Introduction
The PICOT question is: How does the standard health education to implement patient-specific dietary and lifestyle modifications compare to patients who receive culturally tailored diabetes education and the reduction of mean blood sugar levels among Asian Americans diagnosed for type 2 diabetes 2-3 weeks after education is provided?
Problem Statement
Asian-Americans are the fastest growing ethnic group, yet the exact extent to which this population can effectively treat type 2 diabetes through health education is currently unclear (Hsu, Araneta, Kanaya, Chiang & Fujimoto, 2015). This study aims to address this problem by filling a gap in the literature regarding this issue.
Synthesized Review
Ho, Tran and Chesla (2015) show that it is not a simple procedure to assess what is culturally meaningful among Asian Americans, particularly among the Chinese American population, partly because of a “complex definition of culture that moves beyond just race, ethnicity and language and also focuses on geography, religion, spirituality, biological and sociological characteristics” (p. 39). This complexity extends beyond just Chinese Americans and includes all Asian Americans, as Islam et al. (2015) show in their study of Asian American disparities as compared to other racial and ethnic minority groups in New York City. These disparities make it difficult to determine the extent to which culturally relevant health education material can have an impact on reducing blood sugar levels among the Asian American population that suffers from type 2 diabetes (Jih et al., 2016).
As Jih et al. (2016) point out in their study of educational interventions among Chinese Americans in order to promote health nutrition, print materials...
References
Araneta, M. R., Kanaya, A. M., Hsu, W. C., Chang, H. K., Grandinetti, A., Boyko, E. J.,... & Onishi, Y. (2015). Optimum BMI cut points to screen asian americans for type 2 diabetes. Diabetes care, 38(5), 814-820.
Ho, E. Y., Tran, H., & Chesla, C. A. (2015). Assessing the cultural in culturally sensitive printed patient-education materials for Chinese Americans with type 2 diabetes. Health communication, 30(1), 39-49.
Hsu, W. C., Araneta, M. R. G., Kanaya, A. M., Chiang, J. L., & Fujimoto, W. (2015). BMI cut points to identify at-risk Asian Americans for type 2 diabetes screening. Diabetes Care, 38(1), 150-158.
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 compared with other racial/ethnic minority groups. American journal of public health, 105(S3), S443-S446.
Jih, J., Le, G., Woo, K., Tsoh, J. Y., Stewart, S., Gildengorin, G., ... & Yu, F. (2016). Educational interventions to promote healthy nutrition and physical activity among older Chinese Americans: A cluster-randomized trial. American journal of public health, 106(6), 1092-1098.
Asian-Americans With Diabetes: Assessing the Intervention PICOT question: How do Asian-Americans with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes perceive barriers to implementing dietary and lifestyles changes to reduce A1C levels in the first 3 months after diagnosis? Evaluation plan Although Asian cuisines have traditionally been regarded as healthier than Westernized diets because of their high fiber and vegetable content, relatively low levels of sugar, and their emphasis on rice vs. highly sweetened starchy grains,
Article Review: Asian Americans and Diabetes APA Citation: More than half of Asian Americans with diabetes are undiagnosed. (2015). National Institute of Health. Retrieved from: https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/more-half-asian- americans-diabetes-are-undiagnosed Although diabetes as a whole is increasing across the United States, certain groups are disproportionately affected by the epidemic. Additionally, different groups may have specific and unique concerns that are essential to take into consideration when offering health advice. Asian Americans have not always been considered a
Area of Interest Asian Americans have the highest proportion of undiagnosed diabetes than any other ethnic group in the United States, by far. According to the CDC (2017), one in every two Asian Americans has diabetes but has never been diagnosed, which is twice the national average. Research even suggests that Asian-Americans are a “greater risk” than other population groups for developing diabetes across the lifetime (Sun, 2015). More Asians have
PICOT Question for Management of Type 2 Diabetes of Asian-Americans Diabetes is a lifestyle disease that affects the method the body handles glucose in the blood. Presently, more than 27 million people have been diagnosed of type 2 diabetes in the United States while more than 86 million people are suspected having pre-diabetes problem. The symptoms of type 2 diabetes are blur vision, wounds that are unable to heal, always being
PICOT question: In Asian Americans with type 2 diabetes (P), does a culturally tailored diabetes education program, including patient-specific dietary and lifestyle modifications, (I) reduce A1C levels (O) after 2 months (T) versus a control group of Asian Americans? Introduction with a problem statement Type 2 diabetes is a prevalent and growing problem throughout the modern world. The United States especially has seen an increase in type 2 diabetes cases in non-white
Introduction Diabetes mellitus represents a chronic ailment impacting the way the human body converts food consumed into energy. The major portion of consumed food breaks down into glucose and gets discharged into the bloodstream. The human pancreas secretes the hormone, insulin, that helps employ cell blood sugar as energy. Three forms of diabetes have been identified, namely, gestational, type 1, and type 2 diabetes. In the latter, the patient’s body is
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