142 Search Results for Asian Americans and Diabetes
The global burden of type 2 diabetes is still seen to be significantly worrying the health
Sector as it stands at exceeding 5% of the population across the globe. However, in some regions like Middle East and North Africa the prevalence stands at 20% Continue Reading...
Research Article ChartCriteria and Defining CharacteristicsArticle 1:Islam, N. S., Kwon, S. C., Wyatt, L. C., Ruddock, C., Horowitz, C. R., Devia, C., & Trinh-Shevrin, C. (2015). Disparities in Diabetes Management in Asian Americans in New York City Continue Reading...
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My research is being designed to investigate the efficacy of a culturally appropriate and targeted diabetes education program on the reduction of A1C levels after six months. The population I am focusing on is Asian Americans with Type II di Continue Reading...
Japanese Live Longer than Americans?
One of the greatest markers for the achievement of "civilization" in any culture is longevity, a mark of the proof of the health and wellness of a country or a group of people. (Hopper, 1999, p. 443) With this m Continue Reading...
(Davis, 2001) That number is sure to have risen dramatically since Davis did her research.
The debates surrounding both the efficacy and the morality of racial profiling have created a lot of disagreement from many communities of color. Kabzuag Vaj Continue Reading...
Type 2 Diabetes
Disease phenotype and genotype
Although several major risk factors (particularly obesity/overweightness) have been identified for diabetes mellitus type 2’s (T2D) development, not much information is available on its etiology. E Continue Reading...
Diversity of Aging Population -- Innovative Healthcare
Over the past several decades there has been an avalanche of research and scholarly narratives focusing on the aging of millions of Americans -- among them the "baby boomers" that were born betw Continue Reading...
On the other hand, many Alaskan natives have deep anger toward the whites. The civil rights leaders are attempting to improve the situation in Alaska, but it will take time. In 2001, three white teenagers driving around Anchorage shot frozen paintba Continue Reading...
HHS Prevention strategies that is of interest to you and relevant to advance practice nursing
I CHOSE DIABETES PREVENTION
Diabetes disease management in the setting of a clinic is a multicomponent, proactive and organized approach in order to deli Continue Reading...
Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH 2010 Program)
The health objectives for the United States for the 21st century have been described in The Federal Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities and Healthy People Continue Reading...
DPI
The PICOT question is: To what extent is there a relationship between the standard health education to implement patient-specific dietary and lifestyle modifications compared to patients who receive culturally tailored diabetes education and the Continue Reading...
Diabetic Vascular Disease state caused by the deficiency of a chemical in the body called insulin which is a hormone is called Diabetes. There are two forms of diabetes. In the type-one diabetes no insulin is formed and people require insulin injecti Continue Reading...
A group of authors note, "In the United States, an increase from fewer than four percent to more than 50% of new cases of type 2 diabetes in the pediatric population was reported between the years of 1982 and 1998" (Leung, Kamla, Lee, and Mak). This Continue Reading...
Both sets of parents in the Hispanic-American and African-American families were overweight, which they did not see as a problem for them: they said that their parents also had 'meat on their bones.' I connected this with the attitudes of my own gra Continue Reading...
The presence of cardiac enzymes in the blood often indicates myocardial necrosis. Medical experts generally view MI as one among acute coronary syndromes. Unstable angina and non-ST-elevation MI are among the syndromes. Statistics said that approxim Continue Reading...
Health Care Disparities Race Related
Healthcare disparities
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Socioeconomic status and health
Correlation between socioeconomic status and race
Health insurance and health
Who are the uninsured people?
Causes of health care dispari Continue Reading...
Introduction
Every culture has its own unique set of values and ethics. For that reason, cultural approaches to teaching patients are important for the spread of health literacy, health promotion, self-care, and better preventative care (Jeffreys, 20 Continue Reading...
Hawaiian elder care professionals improve patient eldercare services to Japanese nationals, taking into consideration Japanese cultural norms and expectations
Caregiving for elderly parents in Japan
Japan has witnessed a significant growth in its Continue Reading...
The growing number of New Yorkers lacking health insurance has been a persistent concern of government as well as the public. (309) In contrast, the distribution of health care resources came to the fore more recently. The New York State Commission Continue Reading...
Literature Review
1. The dilemma of Obesity
Mokdad et al., (1999) in his study found that the issue of unhealthy weight, overweight and obesity are perhaps one of the rising concerns for the Americans in the 21st century as more and more U.S. cit Continue Reading...
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PICOT Question Development and Literature Review
The Modeling and Role Modeling Theory of nursing developed by Erickson provides a useful means of analyzing and presenting options for solutions of my research area. The theory is based on the concept Continue Reading...
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This project is a quality improvement project and not a research project because it seeks to improve the quality of care provided to diabetes patients of a particular ethnic background. The point of this project is to better enhance the appro Continue Reading...
Obesity Prevention Program: Project Planning
Stakeholder identification
Childhood obesity-prevention demonstration projects
The ANGELO process
Socio-cultural contextual analyses
Stakeholder engagement
Engagement workshops
Action plan formulati Continue Reading...
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Reliability and validity are often misunderstood and not given much notice in research articles. Using any example, demonstrate how you would correctly describe these two terms to a nurse prepared at a bachelor's degree level or below. T Continue Reading...
Especially among diabetics and others who demonstrate silent ischemia in which symptoms of the condition remain suppressed, a regular doctor checkup can help reduce chances for heart attack or death. An ECG reading will help determine if the person Continue Reading...
DNP PROJECT : Project Vision, Mission and Objectives, PICOT Question (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Timeframe), Feasibility, Sample and SettingProject Vision, Mission, and ObjectivesVision:A future where minority communities disp Continue Reading...
Learning Theory and Practice
The humanistic theory of learning puts the recipient of the learning at the center of the learning process—i.e., the individual is the focus rather than the environment, the nurse, the situation, etc. This stems fro Continue Reading...
Description of Study and Design to Be Used in Future Research ProjectTopic 1. Describe a vulnerable population in terms of research. Why the population is considered vulnerable? What other groups might also be considered vulnerable populations?A vuln Continue Reading...
Myocardial Infarction
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2006), each year approximately 1.2 million Americans suffer from myocardial infarction (heart attack) each year. 40% of these people who a have heart attack will Continue Reading...
Fiction of Race
Race
Race: The cultural power of the fiction of race
A recent PBS documentary was titled Race: The power of an illusion. This underlines what constitutes race -- race is a fiction, created by the faulty observational perceptions of Continue Reading...
Introduction
Gallbladder disease, especially cholelithiasis (gallstones) affects over 20 million Americans every year. The condition often goes undiagnosed because cholelithiasis rarely presents symptoms. Abdominal discomfort, nausea, jaundice and bi Continue Reading...
It is not startling that some remarkable variation exists between the great apes as well as humans with regard to mental capabilities. Humans possess a lot higher intricate types of verbal communications compared to any other primates. Humans are th Continue Reading...
Immigrants and Discrimination
DuBois, in his "The Conservation of the Races" described racial prejudice as "the friction between different groups of people." (Dubois, 12) If one accepts this definition, then the United States contains a great deal o Continue Reading...
COMBATTING OBESITY TOGETHER
Office of the Mayor
200 East Santa Clara Street, San Jose CA 95113
Mr. David Kirchhoff
President and Chief Executive Officer
Weight Watchers International, Inc.
175 Crossways Park West
Woodbury, New York 11797
Dear Continue Reading...
Migraine Management
Migraine, also known as hemi crania and megrim, is a severe and recurring headache. Commonly known as sick headache, it often affects only one side of the head, and is usually accompanied by nausea, vomiting, visual disturbances, Continue Reading...
Community resources must be identified and brought together to meet needs. Actions can be developed to prevent poor health outcomes by: appropriately identifying, collecting, and reporting racial/ethnic group-specific data; identifying where data ar Continue Reading...