Prevention and Healthy Living: Community Approach to Diabetes

This report outlines a community-based health program designed to address the rising prevalence of diabetes, particularly within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. The program focuses on prevention through exercise, healthy eating, alcohol avoidance, and regular medical check-ups, supported by community training and awareness initiatives. The report details the program's steps, including assessment, planning, implementation (through training and community involvement), and evaluation. It also addresses challenges like cultural diversity, communication barriers, and political factors. The program aims to reduce diabetes complications, treatment costs, and improve overall health conditions. References include key publications from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and other health organizations, highlighting the importance of health promotion programs in vulnerable indigenous communities. The report underscores the need for tailored strategies to overcome cultural and logistical barriers to ensure effective health outcomes.

PREVENTION AND HEALTHY LIVING
A COMMUNITY APPROACH…
INVOLVING EVERYONE IN ILLNESS PREVENTION
The community problem
1. More diabetes
patients
2. More health
complications
3. Increasing cost of
treatment
4. Poor health
conditionsPREVENTION
· EXECISE
· AVOID
ALCOHOLISM
· SEE A DOCTOR
· EAT HEALTHY
FOOD
· CONTROL
YOUR SUGAR
CONSUMPTION
· AWARENESS
COMMUNITY
TRAININGS
The
Aboriginal
and Torres
Strait Islanders

STEPS OF THE PROGRAM
 Assessment and Analysis
 Nearly 280 Australians develops debates daily with about five minutes recoding
one person.
 Diabetes type 2 patients account for over 85% of all diabetes patients in Australia
 Health promotion program is very important for vulnerable indigenous
communities such as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander whose health records are
still worrying.
 Planning
 Planning stages involves training staffs, gathering all the required resources for
the program, developing activities that will be carried out, ensuring all the
required staffs are coordinated and obtaining the necessary support from local
officials.
 Implementation
 Trainings
 Creation of health awareness
 Community involvement

CONT’
 Evaluation
 Measuring variables in line with objective, evaluating program
staffs and evaluation feedback from participants.
 Challenges
 Cultural diversity among Australians is the primary challenges
will highly affect the implementation of the program.
 Communication barrier is another challenge as most
communities require people from those areas to facilitate
communication (Walton, Waiti, Signal & Thomson, 2010).
 Political barriers are also likely to cause challenges since
different communities have been experiencing political
hostility.

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