MHS599: Developing and Finalizing your Review Paper

TUI UNIVERSITY
Huey Watson
MHS599 MSHS Integrative Project CASE
Developing and Finalizing Paper
MOD 4
Dr. Angela Willson
Background
Diabetes is a progressive disease and health practitioners increasingly seek to improve clinical outcomes through supporting diabetes self- management programs. Promoting diabetes self management is beneficial to individuals and their families as diabetic patients are empowered to take control when making informed health decisions. Health behaviors that reduce the risk of complication are associated with good glycemic control and lifestyle changes, when people living with diabetes are motivated support self-care practices. Taking into account the individual, clinical and environmental factors that affect diabetes self-management enhances self-care practices. For instance the socioeconomic and cultural factors are issues that influence health behaviors, attitudes and decision making (Ramal, et al., 2012). The patient- centered approach in healthcare management seeks to meet patient needs through addressing their concerns to improve clinical outcomes. Access to resources, social support, motivation, attitudes and knowledge about diabetes self-management are some of the factors that affect the success of diabetes self management.
Access to resources
Support for diabetes self- management and education seeks to improve self-care practice and eliminate barriers to improving health outcomes. However, access to resources affects the diabetes patients’ ability to meet their health needs. Patient education and access to health information is crucial to interventions and management practices, where adolescents with diabetes and their patients are able to follow the dieting and lifestyle recommendations (Ahola & Groop, 2013). It is also expected that the more the people are knowledgeable the better it is to facilitate self-monitoring as they are empowered to use self-care practices with access to resources then facilitating self-management. Even though, patients with diabetes get information from physicians and other health practitioners, family, peers and friends also link them with appropriate health information.
Even when there are education programs and resources available, diabetes patients may not be aware that they exist. Access to resources and knowledge on diabetes self management empowers individuals, while they have more choices compared to those lacking access to resources (Ahola & Groop, 2013). Additionally, those with diabetes, then make informed choices when they have access to resources rather than simply adhering to instructions and recommendations. Adolescents make decisions based on what they can access and whether they trust the source of information, and with better access to resources it is easier to involve trusting parents and caregivers in medical decision making. At other times, they may be overwhelmed by the amount of information available making it difficult to make informed decisions. However, easier access to resources facilitates individualized care planning to support self-management (Ramal, et al., 2012).
Social support to improve diabetes self management
Social support influences attitudes on self-management attitudes...