BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Assignment

• Participants will show an improvement in diabetes self-management behavior

• Participants will be screened for diabetes

• Participants will adapt to the recommended diabetes coping lifestyle BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Assignment

• Participants will successfully demonstrate lifestyle changes to prevent diabetes

• 95% of the participants will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of diabetes self-management

• Above 80% of the participants will demonstrate knowledge of diabetes self-management activities

• All participants appreciate the importance of early diabetes screening in early identification and beginning treatment

• Above 70% of the participants are screened for all diabetes types

• Participants understand the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle while managing diabetes

• Above 70% of the diagnosed participants demonstrate effective diabetes treatment and management including medication adherence

• All participants show an understanding of maintaining a healthy lifestyle to prevent diabetes and diabetes complications

• Above 85% of the participants demonstrate increased physical activity and dietary/nutritional compliance

·         Participants demonstrate diabetes self-management practices

·         By the end of the lesson, participants will demonstrate ability to measure blood sugar, and record HbA1c levels

·         Participants identify physical activity programs they can join

·         Above 70% of the participants will enroll in physical exercise programs by the next meeting

·         Participants understand the role of  nutrition in effective diabetes management

·         90% or more of the participants screened and diagnosed with diabetes begin treatment by the next meeting

·         Participants demonstrate an understanding of the importance of diabetes early treatment in preventing diabetes complications

·         Each diagnosed participant identify a way to increase medication compliance

• Participants define diabetes self-management
• Participants describe self-management practices
• Based on the information provided by the instructor, the participants discuss in groups how they can manage diabetes
• Interactive question and answer activity on diabetes-self management

Objective 3. By the end of the lesson, participants will demonstrate ability to measure blood sugar, and record HbA1c levels

·         The instructor demonstrates different diabetes self-management devices

·         Participants interact with the devices

·         Real life examples of tracking HbA1c levels and measuring blood sugar are demonstrated

·         Participants demonstrate using the provided devices to measure blood sugar

• Instructor explains the role of physical exercise in diabetes prevention and management as described in the national standards for diabetes self-management
• Participants identify physical exercises and programs they can join in the community
• Participants make physical exercise schedules

Objective 4. Participants understand the role of nutrition in effective diabetes management

• The informs the participants on diabetes self-management education and support programs
• Instructor describes the relationship between appropriate nutrition and diabetes management and prevention
• Participants identify their current nutrition patterns
• Participants mention replacements for proper diet and nutritional benefits

• Instructor explores the available diabetes treatment therapies
• Clarification on alternative medicine to the participants
• Instructor demystifies myths surrounding diabetes medications

Objective 2. 90% or more of the participants screened and diagnosed with diabetes begin treatment by the next meeting.

·         Instructor conducts follow-up on the participants that were screened

·         Diagnosed participants make hospital appointment to begin treatment

Objective 3. Participants demonstrate an understanding of the importance of diabetes early treatment in preventing diabetes complications

·         Participants mention diabetes complications

·         Participants identify ways of preventing diabetes complications

·         Participants verbalize of a plan to avoid complications

Objective 4. Each diagnosed participant identify a way to increase medication compliance

·         Individual participants select a method that medication compliance that would work for them

·         Instructor leads the participants to set reminders for taking medications

·         Provide pill organizers for participants who might need them BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Assignment