Community Health Promotion Program

Community Health Promotion Program
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Community Health Promotion Program
Community Development
Community development is a way to offer the community members a voice. It is a way to empower a community and encourage participation in a health promotion program. The essence of community development is to encourage ownership or a sense of accountability on the part of the community regarding healthcare. For the issue at hand, Diabetes Canada (2021) notes that 26% of the people in Saskatchewan live with pre-diabetes while 9% live with “diagnosed diabetes.” Also, Diabetes Canada indicates that about 175,015 people in Saskatchewan identify as indigenous, and they face an increasing prevalence or susceptibility to diabetes. Apparently, this lot faces “significantly higher rates of diabetes and adverse health consequences than the overall population” (Diabetes Canada, 2021). Also, the population in Saskatchewan is greatly impacted by a number of risk factors that further expose the populace to diabetes. For example, 33.3% of the adults in the area are overweight, while 34.8% are obese. These numbers mainly showcase a tragedy or a horrific picture of how exposed the community is with regard to diabetes. Therefore, there is a need to empower the community and make sure that such information is readily available to the members. As Robinson and Elliot (2000) indicate, this approach has to suit the local conditions and population for it to be as effective as it ought to be. Therefore, there is a need to make use of locally available information and tailor the same to the community’s issues. In Saskatchewan, there is a need to create some urgency for action mainly because the community is bordering on a crisis that would increase cardiovascular conditions. The goal is to enhance the community’s commitment to reducing the rates of diabetes through personal accountability. As Petersen (1994) indicates, community development will also positively impact the values of a community and lead to the advancement of the community’s health.
The planning and assessment or evaluation of community development are mainly dependent on the numbers that the program attracts and the change that is evident through the program’s introduction. As Robinson and Elliot (2000) indicate, there is a need to ensure that the approach adopted is comprehensive enough to capture the full extent of the issue at hand. A comprehensive approach would need to factor in social and economic issues within the community. For example, unemployment, poverty, and immigration factors should not be ignored. The program should bypass such factors and position the community on a path of empowerment that enhances the healthcare of all the community’s members. As indicated by Diabetes Canada (2021), the problem cuts across with indigenous populations a...