Overview of Quality in Health Care: Challenges with Obesity

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About 17% of adolescents and children meet the criteria for clinical obesity in the United States of America (USA). It means a lot of such individuals test positive for obesity-related infections. For example, Arkansas's Northwest Hospital present prevalent cases of obesity and overweight among teenagers. Day and Scott (2017) agree that obesity is a global health issue since it is a significant risk factor leading to increased death rates and morbidity.
On the other hand, Williamson et al. (2020) mention that death rates of Covid-19 increase two times more among 17 million NHS patients with a BMI of 30 or higher. From the above analysis, the care providers and health organizations should handle the problem of obesity on a global scale to promote positive health outcomes, reduce medical costs, increase QoL and reduce the prevalent cases of cardiovascular infection and diabetes in the USA. The paper aims to describe obesity and linked challenges, the application of EBP to address obesity, and the PI or Q1 process and present a comprehensive description of data sources (outcome and process data) and the essential organization culture considerations of work.
Significance of EBP, Research, and PI
Numerous medical research supports obesity as a significant health risk for looming health problems (NIH, 2022). Addressing the issue of obesity is complex since it's problematic to reverse the eating habits of individuals in the community. On the other hand, it is also difficult to change how individuals engage in risky health habits such as smoking (Ruzafa-Martínez et al., 2016). Numerous health organizations such as PGNB "Pediatric Growth and Nutrition Branch" execute a wide range of research projects based on childhood obesity and relevant information on preventing health-linked obesity problems.
It also presents some essential statistical information to help health experts and scholars make major health decisions in the medical sector (Umar-Kamara & Tufts, 2013). Similarly, the World Health Organization funds medical studies on the psychosocial risk of obesity, diabetes, environmental factors of obesity, prevention strategies, and pathophysiology to attain significant advances to reduce obesity problems in the American communities.
Concerning NIH (2016), obesity affects pregnancy. Influential health organizations such as CDC execute research studies and fund other health organizations to develop sound and relevant facts on obesity. For example, the Perinatology and Pregnancy Branch conduct maternal obesity-linked research studies to establish or discover short-term and long-term influences of gaining weight among pregnant women. Additionally, the Perinatology and Pregnancy Branch also check the same issues on the fetus's health.
Numerous noteworthy health reports outline EBP recommendations as effective in preventing obesity at the grassroots level (community). For example, health experts can educate community members on the adverse effects and the risk factors of obesity. The imparted knowledge can help them manage their diet, engage in physical exercise, minimize watching and avoid smoking (Berkowitz & Borchard, 2009). Watching TV and playing games among individuals can lead to obesity. Conversely, engaging in smoking can increase weight leading to obesity-linked infections. Critically, the EBP mentioned above interventions applies the concept of social learning theory, changing the perception of community members to embrace prevention programs on obesity (Berkowitz & Borchard, 2009). On the other hand, the EBP intervention programs on obesity encourage parents and guardians to adopt healthy dietary choices and support national and county government efforts to fight obesity, which has become successful in most communities in the USA.
The Application of Quality Improvement Process
Quality improvement is crucial, mainly driven by external sources affecting accreditation and reimbursement. According to Huang et al. (2013), health organizations need to understand the quality improvement process as an operational procedure requiring more than an effective tool in the cluttered and changing healthcare sector. Comprehensive quality health improvement needs five vital success elements. They include nurturing and sustaining a positive culture change and safety understanding of a health issue. Some crucial components for success include testing change strategies, continuously monitoring employees' output levels, and reporting findings to sustain a change.
Conventionally, quality improvement (QI) begins with the formation of an unswerving leadership group (team) (Change et al., 2014). The QI team must incorporate motivated care providers from numerous clinical backgrounds interested in advancing obesity care in different care facilities. When a QI team is formed, the top management engages leaders by contacting and conveying relevant information. Subsequently, the team executes the interview process to attain a baseline understanding of present resources, necessary protocols, methods, and perception of obesity and linked comorbidities.
Reflectively, such interviews and survey proceedings can advance the understanding of the perceived roles of care providers and current EBP practices linked to the management and prevention of obesity. Chang et al. (2022) researchers collect, review and upload responses received from participants and on special software to generate a visual representation of text information based on obesity. Moreover, the visual representation of text data is an appealing listing and captures major themes shared by diverse divisions and units.
After engaging the care providers, the team can now evaluate the performance (output) and provide feedback. The unit disseminates wide-hospital and division-specific health data to health organizations and presents it before a panel of health expert...