing desk jobs to explain them about the health care promotion for diabetes management. In totality, 24 sessions will be conducted across the two months time span so that awareness and a succinct knowledge may be imparted to the concerned individuals abut effective diabetes care and management. Owing to the fact that diabetes has acquired an epidemic status in Australia, it calls for greater attention and intervention on the part of the healthcare professionals as well as healthcare educators to undertake proactive measures for dealing with the situation (Williamson, 2014). Therefore, learning about the diabetes prevention will be streamlined by these proposed educational initiatives.
The proposed educational program will aim to enhance the understanding and existing knowledge base of the target group individuals regarding the threatening disease condition of diabetes. Honing of skills relevant to self-care of diabetes will be emphasized in course of the program so that the target group people do not encounter any issues in coping up with the condition and may be in a position to keep it at bay through incorporation of certain simple lifestyle modifications. Improvement of overall health status and wellbeing of the target group is a key agenda of the health promotional educational campaign. In order to fulfill these objectives, expert intervention will be sought from professionals who are competent in their respective domains and will be able to help those in need (McLellan et al., 2014). Lifestyle interventions meant to mitigate the diabetes problem include modifications of dietary pattern so that the blood glucose levels may be kept under check in addition to incorporating physical activities so that the adverse effects due to higher level of glucose in blood may be controlled to some extent. Individual attention given on the needs of the target group persons will not be a realistic possibility considering the short timeframe in which the diabetes education will be conducted. In an effort to manage diabetes, it is necessary to know about the symptoms that might be indicative of the underlying presence of diabetes like condition. Increased hunger, thirst and urination alongside presence of fatigue, blurred vision and delayed wound healing as well as unexplained weight loss has been recognized as some of the common symptoms of diabetes (Park et al., 2015). Therefore, the target group people must be made aware about these symptoms so that they may take actions well in advance that stand for diabetes management to rule out the possibility of pre-diabetes condition.
The far-reaching impacts of technological interventions cannot be denied in modern context, as they have become an indispensable part of everyone’s life. The world is virtually brought before us with just one click. Therefore, it would be foolish not to invest in rather ignore the technological resources as an effective tool to manage the diabetes condition. First of all, after seeking necessary permission from the concerned authorities, the target group individuals will be informed about the commencement of the diabetes educational program in their personal mobile phone numbers. They will be invited to join the program. Further intimation will be sent through mails in their personal e-mail address. Details about the diabetes education outlining the objective, resources and benefits all will be sent through the mails. They will be asked to revert in the mail regarding their willingness to join the program and based on the responses received from them; the educational program will be introduced. The mails seeking their approval of attending the programs will be circulated well in advance, in the month of September nearly one month before the introduction of the proposed education program. Both the mobile services and internet will thus be utilized to reach onto the wider audience in a more simpler way (Cotter et al, 2014). The time, venue, medical check-up details will all be reached to the target audience by means of using the internet services as all subsequent communications will be made through e-mails only. Any sort of feedback, grievances on the part of the attending individuals will be entertained through the e-mails. Follow up about their health in post attendance phase of the diabetes educational program will also be solicited through e-mails by the use of internet technology. All the medical documents and pathological test reports that will be done free of cost as part of the free medical check-up initiative to know about the health of the attending individuals will also be sent to the personal e-mail IDs of the target group individuals. Thus, effective utilization of these advanced technologies will ease out the process of communication and generate positive outcomes in terms of improving the educational program initiative by reaching onto a wider audience in just one go (Sepah, Jiang & Peters, 2015). Mobile health technology has garnered considerable attention in recent years as a mean of checking on certain health related parameters. Through installing certain applications in the smart phones, precise data relating to health parameters may be generated. The target group will be informed about the effectiveness and limitations of using such technology in the educational program (Free et al., 2013). A day before the health educational session, auto generated messages will be sent to the registered mobile numbers of the target audience so that they do not miss-out on the program.
Accurate and adept application of the available resources in case of the proposed program will account for its success. In order to guide the target group in the right track, expert guidance from competent healthcare professionals and educators will be sought. Diabetes educator team will comprise of an endocrinologist who will deal with the clinical aspect of the diabetes disease and inform the audience about the medical aspect of the disease and will also supervise, comment on the data obtained from medical check-up for the attending individuals. A physical fitness trainer will highlight on the importance of performing desired levels of physical activity in a daily basis and recommend the suitable duration and intensity of physical activity that might be helpful to deal with diabetes (Ma et al, 2013). Knowledge about the existing guidelines and recommendations to deal with the diabetes condition will be disseminated as well (American Diabetes Association, 2016). A nutritionist will also guide the audience about maintaining a healthy lifestyle through following a balanced diet plan that might be suitable for keeping the blood sugar level under control. The consulting dietician will suggest the right proportion of carbohydrate, fat and protein that one need to follow so that diabetes may be prevented or if present managed properly. All the attendees will have an opportunity of carrying out a follow up session with the concerned expert. Moreover, mobile and internet services besides the clinical technique to measure the health-related parameters will be utilized as an integral component of the educational program (Johnson et al, 2013). Navigation of information and carrying out effective communication between the healthcare educator and learner will be ensured and encouraged by these technological interventions through bridging the gaps (Dunkley et al, 2013). Prudent and pragmatic handling of all the resources will drive ultimate success.
In any interventional approach, it is essential to evaluate the effectiveness so that the program may be implemented at later hours for harboring positive outcomes. Diabetes being a threatening disorder calls for proper evaluation to understand the efficacy of the intervention (Kahn & Davidson, 2014). A diligent group of individuals will be recruited who will be responsible for checking out whether all the resources in line with the educational program are functioning in proper order or not and any malfunctioning will be promptly reported to the higher authority for a possible resolution (Li et al, 2015). Cost-effective funding for the proposed program will also be assessed in the process (Morgan et al, 2014). In the follow up session, whether the attendees benefited from participation by recording and analyzing their health-related parameters in pre and post program attendance phase will also be checked (Orchard et al, 2013). The extent of fruitfulness of Diabetes management education may thus be indicated through these evaluation approaches.
Conclusion
Health promotion is a multimodal approach in which active cooperation and coordination among the participating groups and individuals is solicited to derive positive outcomes. Necessary collaborative feedback is desired from the healthcare professionals and other stakeholders to account for optimal changes that might be beneficial to the generation of holistic outcomes for patients. Diabetes being a chronic metabolic syndrome and having association with the emanation of other co-morbidities calls for all round support and prudent interventions, of which self-care is a vital component. Imparting of appropriate and adequate education about the disease process alongside ways of combating the challenges to the target group might generate positive results that in turn will help in enhancing the quality of living and overall health status of the affected individuals. Adoption of suitable lifestyle modifications alongside utilization of appropriate resources that will contribute towards the success of the program may be fruitful in this regard to achieve the most of benefits through such compliance.
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