Community Teaching Plan for Diabetes Management

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Introduction
The study will emphasis on the teaching plan that will be primarily focused on the
diabetic community people, who are under high risk of developing metabolic disorders
associated with diabetes. The significant aim of the teaching plan will be to increase
awareness within the community regarding diabetes management and how lifestyle change
can result in controlling the diabetes level (Atlas, 2015). Appropriate teaching plan will help
the community people to increase their knowledge on diabetes and adapt different strategies
recommended in the teaching plan to make required amended in their individual life. The
study will consider a diabetic community within Australia, US, and conduct an observational
study that will highlight the level of awareness that individual people bear (Inzucchi et al.,
2015).
Epidemiological Rationale For Selecting Diabetes
Diabetes is considered as one of the most prevalent health condition affecting large
population of people all over Australia, US. According to the National Health Survey (NHS),
approximately 1.2 million people (5.1 % of the overall population) are suffering and
diagnosed with diabetes. More than 100 million of older adults in US are suffering from
diabetes that indicates that approximately 9.4% of the overall population have diabetes as the
major health issue. The overall statistics of Australia has increased upto 30.3 million stating
that the incidence rate of diabetes is increasing within the community and affecting more
people in US (nhs.uk, 2019). There are approximately 1.2 million registered people who are
suffering from diabetes and there are also few cases of people who have undiagnosed type 2
diabetes. In the diabetic community, it is observed that 84.1 million people have three
different types of diabetic condition, which can result in type 2 diabetes if the condition is not
treated properly and within the specified time (Diabetes.co.uk, 2019). Hence, from the

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epidemiology of diabetes within US, it is evident that the population of Australia community
suffering from diabetes requires an effective teaching plan that will assist them in preventing
or treating the condition of diabetes.
Nursing Diagnosis
The condition of diabetes is diagnosed using conventional blood test, which will
indicate the total amount of blood glucose level in the patient and is conducted before and
after consumption of food. Diabetes is caused when pancreases fail to make adequate amount
of insulin in the body or the contains high amount of glucose level that result in either type 2
diabetes mellitus or type 2 diabetes mellitus (Feinman et al., 2015).. The population of
diabetic community are unable to identify the condition of diabetes and therefore fail to
acknowledge any diagnosis that can further help them to prevent the condition of diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes mellitus is considered as an autoimmune illness that hampers the pancreases
and reduce the production of insulin whereas, type 2 diabetes mellitus is enhanced with age
as the pancreases are degraded and are not able to produce adequate insulin. Therefore, it is
established that the community members should be aware of the condition of both type 1 and
type 2 diabetes to reduce the prevalence rate of diabetes (Tun, 2019).
Readiness For Learning
It is seen that only few people under diabetic community are diagnosed with the
condition of diabetes and take appropriate action to amend the health situation effectively.
The community members are unable to recognize the condition of diabetes and ignore the
required concern (Reusch & Manson, 2017). The community people do not have an
appropriate knowledge of the strategies that will help them to prevent the condition of
diabetes or even if they have suitable knowledge they are not ready to provide best care and
effort to prevent the condition and adopt effective life style change, which is recommended

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for the people suffering from diabetes. Hence, the effective community prevention pogrom
will assist the people suffering from diabetes to increase their level of awareness regarding
preventive strategies of reducing diabetes and also motivate themselves to adapt the required
change in their lifestyle (Sharp, Fisher & Gerber, 2015).
Observational Study Conducted Within The Community
In order to understand if the community population suffering from diabetes have an
appropriate knowledge or awareness regarding diabetic condition, an extensive observation
study is conducted where a group of people will answer few set of question related to
management of diabetes. This set of question such as “do you know what diabetes is” or
“what are the crucial lifestyle changes that should be adopted for preventing diabetes” will
assist in understanding the level of awareness the community population has on diabetes
management. 40 people are randomly selected from the community who are suffering from
diabetes and answer the question asked to them regarding their knowledge of diabetes (Tay et
al., 2015). It was observed that out of 40 only 8 people had prior knowledge of diabetes
including the risk factors that result in diabetes and rest 32 people were unaware of the
condition of diabetes. They had no prior knowledge of their health condition, if they are
suffering from type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus and what are the appropriate life style
change that should be adopted by them in order to prevent the condition of diabetes. Hence, it
is established that an effective teaching plan comprising of the detail information of diabetes
should be taught to each member present within the community in order to increase the
awareness level within the community (Offringa et al., 2018).
Learning Theory To Be Utilized
The learning theory that is utilized in the teaching plan is Social learning theory that is
suitable for both children and adults. In this learning theory, the people under the community