Health Promotion on Gestation Diabetes

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HEALTH PROMOTION ON GESTATION DIABETES
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Individual Reflection
Health promotion project on the risk and prevalence factors associated with Gestation
Diabetes and its preventive measures.
Introduction
Our health promotion project aims to minimize the prevalence of gestation diabetes in pregnant
mothers as few cases as possible (Harrison et al. 2013). Our group targeted the pregnant women
population who aged 25 years and above and also the families with a history of gestation
diabetes complication. We attempted to evaluate and identify some of the social determinants
that contribute to the prevalence of the disease. Some of the social determinants that were
assessed in our group include; socioeconomic status, transport, education, physical in activities
and nutritional. In our group, we also strategized on the principles of health promotion in the
community to approach the matter and determine the services needed (Rajput et al. 2013). Our
project also looked at the ways of promoting healthcare programs through the establishment of
primary healthcare centers. In my reflection, I will utilize the model of Driscoll reflection to
evaluate health promotion in our project and on how it influences my professional perspective in
nursing practice development.
My personal experience in developing the health promotion project.
What
I carried out my evaluation on the areas of the prevalence of the disease in the western Sydney
local health district. My research mainly focused on gestation diabetes among the pregnant
women aged 25 years and above within the local community. I also examined on the
predisposing factors of gestation diabetes. My study based on the population of pregnant women

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who were at high risk of developing the disease. I found that gestation diabetes develops as a
result of intolerance of the glucose and the condition diagnosed to the pregnant women in the
Australian local health district. Around 1700 women were found to develop the state every year
in Australia. Approximately 12 to 14% of pregnancies in the western Sydney local health district
(WSLHD) in Australia diagnosed the disease. It was found the disease prevalence was due to
many various factors (Bardenheier et al. 2013). Eating habit and several other social
determinants were reported to be the leading cause of the complication. Lack of education,
lifestyles and poor diet was the primary cause of the disease.
So what
After sharing my findings with my team member, I then convinced them to explore the health
needs of the local district community with the aim of achieving the health preventative and
curative care to minimize the development of gestation diabetes among the expectant mothers in
the area. The pregnant woman found to be at risk of developing the complication were of
maternal age, with gestation weight gain and pre-pregnancy weight. The disease was likely to
create in parent and on their siblings believed to have had type 2 diabetes (Jafari-Shobeiri et al.
2015)
. Some of the disease adventitious circumstances to the mothers are hypertensive disorders pre-
eclampsia and both injuries such as bleeding. The condition may cause the child to develop
complexities like jaundice, growth restriction, and respiratory distress.
Now what
My recommendation after analyzing the main predisposing factors of gestation diabetes in the
local health district to undertake reasonable proactive steps to improve and enhance safe and