Diverse Populations, Age, and Interprofessional Health Promotion Resources

Diverse Populations, Age, and Interprofessional Health Promotion Resources
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Diverse Populations, Age, and Interprofessional Health Promotion Resources
The burden of type 2 diabetes in the United State’s healthcare system demands continued exploration of effective management of this condition to improve patient outcomes. According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) (2023), its complexity requires increased attention by multidisciplinary medical professionals to implement appropriate care strategies that avert long-term and acute complications arising from elevated blood sugar levels. Inability or delays in providing care to the patients increase their risks of other health conditions such as ulcers, diabetic retinopathy, pancreatitis, and muscular conditions. ADA reports that diabetes affects people in different age groups across the lifespan, making its management critical for healthcare providers. In this context, exploring its treatment approaches is critical for informing clinicians and other experts about diabetes status in the nation, care goals, and quality. Thus, this paper assesses the interprofessional resources for diabetes treatment, management, and epidemiology in the adult population.
Epidemiology
United States’ type 2 diabetes prevalence has raised alarm among healthcare providers due to its impact on the adult population. Statistics by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) (2020) reveal that by 2018, approximately 34.1 million, translating to 13%, of all adults above 18 years were suffering from this condition. Age-adjusted rates among this category indicate that diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes was about 3.6% and 1.4% among young adults between 18-44 years (CDC, 2020). The author indicates that among the middle adults aged 45 – 64, the rates rose to 11.7% and 3.1% for diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes, respectively. Finally, it peaked among those aged 65 years and above, reaching 11.5% and 2.9% for diagnosed and undiagnosed cases (CDC, 2020). Men reported significantly higher rates of total diabetes at 17.9% than women at 16.2% (CDC, 2020). These statistics illustrate the impact of this health condition on the adult population.
Healthcare providers raise their concerns about diabetes due to the increasing number of diagnosed cases. For instance, the CDC (2020) reveals that in 2018, the incidence rate was approximately 1.5 million, accounting for 6.9 individuals for every 1,000 U.S. adults. Projections across the adult lifespan indicate that for persons aged 18-44, 45-64, and over 65 years, the incidence rates for every 1000 persons were 4.3%, 9.9%, and 8.8%, respectively, in the same year (CDC, 2020). Such figures confirm the rate at which diabetes is increasing nationwide and the looming burden on healthcare resources.
The epidemiological profile by the CDC also highlights the diverse risk factors for diabetes. For instance, 21% of adults who smoke, 98% of the overweight, 38% of the physically inactive, 50% of individuals with A1c results of 7.0% or more, and 68.4% of those with blood pressure over 140mmhg have increased risk for developing the diseas...