Community Teaching Plan: Diabetes Awareness and Lifestyle Changes

This report outlines a comprehensive community teaching plan centered on diabetes awareness and management. It begins by establishing the epidemiological rationale for focusing on diabetes, highlighting its prevalence in Australia and the US. The plan then details the nursing diagnosis for diabetes, differentiating between type 1 and type 2. It assesses the community's readiness for learning and describes an observational study conducted to gauge existing knowledge levels. The report emphasizes the Social Learning Theory as the foundation for the teaching approach, incorporating specific objectives and strategies such as dietary education and understanding insulin production. Evaluation methods include buddy systems, quizzes, and surveys to measure the plan's effectiveness. The report concludes with an analysis of community response, areas for improvement, and the strengths of the teaching plan, emphasizing the need for emotional support and accessible educational resources like video presentations. References to relevant studies and guidelines are included to support the plan's design and implementation.

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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

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will acquire and motivate themselves to learn the new aspect of preventing the condition of
diabetes that is very crucial for them to prevent their health condition. It is believed that every
learning concept arise or initiate from assimilation and experiences of each individual, hence,
the people suffering will themself identify their health condition and motivate to adapt the
change comprising of behavioural change and lifestyle change. The method of social learning
theory will therefore be beneficial for increasing the awareness among the community people
(Nugent & Wallston, 2016).
Objective and strategy included in the teaching plan
The Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) have identified specific objective for reducing the
overall burden of diabetes and also reducing the diagnosis rate and death rate caused due to
diabetes (Healthy People, 2019). The awareness program will thus consist of effective
lifestyle and dietary changes associated with proper medication. WHO has established an
Alma Ata’s Health for All international initiative that will evaluate the effect of diabetes on
the community and national health. This awareness program will use all the relevant
information that is required to educate or increase the awareness among people relating to the
complexity of the health condition (Who.int, 2019). The objective and strategies incorporate
din the teaching plan are as follows:
Objective Content Strategies
People will develop the
ability to recognize food
items that contain more and
less amount of glucose
content
Food items made up of
artificially sweetened, pasta,
bread and fats.
Starch test and Posters will
be directed in facade of the
community to influence
them regarding the
ingredients of the food they
consume (American

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Diabetes Association, 2015).
People will develop the
understanding of what
occurs in diabetic illness
associated with the
significance of insulin
production for metabolism
within the body (American
Diabetes Association, 2016).
The hormonal and digestive
system would be described
to recognize the level of
body homeostasis
A video and presentation
will be practiced.
Evaluation of teaching experiences
In order to evaluate the effect of awareness program, buddy system is used, where
every individual will be assigned with a buddy within the community and each individual
will review the lifestyle and diet of other individual for a total time period of two weeks and
further discuss with each other regarding their health condition and what preventive ways
should be used to improve the health condition (Almurshidi & Naser, 2017). The awareness
and understanding level of each individual will be assessed by discussion and quizzes and
will be note down accordingly. Effectively measuring the glucose level and weight of every
individual in the community will provide a detail insight of the impact or influence of the
teaching plan. A detail survey will be conducted for the people who are diagnosed with
diabetes and further evaluate if the people are capable of living free from diabetes and also
effectively manage their level of diabetes. The effective evaluation of the lesson and teaching
plan will be assessed by the learners including the willingness and attention level that would
be beneficial for successfully implementing the teaching plan within the community
(Bastable, 2017). An effective feedback form will be filled by the community member

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regarding the benefit of teaching plan and how the plan have motivated them to change their
diet and lifestyle for a healthy life.
Community response to teaching
The feedback form was given to each community member to fill based on their
experience of teaching plan and if the teaching plan have motivated and changed their health
condition in a positive way. The form was filed and submitted by every member based on
which it was seen that approximately 80% of the population have agreed that the teaching
plan have motivated them to eat healthy food that contains less amount of sugar or glucose to
maintain the blood sugar level in their body (Brockett & Hiemstra, 2018). The community
has responded positively towards the teaching plan stating the lifestyle changes that is crucial
for enhancing their pancreas metabolism to produce insulin effectively. Approximately 30%
of the population have exhibited that they have acquired a detail knowledge of diabetes and
what are the factors that lead to diabetes.
Areas of improvement and strength
The barrier of emotional reluctance should be improved for making a better
behavioural change in the community that is dependent on the background, education,
lifestyle and culture of every individual present within the community. The area of strength
present in the teaching plan was therapeutic communication, where interaction with each
individual took place in order to provide each person with effective emotional support that
will enhance the process of recovery and wellness in the community (Aponte, 2015). The
community members should be taught regarding diabetes using video presentation that will
have a fast effect on their mind increasing the level of awareness sin the community.
Conclusion

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From the complete teaching plan, it was evident that large number of people were not
aware of the condition diabetes and lacked any prior knowledge of diabetes management
consisting of dietary management and lifestyle change. The teaching plan have motivated the
population of Australia to adapt the strategies included in the teaching plan and determine the
effective way in which they can prevent the condition or prevalence rate of diabetes.

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