Essays on Care In The Community

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RE: Reference to the article – full citation My name is “name” and I am a Nursing student from the University of fill-in-the-blank. Recently I came across the article “A primary care cardiovascular risk reduction clinic in Canada was more effective and no more expensive than usual on-demand primary care – a randomized controlled trial” from the journal “Health & Social Care In The Community” and wanted to take this opportunity to share with you some comments and other feedback that I was with regard to some of its content. In my opinion, this article does a great service to the field of preventative ...

Implementing a Diabetic Education Program for Patients and Caregivers

Abstract Method: Research question: How does teaming with patients and caregivers to implement a diabetic education program improve adherence and healthcare outcomes? Overview of the Study The study will focus on patients and caregivers who help them manage their diabetes (DM) as outpatient in a clinical setting. The target population is adult patients of all age with type 2 diabetes. The population will also include patients with DM patients, with elevated random blood sugar (BS) above 200 mg/dl twice in one week. The intervention being tested is the educational program for patients with diabetes. The group tested ...

Implementing a Diabetic Education Program for Patients and Caregivers

Introduction Research Questions Background Conceptual Framework Literature Review Abstract Background: Diabetes mellitus is becoming prevalent in the United States of America across all ethnic, socioeconomic, and demographic lines. Precisely, children, elderly people, and pregnant women of childbearing age are at a high-risk of developing the disease. It is the fourth leading cause of death globally, and “currently affects 246 million peoplearound 380 million people will have diabetes by the year 2025” (Ricci-Cabello , Ruiz-Perez, deLabry-Lima & Marquez-Calderon, 2010 p. 572). Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of implementing a patient education ...

Betancourt, J.R., Green, A.R., Carrillo, J.E., & Ananeh-Firempong, O. (2003). Defining cultural competence: a practical framework for addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care. Public Health Reports 118: 293.

Betancourt et al. (2003) chose to study the effects of certain interventions in health care to dispel racial and ethnic disparities that are accepted to occur within the healthcare system. The objective is to ultimately find a framework that equalizes and eliminates these disparities; the researchers hypothesize that a framework of their devising could address these disparities and implement equitable health care regardless of ethnicity or race. A literature review was conducted ...