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Diabetes in Indians Immigrant Population

   

Added on  2020-05-16

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Running head: HEALTH CONCERNS OF IMMIGRANTHealth Concerns of a New Immigrant PopulationName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note

1 HEALTH CONCERNS OF IMMIGRANTTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................2Health concerns and health issue of the Indians immigrants in U.S..........................................2Pharmacological and Treatment Regime for Diabetes...............................................................3Traditional Beliefs and Practices Associated with Diabetes......................................................4Culturally based methods to treat Diabetes................................................................................4How cultural values and traditional practices might affect acceptance and use of prescribedpharmacological treatments.......................................................................................................5Evidence based strategy used to control diabetes among AIAN...............................................5Culturally sensitive strategy used by nurses to treated diabetes................................................5Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6References..................................................................................................................................7

2 HEALTH CONCERNS OF IMMIGRANTIntroductionImmigrant Indian population in America are twice susceptible in developing type 2diabetes mellitus in comparison to non-Hispanic group (Centre of Disease Control, 2017).People with diabetes experiences devastating complications like stroke, blindness and heartdisease. The following report aims to highlight the possible reasons and probableinterventions that must be taken in order to balance this racial and ethnic disparity. Health concerns and health issue of the Indians immigrants in U.SSouth Asians (Indians) are fastest increasing racial or ethnic group in United States(Jose et al., 2014). The South Asians have high prevalence and early onset of diabetes, type 2diabetes mellitus (Gany et al., 2012). Type 2 diabetes is recognized as one of the significantpublic health problems in American Indian communities for the past 40 years (Weil et al.,2013). The Pima Indians who are residing in Arizona has highest recorded incidence ofdiabetes in the world. The main reason behind this is increase in the insulin resistance amongthe Indian immigrants in comparison to that of U.S natives. Although Type 2 diabetes istraditionally considered as a disease of adults, its rate of occurrence among the children andyouth of Indian immigrants of America is creating an alarming problem (Weil et al., 2013).According to the American Diabetes Association (2017), 16% of immigrant Indianpopulation and Alaska Natives in America have highest age-related prevalence of diabetesamong the US ethnic and racial groups. The trend of type 2 diabetes mellitus is mainlycommon among the immigrant American Indian females. The reason cited behind thisabnormal body composition, which is characterized by abdominal body fat (AmericanDiabetes Association, 2017). Other abnormalities among the immigrant Indian population inAmerica, which increase the predisposition of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus is: insulin

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