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Towards a new cohort of DIABETES managers in the INDEGINOUS PEOPLE

   

Added on  2021-04-24

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Running head: DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN THE INDEGINOUS PEOPLE DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN THE INDEGINOUS PEOPLEName of the student:Name of the university:Author note:

1DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN THE INDEGINOUS PEOPLEContentsIntroduction:....................................................................................................................................2Issues faced by the cohort:...............................................................................................................2Initiatives that need to be taken by the new group:.........................................................................3The group that will be developed:...................................................................................................4How the issues will be addressed:...................................................................................................5Planning and meetings:....................................................................................................................6What issues the groups may face:....................................................................................................7Evaluation:.......................................................................................................................................7Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................8References:......................................................................................................................................9

2DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN THE INDEGINOUS PEOPLEIntroduction:Diabetes is one of the most important chronic disorders that are affecting the nation at analarming rate. The indigenous people are the most affected in comparison to the non-indigenouspeople and requires attention of both the government and the private sectors of healthcare andsocial care. Data which has been extracted from the studies of 2012 to 2013 as shown that theprevalence of diabetes in the Aboriginals and the Torres Islanders ranged from 9 to 11% which ismore than 3time that of the numbers of the non-indigenous people. Studies even show that in theyear 2012 to 2013, indigenous people were seen to be 4 times higher in comparison to that of thenon-indigenous people who are hospitalized for the disorder of diabetes (Regan et al., 2017).Therefore, these results confirm the fact that aboriginals are not being able to manage and takecare of themselves as well as not being able to access proper health care from the urbanhealthcare centers like that of the non-indigenous people (Shepherd et al., 2016). Hence, itbecomes extremely important for social care workers to develop a proper group by which each ofthe members can help in addressing each of the issues properly and help the aboriginals todevelop proper quality lives.Issues faced by the cohort: The aboriginals and Torres Islander people had lived hunter-gatherer lifestyle until the18th century until the arrival of the Europeans in 1788. Adverse changes in their physicalactivities as well as nutrition took place in the second half of the 20th century that resulted in theoccurrence of diabetes in them. The researchers already state that in the present generationeconomic opportunity, social conditions as well as physical infrastructure play an important role

3DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN THE INDEGINOUS PEOPLEin the health condition of all individuals and communities (Webster et al., 2017). In case of theaboriginals, it is also seen that the above tree aspects of better and healthy living arecompromised in case of aboriginals that had become the main healthcare determinants of theoccurrence of diabetes. Lack of knowledge and health literacy, proper exposure to healthy living,lack of economic stability to but healthy food and many others are the contributors to theoccurrence of the disorders. Diabetes results in poor quality life of the patients as series of otherdifferent disorders are found to be intricately associated with the disorders (Leung, 2016).Circulatory complications may take place like angina, heart attack, stroke as well as peripheralvascular diseases. Renal complications mainly include diabetic neuropathy as well as chronickidney failure. Diabetic retinopathy, cataracts as well as glaucoma also take place in theindividuals. Peripheral neuropathy and autonomic neuropathy also occur in individuals. All theseresult in poor quality life of the cohort and increased rates of hospitalizations (Spurr et al., 2018).Initiatives that need to be taken by the new group: The group that will be formed should be such that they can successfully conduct fiveimportant aspects that are related with the issues of the diabetes management. The group wouldbe at first taking the initiative of proper health risk assessment of the individuals. The membersshould make sure that proper tool as Australian type 2 diabetes risk assessmenttool(AUSDRISK)is used in a culturally sensitive ways to identify the high-risk individuals andaccordingly take interventions for their betterment. The second imitative would be deliveringproper health education program that should be categorized accordingly to the children andadolescents and the other group of the adults (Zwar et al., 2017). The third initiative that shouldbe taken by the individuals is the promotion of lifestyle modification programs that will mainlyfocus on the changes of lifestyle habits like physical activity and weight loss systems. The last

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