Primary Prevention on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Preventive Measures on Type II Diabetes Outline
- Need Assessment
The clinical practice was conducted in living grace assisted living facilities. The need assessment was based on the prevailing trends of the type II diabetes among the American population.
Type II diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in America with yearly mortality of 79,000 deaths.
Type II diabetes has resulted in overwhelmed healthcare systems due to the ever-rising number of diabetic patients and the complex nature of the care required by the patients.
The prevention strategies to be incorporated in the health promotion approach will include a healthy diet, engaging in regular exercises, avoiding alcohol and smoking among other risk factors to support better type II diabetes management.
- Evidence Search
The information integrated in the presentation was collected through conducting an online search and survey carried out within the locality of the center on the people’s understanding of the management and prevention of diabetes type II.
Research shows that failure to take regular exercise and an unhealthy lifestyle coupled with poor diet enhances the diabetes risk factors that include overweight, obesity, poor lipid profile, and hypertension.
The information gathered informed the design of the educative poster, pamphlets, and leaflets for the clinical practice.
- Creation of teaching plan
Upon successful need assessment and evidence research, the following day, the teaching presentation plan was created.
The presentation incorporated the use of visual aids such as posters that highlighted the five food groups and suitable food to prevent type II diabetes.
Further, there was a demonstration of the entailed practical aspect such as regular monitoring of blood sugar through role-play between myself and a learner or member of the facility.
Teach back theory seeks to verify patients’ understanding of the covered content by asking them to explain the covered aspects using their own words concerning prevention and management of type II diabetes.
The planned presentation will also be changed to reflect the learners’ needs as per the evaluation received to emphasize on the customized approach.
- Feedback and Approval
The created teaching presentation was presented to the site supervisor for their view and input.
The site supervisor requested two hours to go through the teaching plan and facilitate the necessary approval by the relevant authority upon which I was to get the endorsed copy with comments for required changes.
- Review of Feedback
The teaching plan was reviewed to integrate visual aids and interpreters as expressed by the site supervisor to take care of the varying demographic attending the presentation.
The review also focused on designing posters with simple language to be understood by the learners and other users within the assisted living facility
- Presentation Development
The teaching plan was developed in line with the need to teach primary prevention of diabetes mellitus as enshrined in HP 2020 objective D – 1 that advocates for a reduction in the annual number of new cases that are diagnosed.
The development process involved developing posters with the right images.
The poster incorporated information on the right diet, prevention strategies, and pictorial images of aerobic exercises.
- Teaching Effectiveness
Teaching effectiveness will be evaluated after the teaching period together with the facility supervisor.
Learners’ ability to articulate their understanding of the covered content and design customized programs for observing the trained aspects will show the effectiveness of learning
