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Title: Diabetes Mellitus


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Diabetes Mellitus
  • PRESENTED BY
  • Folasade Adesina
  • Michael Itidiare
  • Nicole Lafortune
  • Sophia Laguer
  • Lauren Young
  • Ali Zaidi
  • SPECIAL THANKS TO
  • Dr. Aliya Brown

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  • Diabetes mellitus is a disease characterized by
    persistent hyperglycemia (high blood sugar
    levels). It is a metabolic disease that requires
    medical diagnosis, treatment and lifestyle
    changes.

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Problem
  • Although many resources and programs have been
    established to decrease the prevalence of
    diabetes, diabetes is still increasing in the
    African American community

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Question
  • Is the prevalence of diabetes within the African
    American community more linked to their
    socioeconomic status or genetics?

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What Are the Two Types of Diabetes
  • Type I Diabetes
  • Type II Diabetes

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  • Type I Diabetes An autoimmune disease in which
    the pancreas makes little or no insulin,
    resulting in an abnormally high blood sugar
    level. Formerly known as insulin-dependent
    diabetes or juvenile diabetes
  • Type II Diabetes insulin is present but doesn't
    work adequately. Usually occurs over the age of
    30 and is controlled by diet and medication or
    diet and insulin. Also known as non insulin
    dependent and maturity onset diabetes.

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Comparison in Type I and Type II Diabetes
Type I Type II Type I Type II Type I Type II
Onset primarily in childhood and adolescence Onset predominantly after 40 years of age
Often thin or normal weight Often obese
Prone to ketoacidosis No ketoacidosis
Insulin administration required for survival Insulin administration not required for survival
Pancreas is damaged by an autoimmune attack Pancreas is not damaged by an autoimmune attack

Absolute insulin deficiency Relative insulin deficiency and/or insulin resistance
Treatment insulin injections Treatment (1) healthy diet and increased exercise (2) hypoglycemic tablets (3) insulin injections

Increased prevalence in relatives Increased prevalence in relatives
Identical twin studies lt50 concordance Identical twin studies usually above 70 concordance

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Diagnosis
  • Diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes in African
    Americans, U.S, 1996 2006.

Mortality rates in African American and white
diabetic men and women
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Risk Factors
  • A family history of diabetes. If a parent or
    sibling in your family has diabetes, your risk of
    developing diabetes increases.
  • Age over 45
  • Race or ethnic background. The risk of diabetes
    is greater in Hispanics, blacks, Native Americans
    and Asians.
  • Being overweight. If you are overweight, defined
    as a body mass index (BMI) greater than 25.
  • Hypertension. High blood pressure increases the
    risk of developing diabetes.
  • Abnormal cholesterol levels. HDL ("good")
    cholesterol levels under 35 mg/dL (milligrams per
    deciliter) and/or a triglyceride level over 250
    mg/dL increases your risk

A person with some or all of the above listed
risk factors may never develop diabetes, but your
chances increase the more risk factors you have.
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Obesity is a factor!!!
  • To determine whether or not a patient is
    overweight or obese doctors use the body mass
    index.
  • body mass index (BMI) provides a relative measure
    of weight adjusted for the respective height.
  • More and more people are becoming affected with
    diabetes because nations are switching to a
    westernized (American) lifestyle that emphasizes
    rich foods and sedentary living
  • In the U.S. one of three Americans are obese
    33, and two of three, 67 of teenagers are at
    risk of becoming obese and developing diabetes
    because of little or no vigorous physical
    activity.

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Affect of Obesity on Diabetes
  • In the normal process of food metabolism, sugar
    called glucose enters the bloodstream.
  • Glucose is a source of fuel for the body.
  • An organ called the pancreas makes insulin. The
    role of insulin is to move glucose from the
    bloodstream into muscle, fat, and liver cells,
    where it can be used as fuel.
  • When an individual is obese food metabolism is
    slowed down because of lack of exercise causing
    the sugar production to be produced and a large
    quantity is built up within the body more than
    the human body can handle
  • Making it difficult for the pancreas to regulate
    the normal amount of blood sugar needed in the
    body, resulting in type II diabetes.
  • THE MORE OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE YOU ARE, THE GREATER
    YOUR RISK OF DIABETES!!

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Prevalence of Diabetic Patients and Obesity
  • In 2003 the Journal of American Medical
    Association reported statistics that show the
    correlation between obesity and diabetes within
    the United States.
  • They reported that obesity climbed from 19.8 in
    American Adults to 20.9 between 2000 and 2001.
    Within that same time frame the diagnosed cases
    of diabetes increased from 7.3 to 7.9.

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Obesity Vs. Diabetes
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Diabetes in Impoverished Communities
  • Poverty has been under recognized as a
    contributor to the prevalence of type 2 diabetes
  • Low socioeconomic status within minority
    populations appear to particularly be affected by
    overweight and obesity
  • -- this is due to low education of proper
    nutrition and the dangers of disease
  • -- with little or no knowledge of a proper
    diet, poorer people are more likely to eat high
    calorie junk food and exercise less.
  • Also in such communities, they cannot afford
    proper health care and do not seek regular
    physician assistance.
  • -- increasing the risk of the development of
    obesity leading to diabetes, hypertension,
    heart disease and much more.
  • People with less than a high school education had
    higher rates of both obesity 27.4 and diabetes
    13 than people who had a high school education
  • Information from Behavioral Risk Factor
    Surveillance System (BRFSS), a state-based
    telephone survey that collects information from
    adults aged 18 years or older. For this survey,
    participants were asked about their height and
    weight and if they had ever been told by a doctor
    that they had diabetes.

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Diabetes is Also Genetic
Diabetes is a hereditary disease. The genes
that make an individual susceptible to get
diabetes is passed from one generation to the
next. However, the risk of getting diabetes is
passed on NOT the disease itself. First
generation relatives have a higher risk of
developing type I diabetes than people whom do
not have any past history of diabetes in their
respective families. In type II diabetes
studies have shown that the first generation are
at about 3X more likely to get diabetes than
those without. Also with identical twins,
rates of diagnosing diabetes within sets range
from 60-90, which is significantly higher than
fraternal twins , proving a strong genetic
correlation.
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Genetic Statistics
KEY
Female Male Female Diabetic Male Diabetic
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African-Americans and Community
  • Most African Americans with diabetes have Type 2,
    which develops in adulthood and requires
    treatment with some combination of exercise,
    proper diet, medication and injected insulin
  • African Americans are 1.8 times more likely to
    have diabetes than other ethnicities.
  • Obesity has reached near epidemic proportions in
    the United States. The prevalence of obesity is
    high among African Americans, particularly
    African American women, making them at high risk
    for developing diabetes.
  • The proportion of African American women who are
    obese is 80 percent higher than the proportion of
    men who are obese. When compared to non-Hispanic
    white women, 69 percent of African American women
    are overweight or obese.
  • The prevalence of obesity increases up to age 60
    after which there is a decline
  • Klauer, J., Aronne, L. J., (2002). Managing
    Overweight and Obesity in Women. Clinical
    Obstetrics Gynecology, 45(4), 1080-1088.
  • American diabetes association

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African Americans Diabetes Genetics Theory
  • Some researchers believe that African Americans
    inherited a "thrifty gene" from their African
    ancestors. Such a gene might have initially
    enabled Africans to use energy more efficiently
    when food was scarce. The theory is that today,
    without "feast and famine" cycles, the thrifty
    gene may make African Americans more likely to
    develop type 2 diabetes.
  • Other study results found that African Americans
    had the highest rates of both obesity 31.1 and
    diabetes 11.2 compared with other ethnic
    groups.
  • National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse,
    "Diabetes in African Americans,"
    (http//www.niddk.nih.gov/health/diabetes/pubs/afa
    m/afam.htm).

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Prevalence of Diabetes by Race
  • Whites 13.1 million, or 8.7 of all non-Hispanic
    whites aged 20 years or older have diabetes.
  • Blacks 3.2 million, or 13.3 of all non-Hispanic
    blacks aged 20 years or older have diabetes.
    After adjusting for population age differences
  • Non-Hispanic blacks are 1.8 times as likely to
    have diabetes as non-Hispanic whites.
  • Diabetes results in death for 20 percent more
    African American men and 40 percent more African
    American women than whites.
  • Twenty-five percent of African Americans between
    the ages of 65 and 74 have diabetes.
  • One in four African American women over 55 years
    of age has diabetes.

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Comparison of Diabetes Frequency by Race and Age
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Hunterdon and Camden County
  • Type I diabetes affects 5-7.5 of the US
    population in Camden County, New Jersey.
  • Diabetes affects the members of Hunterdon County,
    New Jersey at a rate of 5.4.

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Diabetes in The United States
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Type I in the United States
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Type II in the United States
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Diabetes in South Africa Genetics Vs Culture
  • Projected statistics for South Africa reveal a
    rapid increase in the incidence of diabetes
    especially with urbanization of the African
    populations.
  • For the people of South Africa the increase in
    the rate of diagnosed diabetes is because of
    people opting to live a lifestyle similar to that
    of the United States, which emphasize more eating
    habits and little to no exercise.

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By 2025, the number of people with diabetes is
expected to more than double in Africa, the
Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, and
South-East Asia, and rise by 20 in Europe, 50
in North America, 85 in South and Central
America and 75 in the Western Pacific.
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FACTS
  • 7.8 million (8.3) of all men in the US have
    diabetes
  • 9.1 million (8.9) of all women in the US have
    diabetes
  • About ½ of all diabetes cases occur in people
    over the age of 55
  • -- The risk for Type 2 increases with age
  • 2.8 million (13) of African Americans have
    diabetes
  • 105,000 Native Americans and Alaska Natives
    (15.1) have diabetes

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Diabetes - "The Silent Killer"
  • Heart disease leading cause of diabetes
    related deaths
  • -- 2 to 4 times higher in adults with
    diabetes
  • Stroke risk is 2 to 4 times higher among
    people with diabetes
  • 73 of adults with diabetes have high blood
    pressure or hypertension
  • Leading cause of blindness among adults 20-74
    years old
  • Diabetic nerve related disease
  • -- leads to lower-extremity amputations
  • Complications during pregnancy

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Prevention
  • TYPE 1 - Juvenile Diabetes
  • No known methods to prevent Type 1 diabetes
  • TYPE 2
  • Lifestyle Changes
  • - - Diet, physical activity

AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE AT A HIGHER RISK FOR TYPE 2
DIABETES AND BEING OVERWEIGHT INCREASES THEIR
RISK.
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Managing Type 1
  • Proper diet
  • -- lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains
  • -- broils meats (poultry and fish)
  • Exercise
  • -- varies with age

-- proper diet and exercise must be balanced to
avoid risk of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and
hyperglycemia (high blood sugar)
  • Insulin Injections
  • Home sugar monitoring

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Keys to Healthy Diet
  • Balance and moderation
  • Reduce portion size
  • -- Split restaurant meals or have the other
    half wrapped to go
  • Physical Activity
  • -- 60 mins every day for children
  • ex hopscotch, basketball, dance
  • -- 30 mins every day for adults
  • ex. walk, dance

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Is Money a Problem?
MAKE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE A FAMILY AFFAIR
  • Plan ahead. Make a list of meal ideas for the
    coming week
  • Buy in season fruits and vegetables
  • -- Prefer local farmer markets (foods
    fresher and cheaper)
  • Purchase canned frozen fruits and vegetables
    when fresh ones are not affordable
  • Stock up on sale items
  • Assemble snacks at home in small baggies and
    use foods healthy foods
  • -- nuts seeds
  • -- low fat cheese
  • -- fresh fruits vegetables

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Diabetes Related Services
Weigh to Go -- 4 wk. weight management group
for kids age 10-14 (fee 90) Smart Cart --
Personal Grocery Shopper (fee 30) Shapedown
Childrens Weight Management Program (6-18 years
of age) -- 10 wk. program that promotes
changes in food habits, exercise, self-esteem and
weight Diabetes Fitness Program -- 6 sessions
over a 2 wk. period (fee 164) Yoga
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Diabetes Education Programs
CAMDEN COUNTY VS
HUNTERDON COUNTY
Facility Hunterdon Medical Center Program
Diabetes Health Center
Facility Virtua Health Program Virtua Camden
  • Diabetes Self-Management Education Group
  • Individual Nutrition Counseling
  • Pregnancy Diabetes Counseling
  • Community Lectures
  • Support Groups
  • Syringe Disposal Program
  • Glucose and Foot Screenings
  • vHealthHighway
  • -- Monthly email of wellness articles
  • Individual and Groups Sessions
  • Nutrition Counseling
  • Insulin Pump Classes and Support
  • Student with Diabetes School Program
  • Yoga for People with Diabetes
  • Safe Syringe Disposal Program
  • Stress Management Program
  • Diabetes Fitness Program
  • Group Home Instruction
  • Speaker Services

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If both areas offer very similar programs, why is
there such a huge disparity in the prevalence of
diabetes in each area?
City of Camden in Camden County
City of Flemington in Hunterdon County
Est. Pop in 2003 80,089 Median Household Income
23,421 Ancestry Family History African
American - 53 Puerto Rican - 29 Other
Hispanic or Latino - 4 Sub-Saharan African -
2 African - 2 West Indian (excluding Hispanic
groups) Support for Libraries Local gov.
funding was below national average in
2001-2002 Education 5 of residents age 25 or
older have a bachelors or advanced college degree
Est. Pop. in 2003 4,234

Median
Household Income 39,886 Ancestry Family
History African American - 3 Puerto Rican 7
Other Hispanic or Latino West Indian (excluding
Hispanic groups) - 1 Support for Libraries
Local gov. funding was above the national average
in 2001-2002 Education 27 of residents age 25
and older have a bachelors or advanced college
degree
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Comparison between the city of Camden and
Flemington
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Treatment Focus for Type 1
  • Pathophysiology
  • -- The pancreas does not produce insulin
  • -- This is an autoimmune disease
  • -- develops because the body destroys the beta
    cells in the islet tissue of the pancreas that
    produces insulin.
  • So the main treatment goal for Type 1 diabetes is
    giving supplemental insulin.

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Treatment Focus for Type 2
  • Pathophysiology
  • Insulin resistance, which is a condition in which
    body cells do not fully respond to the action of
    insulin
  • Your pancreas does not make enough insulin
  • So the treatment goal for Type 2 Diabetes is
    increase bodys sensitivity to insulin and reduce
    sugar intake.

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Pharmaceutical Agents for Type 1
  • Insulin- a hormone produced in the pancreas that
    allows sugar to enter body cells, where it is
    used for energy. It also helps store extra body
    sugar in muscle, fat, and liver cells.
  • Sources of Insulin
  • -- Pigs
  • -- Cow
  • -- Recombinant DNA

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The Almighty Insulin
  • Insulin has to enter the body's bloodstream to be
    effective. This is accomplished through
    injections into the fat layer usually in the arm,
    thigh, or abdomen.
  • The timing of insulin injections is very
    important. Insulin usually needs to be
    administered before mealtimes.

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Alternative Ways of Administering Insulin
  • Injection aids
  • Insulin pens
  • Insulin jet injectors
  • An inhaled insulin delivery system
  • Subcutaneous infusion
  • External insulin pumps

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The Insulin Pump
  • An insulin pump is a small mechanical battery
    operated device that is about the same size as a
    pager or cell phone.  The insulin pump is made of
    a durable plastic that will withstand the wear
    and tear that is required in daily activity. 

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Waiting to InhaleThe Insulin Inhaler
  • The FDA approved Pfizer's Exubera, the first
    inhalable form of insulin for diabetics in Late
    January of this year.
  • Exubera is a dry, powdered form of insulin that
    is inhaled into the lungs. This is the first new
    form of delivery since diabetics started
    injecting insulin in the 1920s.

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Pharmaceutical Agents for Type 2. Cont.
  • Biguanides-They lower blood sugar by decreasing
    the amount of sugar produced by the liver.
  • -- Metformin (Glucophage)
  • Alpha Glucosidase Inhibitors- block the enzymes
    that digest the starches you eat. This action
    causes a slower and lower rise of blood glucose
    through the day, but mainly right after meals.
  • -- Miglitol (Glyset)
  • -- Acarbose (Precose)

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Pharmaceutical Agents for Type 2
  • Thazolinediones- They improve the way cells in
    the body respond to insulin by lowering insulin
    resistance.
  • -- Piglitazone (Actos )
  • -- Rosiglitazone.
  • Sulfonylureas- work by causing your pancreas to
    release more insulin into the bloodstream. this
    way it lowers blood sugar and helps the way you
    use food to make energy.
  • -- glipizide,
  • -- tolazamide,
  • -- glyburide.

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TLC Please!!! Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes
  • Diet
  • Of all racial groups, African Americans have
    the most difficulty in eating diets that are low
    in fat and high in fruits, vegetables, and whole
    grains. Some explanations for this include
  • -- The greater market availability of packaged
    and processed foods
  • -- The high cost of fresh fruit, vegetables, and
    lean cuts of meat
  • -- The common practice of frying food
  • -- Using fats in cooking.
  • Exercise
  • -- According to Initiative Media blacks watch
    73.6 hours of TV a week, about 17 hours more than
    Latinos and 22 hours more than Whites and Asians.
  • Stress
  • -- Living while black Index

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Can we be compliant??
  • African-Americans with type 2 diabetes appear to
    be less likely than whites to take prescribed
    medications, reported in the July issue of the
    Journal of the National Medical Association.
  • Factors that may lead to noncompliance with
    therapy include
  • -- Onerous life-style changes,
  • -- Drug side effects
  • -- Failure to perceive benefit in the short term
    or believe that benefit will accrue in the long
    term.
  • -- Cost (money and time)
  • EDUCATION is the key!!!
  • -- Explain to patients the importance of
    compliance when taking medications for type 2
    diabetes.
  • -- Explain that oral medications, combined with
    diet changes and exercise, may prevent or delay
    the need for insulin injections, and can reduce
    the risk for complications such as blindness,
    heart disease, kidney failure, and vascular and
    neurological problems leading to amputations.
  • A key reason of non-compliance in African
    Americans is the cultural factor.

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  • Definition
  • Customary beliefs, social forms and material
    traits of a racial, religious or social group
  • May also refer to characteristics of everyday
    existence shared by a people in a place or time
  • Culture can include the language, music,
    food, and rituals.

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African American Culture
  • Nutrition
  • General Dietary Influences
  • --African Americans have difficulty eating diets
    low in fat and high in vegetables, fruits and
    whole grain
  • --Explanations may include
  • Availability of packaged and processed foods
  • High cost of healthy foods, including vegetables,
    fresh fruits and lean cuts of meat.
  • Common culture of frying foods and using fat in
    soul food preparation.

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African American Culture
  • Derived from slavery and rural impoverished
    conditions
  • Traditionally cooked and seasoned with pork
    products and fried in lard or oil
  • Foods include chitterlings (chitlins), pork
    chops, potlikker, turnips, grits, and hushpuppies

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African American Culture
  • African American Belief in Healthcare
  • -- Culture affects African Americans taking
    symptoms seriously.
  • -- Health beliefs stem from religious beliefs
  • -- Many often turn to home remedies
  • Yellow root tea lowers blood sugar
  • Fresh pork helps improve hypertension

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African American Culture
  • African American Belief in Healthcare
  • -- Beliefs about diabetes
  • Common themes include
  • Running in families
  • Eating too much sugar
  • Not taking care of yourself

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African Americans And Healthcare
  • Disparities reflect a long history of economic
    deprivation and barriers to healthcare
  • --African American adults are less likely to have
    job based insurance
  • --African Americans are twice as likely as Whites
    to report treatment with disrespect during a
    healthcare visit.
  • --African Americans were almost twice as likely
    as whites to believe their doctors looked down
    on them.

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  • Questions to consider
  • --How does the African American culture deal with
    illness?
  • --How are medical decisions made in the African
    American community?
  • --What is the African American cultures norms
    about healthcare and sickness?

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Cultural Sensitivity
  • Incorporation of experiences, norms, values,
    behavioral patterns, and beliefs of a specific
    population.

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Role Of the Government
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Is Congress Helping?
  • Gestational Act
  • Health Insurance Options
  • School Legislative Action

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Gestational Act
  • Gestational Diabetes occurs is 4 to 8 percent of
    all pregnant women. With this being the case,
    135,000 women in the United States alone are
    affected by this type of diabetes.
  • In response to this, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton
    and Susan Collins presented the Gestational
    Diabetes (GEDI) Act to the U.S. Senate.
  • The bill aims to lower the incidence of
    gestational diabetes and prevent women afflicted
    with this condition and their children from
    developing type 2 diabetes.

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Health Insurance Options
  • Diabetes is a disease that is for most people
    self- managed. In order to stay healthy, a person
    with diabetes needs access to supplies like test
    strips, meters and insulin.
  • Usually, people are able to get these
    medications and supplies through their health
    insurance policies.
  • Ironically those who have diabetes may find
    difficulty obtaining and or keeping health
    insurance and life insurance!
  • But through American Diabetes Association (ADA)
    these is hope!
  • This association is committed to improving the
    quality of life for seniors affected with
    diabetes. Under the Medicare and Modernization
    Act, millions of people with Medicare will be
    able to live longer and healthier lives through
    utilization of new preventative services that
    became effective January 1, 2005.

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School Legislative Action
  • Students with diabetes should have the same
    access to educational opportunities as other
    students. In some schools this principle is not
    exercised. As a result federal laws such as the
    Individual with Diabetes in Education Act (IDEA)
    have been instituted.

The states that have passed school diabetes care
legislation are marked in red.
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Programs
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Diabetes Outreach and Education (DOES)
  • The Diabetes Outreach and Education System
    program (DOES) works with individuals and
    organizations to increase public awareness and
    encourage actions that will help communities
    control diabetes and its complications. This
    initiative supports the National Diabetes
    Education Program effort to help communities
    across the country develop comprehensive outreach
    programs and education campaigns to control type
    2 diabetes.

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Diabetes Outreach and Education (DOES) cont.
  • The DOES program targets five southern Jersey
    communities Atlantic , Camden , Cumberland ,
    Salem and Ocean Counties . It is the first
    program of its kind in New Jersey and is a
    statewide model.

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  • Lightened Hunterdon is a Partnership for Health
    initiative to raise awareness about weight
    management and increasing physical activity to
    Hunterdon County residents and health
    professionals

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New Jersey Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
  • The New Jersey Area Health Education Centers
    (AHEC) were established in 1978, in partnership
    with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of
    New Jersey, as part of a national initiative to
    strengthen the health of communities through
    educational partnerships.
  • Camden AHEC is committed to improving the health
    of the medically underserved - the ethnic and
    culturally diverse, the aged, the poor, the very
    young, the unemployed, the homeless and the
    uninsured. Particular emphasis is on providing
    services in the communities of Camden and Camden
    and Burlington Counties.

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The Positives of (DOES)
  • Increases knowledge of diabetes through
    educational programs and an annual congress
  • Engages with statutory organizations on behalf of
    the people with diabetes.
  • Promotes research that is relevant to people with
    diabetes in underserved areas.

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The Diabetes Association of South Africa (DASA)
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  • Diabetes South Africa is a non-profit
    organization, funded in 1969 to be a support and
    an advocate for all people with diabetes in South
    Africa
  • The Goal of DASA
  • Our mission is to assist all people affected by
    diabetes so that their lives may be as healthy
    and satisfying as possible

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The Positives of (DASA)
  • Informing, encouraging and supporting all people
    who have diabetes and their families.
  • Acting as an advocate for people with diabetes,
    lobbying for better facilities, cheaper
    medication and better services.
  • Promoting public awareness of diabetes, its
    symptoms and risks.

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The Birds Eye View of the Two
D.A.S.A
Vs.
  • Education
  • Community Role
  • Research

D.O.E.S
  • Education
  • The Birds Eye View of the Two
  • Government Role
  • Public Awareness

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By consolidating the pros of both programs we
created our own Model.
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Solution
  • Government officials should establish a
    program thats more cultural sensitive.

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Four Point Strategy
  • Educate the public, caregivers providers
  • Simplify the patient-physician education
    monitor their progress
  • Motivate patients and providers through financial
    incentives, such as discounts
  • Regulate health care standards and quality

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HEAL (Helping Every African American Live)
  • Motto Exceptional living begins with diabetes!
  • Goals Be effective by providing cultural
    sensitive
  • services through
  • -- Ongoing Support Groups
  • -- Free Screenings for Diabetes and
    other incentives, such as discounts
  • -- Seminars to educate diabetics on
    insulin injections and other treatments
  • Implemented in areas with low socioeconomic
    status, such as Camden

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Funding for HEAL
  • State funding
  • American Heart and Lung Association
  • ADA (American Diabetes Association)
  • CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
  • One Touch (machine that test blood sugar)
  • NAACP
  • Pharmaceutical Companies

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  • Interview with Dr. Aliya Brown
  • From Hunterdon Cardiovascular Group

Hunterdon Medical Center 190 Hwy 31, Suite
300 Flemington, NJ 08822 (908) - 788 - 6136
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