Health Promotion Product on Diabetes Control in Elderly

HEALTH
PROMOTION
PRODUCT ON
DIABETES
CONTROL IN
ELDERLY
NAME OF THE STUDENT:
NAME OF THE UNIVIERSITY

HEALTH PROBLEM:
 The prevalence of diabetes is increasing with
about 30.3 million Americans living with
diabetes
 Half of the newly diagnosed cases of diabetes
are found in people between the age of 45 to
65 years (Center of Disease Control and
Prevention 2017).
 The main aim of the campaign is to raise
awareness about diabetes and use of
glucometer to self-manage diabetes.
Target population group for the health
promotion product: Older adults with
diabetes in US.

INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE:
 The health promotion product targets elderly
people in US because of the growing burden of
diabetes in elderly
 Older adults are at more risk of depression, falls
and other complication because of poor glucose
control (Abdelhafiz et al., 2015).
 The common behavioural risk factor of diabetes
includes poor knowledge about diabetes, low
level of physical activity, unhealthy diet and poor
self-management skills
 The health promotion product ‘poster on benefit
of glucometer for diabetes’ is targeting the
behavioural risk factor of poor knowledge of
diabetes and its management.

THEORETICAL BASIS OF THE WORK:
Major contructs of the theory:
 The health promotion message has
been developed using the concepts
of the health belief model (HBM)
 Health belief model has been
selected as the theoretical
framework for the poster because it
is one of the effective model of
health education that targets
disease prevention
 The man constructs of the model
includes perceived benefits, self-
efficacy, social support,
susceptibility, barriers and severity
(Dehghani-Tafti et al., 2015).
 Targeting self-efficacy through the
health promotion poster can
improve elderly people’s capability
measure blood glucose level, adjust
diet and prevent hypogylcemia
(Beckerle & Lavin, 2013).