Raveesha Suriyapperuma's NUTR2006 Critical Review: Diabetes Program

This report presents a critical review of a health promotion program aimed at managing Type 2 Diabetes. The review begins with an introduction to the condition, emphasizing its causes, risks, and the importance of effective management. It then evaluates the program's background, design, and the stakeholders involved, including medical providers, wellness vendors, and community groups. The report examines the program's aims, which focus on reducing the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes through lifestyle interventions such as healthy eating and physical activity. It discusses the evaluation of the program, highlighting the varying levels of participation and the significance of healthy lifestyle choices. The report also explores consultation strategies with healthcare professionals and nutritionists. Finally, it concludes with suggestions for improvements, such as incorporating more nutrient-rich foods and providing intensive lifestyle interventions, and outlines future directions to enhance the program's effectiveness in promoting better health outcomes for individuals with Type 2 Diabetes. The report references various sources, including journal articles and online resources, to support its analysis.

Critical review of the health promotion
program

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
EVALUATION................................................................................................................................1
Background of current program...................................................................................................1
Design of the program.................................................................................................................2
Stakeholders of the program........................................................................................................2
Aims of the program....................................................................................................................3
Evaluation of the program...........................................................................................................3
Consultation with the organization..............................................................................................3
Improvements and future directions............................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Within Australia, the type II diabetes is specifically a condition in which the human body
can becomes resistant to the normal effects of insulin as well as step by step loses the capacity to
effectively produce enough insulin within the pancreas. This particular condition has a strong
hereditary as well as a family history associated the risk elements and is additionally often
associated with the non-modifiable lifestyle risk elements. Having a daily physical activities, a
healthy eating arrangements as well as the normal well-being check-ups, a person can able to
manage the diabetes in order to live well. In this, the type II diabetes is mainly a progressive
condition. With time, a person having illness can need medications as well as in some of the
cases insulin, to effectively manage the blood glucose levels. In this, managing the diabetes
illness among people is quite essential because it is a critical type illness, a chronic well-being
conditions which can lead to multiple other well-being problems like cardiovascular illness,
blindness, stroke, renal failure and many more. In addition to this, avoiding or overcoming the
impact of diabetes type II among people can effectively lowers the risk of all the other conditions
as well. In this report, the report will cover the discussion about the aims and purpose of health
promotion programs and it can include a information about diabetes type II among people. There
is a discussion about the stakeholders that are involved in healthcare organization to provide an
effective care treatment and prevention strategies for diabetes. In addition to this, there is also a
discussion about the improvements as well as the future directions for the people who are having
diabetes type II to improve their well-being effectively (Ambery et. al., 2018).
EVALUATION
Background of current program
The Program named as National Diabetes Prevention is generally a partnership of both
the private as well as public organization mainly working to effectively prevent the target group
people from diabetes mellitus type II illness. In this, the partners can specifically makes it quite
easier for the target group people having illness in order to effectively participate within the
evidence-based lifestyle alteration programs to decrease their developing risk of diabetes illness.
In this, the prevention program is mainly concentrating on healthy eating as well as the physical
activities that can display that the targeted group people having diabetes mellitus type II who can
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take part in a structured and effective lifestyle alteration programs can cut their risks of
improving the diabetes type II by 60% enhancement (Cheng et. al., 2019).
Design of the program
While designing the prevention programs of diabetes to reduce its impact on targeted
people such as conducting the physical activity sessions, effective dietary campaigns, provide
education and aware the targeted group people about healthy eating habits. In context with
conducting physical activities, providing knowledge and performing activities can significantly
aid the targeted group people such as women to reduce their other chronic illness like
cardiovascular illness, obesity, diabetes and many more. In addition to this, the prevention
program of diabetes can also include conducting specific activities like playing sports, dance
classes, swimming and many more.
Stakeholders of the program
There are basically six stakeholders involved in any program namely customer,
employees, investors, supplies and vendors, communities and government of the state.
Considering diabetes specifically the stakeholders involved are the medical claim providers,
Pharmacy benefit managers, Wellness program vendor, Wellness clinical/ biometric screening
vendors, Diabetes management vendors, Hospital and local medical groups and community
groups like fitness centres. As per the present trends seen in terms of lifestyle followed by
individuals, it has been observed that there is majority of people who make poor lifestyle
choices. This is directly contributing to increase in patients of chronic and non communicable
diseases like diabetes and hence contributing to the number of customer stakeholders of the
program (Diabetes Management in the Workplace, 2021).
The targeted group people are resolving for diabetes management programs because
program can provide them with better understanding of tackling the disease. These programs
provide them with all the required knowledge be it lifestyle related or medication therapy related
therefore, more and more patients are being attracted to such programs. Simultaneous to
increase in number of targeted group people specially among women, requirement for diabetes
management vendors, communities organising such programs, wellness clinical screening
vendors etc. are also increasing. These programs not only provide knowledge to the the targeted
group people more specifically among women, but is also beneficial from knowledge point of
view for the health care providers because they also get to learn a lot of things about
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management of different symptoms exhibited by different people of the disease. Hence, being
another factor for attracting the stakeholders towards diabetes management programs.
Aims of the program
The main aim of developing the program is to effectively reduce the prevalence of
diabetes mellitus type II among target group people such as young and older adults more
specifically females. The National Diabetes Prevention Program can involve various strategies
and activities that can help people to participate more efficiently in the program and adopt such
healthy behaviours and a healthy lifestyle, such that their well-being can be effectively enhanced
(Dow et. al., 2018).
Evaluation of the program
While providing the prevention programs to target group people, it is analysed that some
of the people can actively participate in the conducted program whereas, some of them just
attended but not apply the activities or strategies in their daily living. The prevalence of diabetes
mellitus type II is quite severe but by implementing effective prevention strategies, it can be
effectively overcome and people can live their lives in healthier terms. In this, the healthy
lifestyle interventions like an enhanced physical activities as well as weight reduction can also
delay the development of type II diabetes. In addition to this, the obesity can play an essential
risk element for diabetes type II, so the healthcare organization can significantly stresses over the
physical activities and education about healthy nutrition are mainly the essential paths the care
professionals can decrease the frequency as well as the effects of having Diabetes type II among
targeted group people like women (Diabetes Evaluation Measures, 2016).
Consultation with the organization
Having consultation about the diabetes mellitus type II, it can be done through having
appointments with the care professionals or nutritionist mainly specializing in the diagnosis, care
treatment as well as management of the diabetes. In context with nutritionist, they can effectively
provide education to the targeted group people about healthy eating. They will positively
recommend to help in developing a healthy eating care plan. In addition to this, the care plan can
aid the target group people to control their blood sugar levels, can help in managing the weight
as well as can control the cardiac illness developing risk factors like high blood pressure levels as
well as high blood fats.
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Improvements and future directions
 The effective improvements can be done by simply adding more diet rich food
components in meals such as adding whole grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, the
moderate consumption of alcohol as well as reduction in refined grains and many more.
 Providing intensive lifestyle interventions for loosing weights among obese categorised
women having type II diabetes illness.
 Nutritionist can provide education and information about the Quality of carbohydrate that
can be included in diet to improve well-being and reducing impact of diabetes on health.
 The nutritionist can provide information on eating some healthy fats like an olive oil,
canola oil and nuts as well. People can eat very little saturated fats as well (Kahleova,
Levin & Barnard, 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above discussion, it is concluded that diabetes mellitus type II is majorly
impacting on the well-being of people contrary. The people who have this illness can require
effective awareness about healthy eating, adopting healthy lifestyle and many more to bring their
healthy lifestyle on track. If it is not done then these people can develop more risk elements that
can impact their life more adverse and developing other major illnesses such as cardiovascular
illness, obesity, cancer and so on and can ultimately resulting in losing their lives as well. In
addition to this, the above mentioned improvements and future directions can help the targeted
group people to effectively reduce the impact of diabetes on women. There is also described the
health prevention programs for diabetes such that people can adopt a healthy lifestyle also.
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REFERENCES
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or overweight patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomised, controlled, double-blind,
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Cheng, Y., Sibusiso, L., Hou, L., Jiang, H., Chen, P., Zhang, X., ... & Tong, H. (2019).
Sargassum fusiforme fucoidan modifies the gut microbiota during alleviation of
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Online:
Diabetes Evaluation Measures, 2016 [Online] Available through:
<https://www.cdc.gov/workplacehealthpromotion/health-strategies/diabetes/evaluation-
measures/index.html>
Diabetes Management in the Workplace, 2021 [Online] Available through:
<https://www.mbgh.org/resources/employertoolkits/diabetes/diabetesstrategies/
stakeholder-roles>
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