QUESTION
This is a discussion post, not a case studies or an essay
Core Components of peer response:
·Your response must be 400-500 words long (excluding references). Please stick to word count 500 -550 max
·It must be supported by at least 4 relevant scholarly resources listed in CDU APA 7th edition format and incorporated in-text appropriately.
·Consider all aspects of what they have written and reflect on your understanding and feelings around the information to guide your response.
·Share any insight which you may have on your peer’s discussion topic/action plan from your own experience and/or reading.
·Address any/all questions that your peer may have raised in the post below
Peer Response
Respond to the action plan and below post of the health challenge.
Core Components of peer response:
- Your response must be 400-500 words long (excluding references).
- It must be supported by at least 4 relevant scholarly resources listed in CDU APA 7th edition format and incorporated in-text appropriately.
- Consider all aspects of what they have written and reflect on your understanding and feelings around the information to guide your response.
- Share any insight which you may have on your peer’s discussion topic/action plan from your own experience and/or reading.
- Address any/all questions that your peer may have raised in the post below
Tips:
- Remember to respectfully acknowledge your peer at the beginning of your post.
- Comment on the posts with respect and suspension of judgement.
- Use polite, professional language in your posts, but remember that this is a discussion and not an essay.
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Community Health Nursing Action Plan |
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Target group |
Indigenous Australians |
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Health challenge |
Diabetes Mellitus |
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Promotion of health |
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Promotion of independence |
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Evaluation of strategies |
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The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2016) found that health promotion can be useful to build social and physical settings that support healthy behaviours and improve quality of life. The gap between Indigenous Australian’s and non-Indigenous Australians in relation to health inequalities is well documented. This health care promotion will focus directly on Indigenous Australian’s and burden of diabetes mellitus within this target group. With diabetes being the Australia’s fastest developing chronic disease, this calls for attention and review. Burrow and Ride (2016) suggest that the greatest burden of diabetes mellitus is on those who are socially disadvantaged and Indigenous peoples. The authors state that the incidence of diabetes among the Indigenous Australian population is three times more likely to occur. Ride (2017) acknowledge that this target group are prone to a reduced amount of physical activity and poorer nutritional habits, which are key risk factors for the development of diabetes.
As a community health nurse, there are a range of tools that can be used to promote independence and health within the setting. Cultural sensitivity should be considered when developing a health promotion plan; promoting safety and security of the promotion plan is priority, which will allow individuals to safely discuss their health problems; the development of rapport with their health care nurse will also be beneficial to gain trust. A tool used for this health promotion will include a dietary assessment with recommendations about how to improve nutrition to prevent/manage diabetes. The second tool will include a physical assessment to assess how much exercise the individual is doing and how much can be tolerated. Colberg et al. (2016) discusses the benefits that physical activity can improve blood glucose control in diabetes and enhances well-being. An important component to any health care promotion is to raise awareness within the community, this can be achieved by posters around community locations or advertisements on social media or television.
This health care promotion will be re-assessed in six months’ time after commencement date to evaluate effectiveness and to allow for improvement in any areas that may be lacking. A survey will be sent out to clients of the program and will be assessed this way.
References
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2016). Prevention and health promotion. https://bit.ly/2X5gLNZ
Burrow, S. & Ride, K. (2016). Review of diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. https://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/healthinfonet/getContent.php?linkid=590810&title=Review+of+diabetes+among+Aboriginal+and+Torres+Strait+Islander+people
Colberg, S. R., Sigal, R. J., Yardley, J. E., Riddell, M. C., Dunstan, D. W., Dempsey, P. C., Horton, E. S., Castorino, K., & Tate, D. F. (2016). Physical activity/exercise and diabetes: A position statement of the American diabetes association. Diabetes Care, 39, 2065 – 2079. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc16-1728
Ride, K. (2017). Plain language review of diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People. https://bit.ly/38ouO8p
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Peer Response: Responding to peer post on Community health Action Plan
Hello. The article has strongly provided a community health action plan for the Indigenous Australians on the health issue of diabetes mellitus. I like how the post begins with a quote from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare on the importance of health promotion for facilitating healthy behaviors and enhancing the quality of life. Evidently, this makes it easier to identify that the post has focused on health promotion as an aspect which can be incorporated within the life of Indigenous Australians to foster their understanding of the requisite strategies of avoiding diabetes mellitus. I like how the post effectively addresses the case of health inequality as depicted between the Indigenous and the non-Indigenous Australians and further relate it to the high cases of diabetes mellitus as recorded by the Indigenous groups. According to Kutcher, Wei and Coniglio (2016), the existing gap between the Indigenous and the non-Indigenous groups has encouraged marginalization and racism which further affects health behavior and social networks. The post has effectively documented this factor by discussing that the Indigenous people are socially disadvantaged and hence the increased reliance on poor nutritional diets which increases the potential for diabetes mellitus development.
The post has effectively addressed dietary education as a desirable tool that a community health nurse can implement to control diabetes mellitus case in the population. However, I believe that educating the members of the population about daily calorie-intake and the benefits of indulging in physical activity would be effective in controlling the prevalence rates of diabetes mellitus cases in the population. Notably, being active makes the body to be more sensitive to the insulin hormone hence allowing the body cells to utilize the blood sugar to generate the required energy, thus managing the diabetes (Waterworth, Pescud, Braham, Dimmock & Rosenberg, 2015). Although the post considers raising awareness as a desirable tool for the nurses, I believe that one-on-one sessions for the promotions will be more effective in comparison to the adverts and posters. Grillich (2016), states that one-on-one training sessions are effective for health promotions since they create an opportunity for the target audience to ask questions of how to maintain a better health and hence, a desirable outcome.
The post has effectively provided a workable timeline for evaluating its effectiveness. Moreover, the use of surveys for the program assessment is a desirable way of understanding the impact of the plan on addressing the case of diabetes mellitus among the Indigenous people. Despite this, the inclusion of follow-up sessions with a shorter period than the stated six-month time is necessary in this case. Arguably, the follow-up sessions will be focused of collecting notes about the areas of strengths and weaknesses experienced by the Indigenous people in embracing the recommendations. Moreover, the follow-up will be effective in maximizing the number of responses generated from the surveys by reminding the clients to complete the forms for a better assessment results (DeFranzo, 2020).
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References
DeFranzo, S. (2020). The Importance of Post-Event Surveys. Snap Surveys. Retrieved from https://www.snapsurveys.com/blog/importance-postevent-surveys/
Grillich, L. (2016). Effectiveness evaluation of a health promotion programme in primary schools: a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 16, 679. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-3330-4
Kutcher, S., Wei, Y., & Coniglio, C. (2016). Mental Health Literacy: Past, Present, and Future. Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie, 61(3), 154–158. https://doi.org/10.1177/0706743715616609
Waterworth, P., Pescud, M. Braham, R., Dimmock, J., & Rosenberg, M. (2015). Factors Influencing the Health Behaviour of Indigenous Australians: Perspectives from Support People. Plos ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142323