Research Project: Raising Diabetes Awareness in Young Pregnant Mothers

This research project investigates methods for raising awareness about diabetes among young pregnant mothers. The report includes a detailed research diary outlining the project's activities, aims, objectives, literature review, research methodology, and data collection process. The research utilizes both primary and secondary data collection methods, with primary data gathered through interviews with pregnant mothers. The report analyzes the collected data, providing insights into the types of diabetes faced, complications experienced, management strategies, and the importance of awareness. The analysis includes responses to interview questions about diabetes management, symptoms, and awareness-raising methods. The report concludes with recommendations based on the research findings. The project also covers research evaluation techniques and the interpretation of results, providing a comprehensive overview of the research process and its outcomes. The report provides valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities related to diabetes awareness in pregnant women.

Research Project

Table of Contents
TITLE:.............................................................................................................................................1
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH DIARY ...............................................................................................1
2.2 The proposed research investigation in accordance with the agreed specification and
procedures...................................................................................................................................1
2.3 Record and collate relevant data where appropriate.............................................................7
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH ANALYSIS .......................................................................................8
3.1 Appropriate research evaluation techniques.........................................................................8
3.2 Interpret and analyse the results............................................................................................9
3.3 Recommendation.................................................................................................................12
CHAPTER 4: RESEARCH TRANSCRIPT .................................................................................12
Covered in PPT ........................................................................................................................12
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13
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TITLE:
“To investigate different ways through which awareness about diabetes can be raised
among young pregnant mothers”.
CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH DIARY
2.2 The proposed research investigation in accordance with the agreed specification and
procedures.
Research specification and procedure includes different activities and tasks. It will
support an investigator to complete research activities in effective and systematic manner. In this
section of study, research diary will be prepared by researcher (Damm and et. al., 2016).
Research diary is based on different activities which will be determined as below:
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Research Diary
Activity 1 Introduction
Date Comments
1/07/2019 In this part of the dissertation I used different
sub activities cover which are background of
an organisation, overview of the study,
problem statement, rationale behind selecting
this research etc. In Week first I do
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introduction chapter by having accurate
purpose to achieve better results and outputs
within given time duration. This part of the
study helped me by giving accurate
understanding regarding the topic which
includes research questions, overview etc.
Activity 2: Aims and Objectives
Date Comments
8/07/2019 In order to develop a research aim and
objectives I have to used different number of
articles. In this sub objectives of investigation
is prepared. Main purpose about implementing
this research is “To investigate different ways
through which awareness about diabetes can be
raised among young pregnant
mothers”.Research aim and objectives provide
accurate and effective outputs the researcher.
Activity 3 Literature Review
Date Comments
18/07/2019 This is another important and useful part of
research. For doing this activities, I required to
used different resources which are books,
magazines etc. Main intent behind doing this
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activity of investigation is gather in-depth data
about the current issue. This activity of
investigation helps me by giving valid and
reliable information about the diabetes and its
impact on young mothers.
Activity 4: Research Methodology
Date Comments
6/08/2019 In this part of the dissertation I have to used
various number of useful methods. These are
research philosophy, research approach,
qualitative and quantitative study, primary and
secondary method of data collection and so on.
Main and foremost purpose of this section is
collect accurate and reliable information
through different sources which are
questionnaire, case study, observation, focus
group and so on. Research methodology is an
useful activity which provide reliable and valid
data about the current investigation.
Activity 5: Submission of research proposal
Date Comments
30/8/2019 In order to submit research proposal I needed
minimum 2 days. Research aim and objectives,
literature review and research methodology are
consider main part of research proposal. My
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Main objective about submitting research
proposal is getting approval from the tutor.
This part of the research give valid result by
providing opinion of tutor about the research
proposal.
Activity 5: Data Collection
Date Comments
3/09/2019 For collecting accurate amount of data,
primary method is used by me. Interview is
consider main and useful method of primary
data collection because it helps me by giving
in-depth evaluation of information. Purpose of
data collection activity is to gather reliable and
appropriate amount of information from the
selected respondents. This section or activity of
investigation support me to achieve appropriate
results in form of reliable and valid
information.
Activity 6: Data Analysis
Date Comments
11/10/2019 Thematic analysis introduces as a sub activity
and method of data analysis which have been
used by me. It have been used for interpreting
information in systematic and ethical manner.
Purpose of this part of study is to analysis
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amount of data in accurate and reliable
manner. This section gives appropriate outputs
or results which will helps me in attainment of
research aim and objectives in proper manner.
Activity 7: Conclusion and Recommendation
Date Comments
12/11/19 Conclusion and recommendation are main
activity of research project because without
this, I am not able to complete research in
effective manner. Purpose of this activity is to
summarise entire information of research in
short manner. In addition to this, suitable
recommendation is provided to the business or
an individual about how to reduce impact of
diabetes among pregnant mothers.
Activity 8: Submission of Final Report
Date Comments
19/11/19 It is a last activity which is performed by me
and it includes entire information about the
project. Main objective behind submitting
final report is to get another chance or
opportunity for doing research over an
interesting or broad topic. Result of this section
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is based on the approval of research project.
2.3 Record and collate relevant data where appropriate.
There are basically two methods of recording and collating data about the topic where its
is appropriate (Farrar, Tuffnell, West and West, 2016). Primary and secondary are these method
which helps investigator to gather valid and detailed information regarding the study.
Primary method: This is an effective method of data collection which helps researcher
by providing primary information about the current study (Szaboova and Devendra, 2015).
Interview, market survey, observation, focus group etc. are consider major sources of primary
data collection. In order to conduct research over a brad topic i.e. “To investigate different ways
through which awareness about diabetes can be raised among young pregnant mothers”,
interview of 6 pregnant mothers will be taken into consideration (Feig and et. al., 2017). There
are some interview questions which are prepared as below:
Interview
Q1) What diabetes type you faced during your pregnancy?
Q2) Did diabetes lead to any complications in your pregnancy?
Q3) How did you managed diabetes during your gestational period?
Q4) Can diabetes make the case severe at the time of delivery of child?
Q5) What are the main symptoms in the infant of a mother with diabetes?
Q6) What are the importance of raising awareness about diabetes in young pregnant mothers?
Q7) What are the different ways used by you to raised awareness about the diabetes during
pregnancy?
Q8) What physical activities you did at the time of pregnancy?
Q9) What kind of risk you faced during the time of pregnancy while having diabetes?
Q10) How might diabetes impact you during the pregnancy?
Secondary method: For collecting secondary information regarding an interesting topic
i.e.“To investigate different ways through which awareness about diabetes can be raised among
young pregnant mothers”, different methods have been used by researcher. Literature review is
consider as a part of collecting secondary information of data about the current issues
(Mitanchez, Yzydorczyk and Simeoni, 2015).
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CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH ANALYSIS
3.1 Appropriate research evaluation techniques
Research evaluation is necessary for an investigator to analyse the information in an
effective manner. Evaluation is process of identifying program to analyse appropriateness of the
method. Different research evaluation techniques are mention below:
Formative Assessment- This technique is implemented during improvement as well as
development of program (Murphy and et. al., 2017). Formative assessment is main area of a
research that involves data collection, a variety of formal and informal evaluation process being
conducted by tan investigator. It is one of the important part for creating the understanding of the
areas of research.
Summative Assessment- This is characterized as the assessment which gives rise to
judgement about the effectiveness of program in its outcomes. Main objective of this assessment
is to evaluate the skill of the learners in end of overall through establishing defined norm (Oster
and Toth, 2015).
3.2 Interpret and analyse the results
Q1) What diabetes type you faced during your pregnancy?
Mother 1: I faced the Gestational diabetes at the time of my pregnancy. After baby was born this
type of diabetes goes away.
Mother 2: During my pregnancy, I faced type 2 diabetes and in this my body did not make the
enough insulin.
Mother 3: I had Type 1 diabetes and at this situation I required insulin to use the blood sugar.
Mother 4: I faced the Type of 2 diabetes and this impacted on my organs.
Mother 5: Gestational diabetes is a kind of diabetes that I faced when I was pregnant.
Mother 6: I was suffered from the type 2 diabetes and I was in fear of miscarriage my child.
Q2) Did diabetes lead to any complications in your pregnancy?
Mother 1: Yes, Diabetes lead arisen complications in my pregnancy.
Mother 2: In my pregnancy, diabetes caused high blood pressure and it was the serious
complication.
Mother 3: No, from diabetes issue I was not face any complication in my pregnancy.
Mother 4: From diabetes, I faced the breathing issue.
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Mother 5: No, I was normal during my pregnancy and I delivered baby safely.
Mother 6: From the diabetes, I faced complications of Excessive birth weight, Low blood sugar,
Type 2 diabetes later in life etc.
Q3) How did you managed diabetes during your gestational period?
Mother 1: I managed my diabetes at the time of pregnancy by eating the nutritious diet.
Mother 2: I focused on control my weight gain by exercising. I provides me health benefits to
mange the diabetes when I was pregnant.
Mother 3: I was a diabetic patient during my pregnancy and to manage this issue it took right
medication to be safe at the time of pregnancy.
Mother 4: I consulted with my doctor and take suggestions to control my diabetes issues so that
baby can be safe.
Mother 5: To managed the diabetes, I stayed physically active and maintain the health.
Mother 6: I Monitored my blood glucose levels while pregnant so that I can manage the
diabetes.
Q4) Can diabetes make the case severe at the time of delivery of child?
Mother 1: Yes, diabetes could make the case serious during delivery time.
Mother 2: During child delivery, I took the proper medication and it did not impact me.
Mother 3: Yes, diabetes disease could be arise the serious issue when child delivery.
Mother 4: Yes, as diabetic patient I faced some issues during delivery of the child.
Mother 5: I faced the birth defects issues from the diabetes during child delivery.
Mother 6: Yes, I faced the problem during delivery of my child.
Q5) What are the main symptoms in the infant of a mother with diabetes?
Mother 1: Main symptom that I faced with the diabetes is complexity in breathing because of
the less mature lungs.
Mother 2: High red blood cell count was symptom that faced in me when I was diabetic patient.
Mother 3: I was suffered from development of Poor nervous system symptom with the diabetes
issue.
Mother 4: My blood pressure was high and I faced some other issues while having the
pregnancy.
Mother 5: I was a diabetic patient and faced the issues of High bilirubin level when I was
pregnant or during delivery time.
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Mother 6: High blood pressure was a main and serious symptom that I was faced.
Q6) What are the importance of raising awareness about diabetes in young pregnant
mothers?
Mother 1: Raising the awareness regarding diabetes to young mothers helped in take care of
their health and maintain their blood pressure.
Mother 2: From rising the awareness, young pregnant women can prevent from any disease.
Mother 3: Through this, pregnant women can counselling to address significance of the diabetes
control and its impact on body.
Mother 4: To rising the awareness, pregnant women can take the proper medications and focus
on improving their health.
Mother 5: Risk to child will be reduce if the diabetic women can know regarding the ways to
deal with diabetes during pregnancy.
Mother 6: From raising awareness about diabetes in young pregnant mothers, they would
Preferred the medications in gestational diabetes which are insulin and metformin.
Q7) What are the different ways used by you to raised awareness about the diabetes during
pregnancy?
Mother 1: To aware me about diabetes, I used to addressed a programme for women and give
them proper guidance.
Mother 2: To aware about the diabetes, I addressed the low cost intervention a health care
authority and it helped me in improve marital and the health of child.
Mother 3: In order to increase awareness, I watched my weight on regular basis and see
differences.
Mother 4: The healthcare professionals do early detection by prenatal screening so that I can
know about the impact of diabetes during pregnancy.
Mother 5: I joined the awareness program to diabetic pregnant women and aware about the
consequences and ways to overcome from diabetic issues.
Mother 6: I checked my body weight on continuous basis.
Q8) What physical activities you did at the time of pregnancy?
Mother 1: I did the swimming when I was pregnant and it is a better exercise.
Mother 2: Walking is an effective exercise that I did. It provides the total workout and easy on
muscles and joints.
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Mother 3: I did the Modified yoga and Pilates that reduced my stress level, encourage stretching
and improvement of flexibility.
Mother 4: Stationary bicycling exercise I used when I was pregnant because it growing belly
that can impact balance.
Mother 5: Low-impact aerobics exercise I did during pregnancy because it strengths my lungs
and heart.
Mother 6: I used to do Squatting and pelvic tilts exercise.
Q9) What kind of risk you faced during the time of pregnancy while having diabetes?
Mother 1: Having diabetes enhanced my blood pressure during pregnancy and it also increased
the future risk.
Mother 2: I faced the risk to miscarriage of baby as a diabetic patient.
Mother 3: I had nerve problem as result of diabetes and it caused some additional health issues
during pregnancy.
Mother 4: Eye problem faced by me when I was pregnant and faced diabetes issue.
Mother 5: Kidney problem is a main issue arise from diabetes to me when I was pregnant.
Mother 6: I was not face any issue during pregnancy time while having diabetes.
Q10) How might diabetes impact you during the pregnancy?
Mother 1: The high blood level at the time of pregnancy increased chance to born baby earlier.
Mother 2: From the diabetes, my baby weight was excessive.
Mother 3: The diabetes issue during my pregnancy increased high blood pressure.
Mother 4: I faced the early birth of my child due to diabetic patient at the time of my pregnancy.
Mother 5: Diabetes impacted me during the pregnancy arisen obesity issue.
Mother 6: I faced the high blood pressure problem during my pregnancy.
3.3 Recommendation
From the above mention information, there are some recommendations mention below:
 The diabetic women should monitor their blood glucose level during the pregnancy.
 During the pregnancy, diabetic women should develop its eating schedule, following
proper diabetes meal plan and also taking the diabetes medicines. These all will help in
manage diabetes effectively.
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 Pregnant women should consult with the health care provider to develop the healthy
mean plan. They should prioritise nutrition to control blood sugar before and the after
conception.
 There is a need to make appointments with the high- risk specialists. They may involve
perinatlogist which can treat women with the high- risk pregnancies.
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