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A 6 page research paper that discusses the need to shift from the main focus of diabetic care being on secondary prevention of complications to primary prevention and intervention that will prevent pre-diaetics from developing the disease. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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heart disease (CHD), as well as stroke, hypertension, blindness, chronic renal failure, and atherosclerosis. Due to the devastating effects that diabetes has on the body, the primary emphasis on diabetic
care has traditionally been on identifying and treating individuals who have already developed this disease. While this emphasis on secondary prevention is understandable, as well as necessary and required,
the emphasis on secondary prevention has not achieved its intended goal, which is completely prevent these complications from occurring. Therefore, the rising incidence of the disease occurring in the global
population has prompted a shift in healthcare from focusing on secondary prevention to promoting primary prevention within the practice of routine clinical care. Therefore, the following paper examines literature with
the goal of aiding nurses and organizations move from primarily providing supportive care towards the goal of preventing diabetes through patient education. Theories, concepts and strategies garnered from nursing care
management literature will demonstrate the benefits that can be derived from this approach to addressing the problem of increasing numbers of individuals who are developing some form of diabetes.
The risk factors of obesity, sedentary lifestyle and an unhealthy diet have been well established in regards to the pathogenesis of diabetes. Furthermore, the likelihood of an individual developing diabetes
can be easily determined via the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and by testing fasting plasma glucose (FPG), as these tests are reliable and cost effective (Dash, Kumar and Agarwal,
2009). Individuals with impaired glucose levels are considered to be pre-diabetic and are at serious risk of developing the disease. The Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS) illustrates how aggressive
intervention in the form of patient education can facilitate the goal of primary prevention of diabetes. In this study, 522 subjects with impaired glucose levels were randomly assigned either to
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