Community Teaching Work Plan for Prevention of Childhood Diabetes

Running head: COMMUNITY TEACHING WORK PLAN FOR CHILDHOOD DIABETES 1
Community Teaching Work Plan for Prevention of Childhood Diabetes
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Community Teaching Work Plan for Prevention of Childhood Diabetes
Epidemiological Rationale
Childhood obesity in the United States is one of the greatest issues of concern among
stakeholders in the healthcare sector. According to Goss et al. (2018), childhood obesity does not
only impose negative effects on the child’s state of growth and development but also increases
their risks of exposure to detrimental health challenges later in life. Eldredge et al. (2016) reveal
that about 17% of the children in the United States are overweight. The researchers further reveal
that one in three children is either obese or overweight. On the other hand, Visekruna et al.
(2017) explain that the prevalence of obesity in this economy has increased twofold among
adults and threefold among adolescents and children since 1980. The scholars further demystify
that in natural settings, obese teenagers faces a 70% risk of becoming obese in their adulthood.
Christie et al. (2016) reveal that the condition is highly dominant among non-Hispanic black
children (28%) compared to their non-Hispanic counterparts (17%) and non-Hispanic white
peers (15%). Childhood obesity is associated with a number of complex life conditions such as
hyperlipidemia, hypertension, type II diabetes, sleep apnea, early maturation, psychosocial stress
and low self-esteem
Nursing Diagnosis
Hannon et al. (2016) identify lack of adequate physical exercise and excessive food
intake as the primary causes of childhood obesity. According to Macridis et al. (2016), there is a
strong correlation between an individual’s dietary intake patterns and levels of exposure to
obesity. For instance, Kise, Hopkins and Burke(2017) explain that increased intake of
sweetened beverages, junk foods, alcoholic drinks and high fructose corm syrups is directly
related with increments in the levels of obesity. The researchers attribute the increasing number

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of reports on childhood obesity to the fact that the population of toddlers being exposed to
sweetened beverages such as fruit juices and soft drinks has also seen a sharp increase. On the
other hand, over-exposure to sedentary activities such as excessive screen time also acts as a
significant contributor of childhood obesity.
Readiness for Learning
The content and method of educating the targeted populations will be determined by
assessing the extents to which they reveal readiness to learn. Considering the fact that one-to-one
interactions between the educator and students will be adopted in the current community
teaching plan, experiential factors such as the information processing capacities, previous
learning and experiences will be considered. Further, the student’s levels of emotional readiness
to learn will be determined by vetting their affective states. According to Verloo et al. (2016), a
child’s capacity to acquire and process learned information plays an essential role in determining
the efficacy of a health education initiative.
The education plan will be tailored in such a way that it puts a lot of consideration on
incidental learning to enhance the targeted population’s information processing capacities. On
the other hand, Thorstensson et al. (2016) explain that previous exposure to the instructional
content of intent stimulates students to develop curiosity in the learning process. Lastly, the
affective state of the targeted children will be determined by vetting their levels of anxiety, mood
state and stress. Chiang et al. (2018) explain that learners who are exposed to anxieties and
stressful conditions are less likely to comprehend the instructions they are exposed to in
community teaching exercises.