Diabetes

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at the causes and effects diabetes has on an individual, the family and the community. The paper examines the social and economic implications of the disease, focusing on the Phoenix, Arizona population. The paper discusses the methods in which nurses can address diabetes, in addition to the use of other community resources. The paper shows how diabetes can be controlled and prevented with the right knowledge and community resources.

Outline:
Introduction
Causes of Diabetes
Primary Effects on the Individual and the Family
Social and Economic Implications of Diabetes
Nurses in Diabetes Setting and Utilization of Community Resources
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"In the past few years, diabetes mellitus has emerged as a common endemic in the Phoenix, Arizona population. The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, produces a hormone called insulin to help glucose, or sugar that human bodies use for energy, get into the body's cells. Diabetes is a disease that occurs when the body either does not produce enough insulin or cannot use its own insulin as well as it should. Diabetes can cause serious health implications such as heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations. It is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Arizona Department of Health Services. (2006). AZ Diabetes Prevention and Control Program. Retrieved February 23, 2007, from http://www.azdhs.gov/phs/oncdps/diabetes/igns.htm
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (1997). National Diabetes Fact Sheet: National estimates and general information on diabetes in the United States. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services.
• Georgia Home Medical. (2004). Diabetes Education. Retrieved February 23, 2007, from http://www.ghmed.com.
• Narayan, V. (1997). Diabetes Mellitus in Native Americans: The Problem and its Implications. Springer Netherlands.

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