Jennifer Poole, RN Community in Pictures

Community Health Needs; Nursing 4415July, 2014

Diabetes is a killer. It is the leading cause of heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, and blindness. (American Diabetes Association website, 2014)

(American Diabetes Association website, 2014)

(American Diabetes Association website, 2014)

(Blood Glucose Levels website, 2014)

•Participants take the assessment•Participants are weighed• Participants have their BMI calculated on the interactive website shown on next slide• Results of Risk Assessment reviewed, weight, and BMI calculations are reviewed• Teach that healthy weight, healthy eating, and exercise all lower risk of Type 2 Diabetes.

(American Diabetes Association website, 2014)

(American Diabetes Association website, 2014)

⇛ THOSE IDENTIFIED AS “AT RISK” ARE WILLINGLY EDUCATED ON RISKS, COMPLICATIONS, AND TREATMENTS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES

⇛ THOSE IDENTIFIED AS “AT RISK” ARE ABLE TO STATE 2 RISKS FACTORS FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES

⇛ THOSE IDENTIFIED AS “AT RISK” ARE ABLE TO STATE 2 MODIFIABLE RISKS FACTORS

⇛ THOSE IDENTIFIED AS “AT RISK” PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION REGARDING LIFESTYLE CHANGES WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO DIET AND EXERCISE

⇛ THOSE IDENTIFIED AS “AT RISK” AGREE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEIR PCP AND OBTAIN A1C AND FASTING GLUCOSE LEVELS

⇛ THOSE IDENTIFIED AS “AT RISK” UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFESTYLE CHANGES IN PREVENTING AND TREATING TYPE 2 DIABETES THROUGH MY EDUCATION

⇛ AN INTEREST IN COMBATING THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUE OF TYPE 2 DIABETES IS SPARKED

⇛THROUGH THE INTEREST GENERATED, MORE RISK ASSESSMENT SCREENINGS AND EDUCATION BOOTHS ARE SET UP THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY OF CONWAY

⇛ DIABETES EDUCATION IS CONSIDERED THE FOUNDATION OF SUCCESSFUL DIABETIC CARE(Mulcahy et al., 2003)

American Diabetes Association. (2014). http://www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/awareness-programs/stop-diabetes-at-work/

Blood Glucose Levels. (2014). http://bloodglucoselevels.net/blood-glucose-levels-chart/

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (1996). http://www.cdc.gov/healthyplaces/healthtopics/physactivity.htm

Healthy Arkansas. (2008). http://www.healthy.arkansas.gov/stats/health-disparities/2008.pdf

Mulcahy, K., Maryniuk, M., Peeples, M., Peyrot, M., Tomky,S, Weaver, T., & Yarborough, P. (2003, September/October). Standards for outcomes measurement of diabetes self-management education. The Diabetes Educator, 29, 804-816. Retrieved from https://www.diabeteseducator.org/export/sites/aade/_resources/pdf/PS-Outcomes.pdf

National Diabetes InformationClearinghouse. (2014). http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/overview/#who