Community and Disease Prevention

This report discusses about one of the serious problem that is the diabetes type 2 among the community population. Diabetes is one of the most common disease in the world and in recent scenario, it is reported that it has become a major threat to the community health of various countries of this world.

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Executive Summary
This report discusses about one of the serious problem that is the diabetes type 2 among the
community population. Diabetes is one of the most common disease in the world and in
recent scenario, it is reported that it has become a major threat to the community health of
various countries of this world. This disease is characterized by the presence of high blood
glucose levels and disturbances in the endocrinal secretion that is lack of insulin secretion
from the islets of Langerhans. . In Australia, it is reported that the diabetes type 2 diabetes is
very common. Almost 85% of people are suffering from the diabetes type 2 among the total
number of diabetes patients of the country. Therefore, in most of the cases, it is reported that,
the diabetes type 2 is diagnosed among the people in the age group of 40 years or above. So,
it is very crucial to implement different strategies to reduce the impact. The Laveracks ladder
of community based interaction is based on the contextual or personal basis. Along with this,
it is also evident that, this model also provides a link in between the social aspects of the
health concern and the individual control capacity as well. As per this various strategies can
be taken to engage more people in the intervention process. On the other hand, capacity
building is also very crucial in case of the health concern of a particular community. Along
with this, health belief model and educational model can be used to enhance the engagement
of the community people in spite of having a few advantages and disadvantages.

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Table of Contents
Introduction.........................................................................................................................................3
PART- 1 Key Strategies to Implement Program...............................................................................3
PART 2 Capacity Building.................................................................................................................5
PART 3 Models and Approaches of Health Promotion....................................................................7
Conclusion............................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
Diabetes is one of the most common disease in the world and in recent scenario, it is
reported that it has become a major threat to the community health of various countries of this
world. In Australia, it is reported that the diabetes type 2 diabetes is very common. This
disease is characterized by the presence of high blood glucose levels and disturbances in the
endocrinal secretion that is lack of insulin secretion from the islets of Langerhans. Type 2
diabetes is associated with the disturbances in the insulin secretion and as well as in some
cases instances of insulin resistance is also reported in Australia, almost 85% of people are
suffering from the diabetes type 2 among the total number of diabetes patients of the country.
Therefore, in most of the cases, it is reported that, the diabetes type 2 is diagnosed among the
people in the age group of 40 years or above. However, in some cases, the disease is also
diagnosed among the younger population as well. In this essay, the key strategies to engage
the community in the implementation program for this health concern, building of capacity to
support the community in preventing this disease are discussed. Along with this, the different
models of health promotion to educate the community people regarding this health concern is
also discussed in a brief manner.
PART- 1 Key Strategies to Implement Program
As per the Laveracks ladder of community based interaction, community based health
programs refers to the empowerment of community as part of the community based health
programs. This Laveracks ladder of community based interaction is based on the contextual
or personal basis. Along with this, it is also evident that, this model also provides a link in
between the social aspects of the health concern and the individual control capacity as well.
The primary goal of this community based model is encourage the participation of the
community members and thus to engage more community people in the process of

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combatting against the disease (Rosato, 2014). Apart from that, another important aspects of
the community engagement is leadership as it will encourage more people of a particular
community to take part in the process the leader is from the same community as well.
Moreover, leadership will also help the government to understand the health care concern
from the viewpoint of a leader of that particular community (de Leeuw & Lin, 2017).
The community engagement in the process of implementing any strategy regarding
the diabetes type 2 in the community people is very crucial as they are the primary
stakeholders in the implementation program of the particular health concerns. The
community engagement of in the implementation process will provide dual benefits to the
community people.
Strategy 1
As a part of the strategy of engaging people to the implementation process, government may
take a few steps. At first it can be said that the government should engage health care
professionals to engage the diverse stakeholders by fostering respectfulness and
simultaneously helps in building a healthy relationships with the stakeholders of the
community as well (Morgan, 2017). In order to build a good relationship with the
community people engaged health care professional should strategically engage the people in
the process and he or she should analyse the current data so that he or she can understand
actual condition of participation of the community people as well.
Strategy 2
The second strategy that can be used in engaging the community to combat against this
community may be the formation of particular policy to attract the community people in the
process so that they feel motivated to join such programs. For example it can be said that, in
order to attract people government may build such policies in which health condition of the

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community people will be addressed and adequate measures will also be taken to improve the
health condition of the patients. Therefore, government should make the policy for the
community people as per the magnitude of the disease and it will help them in getting
involved in the process in a more prominent ways (Hart, 2015). As a part of this policy, the
government will also highlight the current policies addressing the health concerns of that
population and simultaneously describe the future framework of the current policy related to
that particular condition. Therefore, it may possible that the community people show interest
in participating in the process after understanding the benefits of the policy regarding the
community health concern.
Strategy 3
Launching of an awareness program may be used as third strategy for engaging the
community people in the disease prevention process (Sallis, Owen & Fisher, 2015). The
awareness program comprise of the sessions that depict the importance of avoiding diabetes
type 2. Along with this, the community people also should be given knowledge regarding the
severity of the disease in that particular community so that they can understand the bad effect
of the disease. Along with this, in the awareness program , there should be particular sessions
on the lifestyle and food habits of the community people so that they have the knowledge
regarding the association of food habit, lifestyle and diabetes type 2. Improvement in the
knowledge level of the community people will allow the community people to share their
knowledge among other people of that community and it will allow more people to know
about the disease (Jalilian et al., 2014). Therefore, it can be said that, the improvement in the
knowledge level of the community people will encourage them to participate in the process of
combating against diabetes type 2.

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PART 2 Capacity Building
The term capacity building refers to the formation of effective and sustainable
programs in order to enhance the community actions. Community capacity is not an inherent
characteristics of a specific locality or community people. Along with this, the capacity
building also includes the threats or opportunities related to the economic, political,
environmental condition in which that community is currently living. Moreover, it is also
evident that, the outcomes of the capacity building of a community includes the individual,
community, organization and systematic outcome (Laverack, 2014). The core domain of the
capacity building developed by Liberto et al. can easily be used in case of addressing the
health concern that is diabetes type 2 in a particular community. For reducing the prevalence
of the particular health concern in the particular community this capacity building model can
be used. As per the capacity building program, communication is very crucial and it is one of
the undetachable parts of a capacity building program as well.
Communication in the health care settings will help to enhance the awareness among
the population. According to the study of Morgan (2016), it is reported that a good
communication skill is very useful in case of building the capacity of a particular community
so that, they can handle the adverse condition regarding the health concern in a more
efficient ways. A healthy communication among the community people will allow more
people to share the information regarding the particular health concern that is the diabetes
type 2 in the community members. Not only this, the process of capacity building also
promote the issue of human resource development that is the process of equipping the man
power of the community by enhancing their understanding, knowledge, skills. Therefore, it
can be said that, the enhancement of the aforesaid features of the man power of the
community will allow them to implement any plans or policies in a more efficient manner.
Along with this, development of an organization in order to enhance the process of

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preventing the health concern inside the community (Clark et al., 2016). The sharing of
information among the community people will also help in improvement of the disease
condition other than diabetes type 2 by sharing more information in the community members
of a particular region. In recent time, the advancement of technology will also help in the
improvement of the communication process.
In the capacity building process, teaching is another important aspects as it is
associated with the improvement of the knowledge levels of the community people of a
particular community. The teaching process of a community people is also associated with
the skill development of the population of a particular community regarding a specific health
concern (Vallejo & When, 2016). This skill development of the community members will
also allow more people to know about the adverse effect of the disease that is diabetes type 2
in a community population.
Therefore, it is also very crucial to support the people of the community in combating
against the disease condition that is diabetes type 2. Providing a positive support to the
community people will allow to grow the capacity building process in a better manner. The
flourishing of the capacity of a particular community will enhance the ability of a community
to enhance the ability of a community to respond in a well manner followed by an emergency
health situation.
PART 3 Models and Approaches of Health Promotion
In the process of health promotion, the health belief model and educational approach
may be used. The health belief model allows to construct the program as per the existing
knowledge of the community members of a particular population. The health belief model
was developed in 1950 by the Public Health Service in order to explain the psychological
aspects of the community people and this model helps to explain the reason of less

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participation in the health care programs. Along with this, this model also help in
understanding the patient non-compliance and compliance towards the prevention and
intervention programs and it is quite evident that, this model can describe the combination of
personal risks, solution of the risks and uses of those solutions as well. Along with this, it is
also very true that, this model constructs the basis of understanding the requirements of the
community people of a particular population and it can be marked as one of the advantages of
this health belief model. Moreover, another advantages of this model is that the health belief
model also helps in understanding the process how an individual or a community perceive the
health care initiative and related preventive measure. This feature of this model helps in gap
identification process. While analysing the disadvantage of this model it can be said that, as
this model is based on the existing knowledge, hence it may possible that actual condition
may differ from that existing knowledge of the community population (Green & Murphy,
2014). On the education model refers to the model which is based on current knowledge and
understanding of the community people. This model is based on current research and
understanding of relevant and irrelevant information regarding the particular health concerns
of the community. This model also involves extraction of data from the research process. So,
it can be said that, this education model helps in better understanding of the situation by using
the more recent data. As the research under this educational model is based on the reliable
data, so the results are also reliable and valid as well. Therefore, it can be marked as an
advantage of this method. Moreover, the evidences from the current research is very effective
in case of the health care sector and it is another advantage of this process. On the other hand
the disadvantage of this process is the high costs of the research process can be marked as a
disadvantage of this educational model (Sallis, Owen & Fisher, 2015).

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Conclusion
Hence, it can be concluded that, it is very crucial to address the problem of diabetes
type 2 among the community population as it has become a crucial problems for a huge
number of people of the world. In order to prevent this condition various models can be
applied in order to enhance the understanding of the current scenario of health concern of the
particular community. Mainly two types of model that is health belief model and educational
model can be used in the prevention process of the health concern. However, both the model
have a few advantages and disadvantages.

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