Diabetes Care in California for the African American Cultural Group
Purpose
This assignment allows the learner to apply knowledge gained about health promotion concepts and strategies, enhance written communication skills, and demonstrate a beginning understanding of cultural competency.
Course outcomes: This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes:
1. Discuss the professional nurse’s role in health promotion activities. (PO 1 and 2)
3. Discuss health promotion, illness prevention, health maintenance, health restoration, and rehabilitation in relation to the nurse’s role in working with various populations. (PO 1, 2, and 8)
7. Identify health promotion strategies throughout the life span. (PO 1, 2, and 4)
Due date: Your faculty member will inform you when this assignment is due. The Late Assignment Policy applies to this assignment.
Total points possible: 100 points
Preparing the assignment
Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
1) Identify a health problem or need for health promotion for a particular stage in the life span of a population from a specific culture in your area.
2) Choose one of the Leading Health Indicator (LHI) priorities from Healthy People. https://health(dot)gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/leading-health-indicators
3) Research a topic related to health and wellness associated with one of the Healthy People topic areas.
4) Submit your topic to the instructor for approval at least 2 weeks prior to the final assignment due date, but earlier if desired. All topics must be approved.
5) You will develop an educational health promotion project addressing the population/culture in your area.
6) Use TurnItIn in time to make any edits that might be necessary based on the Similarity Index prior to submitting your paper to your faculty. Consult with your faculty about the acceptable Similarity Index for this paper.
7) For writing assistance, visit the Writing Center page https://mychamberlain(dot)sharepoint(dot)com/sites/StudentResourceCenter/WC.
8) Include the following sections (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading Rubric).
a. Introduction and Conclusion- 15 points/15%
• Introduction establishes the purpose of the paper and describes why topic is important to health promotion in the target population in your area.
• Introduction stimulates the reader’s interest.
• Conclusion includes the main ideas from the body of the paper.
• Conclusion includes the major support points from the body of the paper.
b. Relate Topic to Target Population- 25 points/25%
• Describes the topic and target cultural population.
• Includes statistics to support significance of the topic.
• Explains how the project relates to the selected Healthy People topic area.
• Applies health promotion concepts.
c. Summary of Articles- 25 points/25%
• A minimum of three (3) scholarly articles, from the last 5 years, are used as sources.
• Articles meet criteria of being from scholarly journals and include health promotion and wellness content.
• At least one article is related to the chosen cultural group.
• Summaries all key points and findings from the articles.
• Includes statistics to support significance of the topic.
• Discusses how information from the articles is used in the Health Promotion Project, including specific examples.
d. Health Promotion Discussion - 25 points/25%
• Describes approaches to educate the target population about the topic.
• The approaches are appropriate for the cultural target population.
• Identifies specific ways to promote lifestyle changes within the target population.
• Applies health promotion strategies.
e. APA Style and Organization - 10 points/10%
• TurnItIn is used prior to submitting paper for grading.
• Revisions are made based on TurnItIn originality report.
• References are submitted with assignment.
• Use current APA format and is free of errors.
• Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.
• Paper is 3-4 pages, excluding title and reference pages.
• Information is organized around required components and flows in a logical sequence.
Diabetes Care in California
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Diabetes Care in California
Introduction
This paper aims to discuss the professional nurse’s role in health promotion activities in the context of the African American cultural group. It will also describe the topic of diabetes and the target cultural population and summarize three related articles. Finally, the essay will address the appropriate approaches to educating the target population.
Diabetes Care in California In the Context of The African American Cultural Group
Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in California and America. For instance, a 2021 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that over 34 million Americans have a chronic disease. This high prevalence rate is also reflected in California, where approximately 10.5% of the adult population in California (3,209,418 people) have been diagnosed with the disease. The 2021 report also shows that 33.4% of the adult population in the state (10,320,000 people) have abnormally high levels of blood glucose but are not yet high enough to classify as diabetes or what is known as prediabetes. Moreover, the report shows that while 272,814 people in California are diagnosed with the chronic disease (one of the highest numbers of new cases in the country), an additional 884,000 people are not yet aware they have diabetes, thereby exacerbating their health risk (American Diabetes Association, 2021). These statistics indicate that diabetes is a serious health burden to the state and heightens the need for health promotion and prevention.
Moreover, the rates of diagnosed diabetes in adults are higher among African Americans and Hispanics. For instance, 12.3 out of every 100 people in California with diabetes are African American, and 12.1 are Hispanic, compared to 8.4 for Whites and 8.5 for Asians (Slone, 2018). The African American cultural group is most affected by diabetes because of biological, economic, and cultural risk factors. African Americans are not only genetically predisposed to have the condition. However, they are also more likely to experience socioeconomic barriers that heighten the risk of the condition and prevent them from accessing healthcare resources critical to prevention and treatment. The project relates to the selected Healthy People 2030 goal of reducing the number of diabetes cases diagnosed yearly (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2023). The Healthy People 2030 aims to reduce the more than 30 million cases of chronic conditions in America by reducing diabetes prevalence, complications, and deaths. Moreover, Healthy People 2030 acknowledges that the disease disproportionally burdens some racial/ethnic minorities and that many people with the condition do not realize they have it.
The Healthy People 2030 will help reduce diabetes in California by supporting the project’s goal of reducing new diabetes cases among the African American cultural group, one of California's most affected populations. This project supports Healthy People 2030 by allowing nurses to play the role of facilitators in diabetes prevention. Nurses can be the catalysts for lower diabetes prevalence rates by encouraging, mentoring, and teaching patients to adopt healthier lifestyles and receive preventative services like screenings, counseling, and medications.
Summary of Articles
The first article that meets the criteria for scholarly journals and includes health promotion and wellness content is by Palmer et al. (2021). This research article investigated the effectiveness of U.S. barbershops and hair salons in providing culturally appropriate diabetes h...