Instructions
- Please submit a powerpoint presentation that includes a voice over (you presenting your program information on each slide) of your mock project for this class. This is the cumulative program project that you have been working through this term. Be sure to include each Phase 1-4, SHOWCASING the respective tools/resources you have completed throughout the course (i.e. Logic Model & SMART Goals & Objectives). This should be almost completely done at this point, other than creating the actual presentation slides and voiceover.
For this assignment, please include the following.
1. Using health data (behavioral and environmental), discuss why the people in the target population have the health problem. So, what is the problem, who has it and why.
Epidemiological diagnosis – determine the health problems or other issues that affect the community’s quality of life. Include also the behavioral and environmental factors that must change in order to address these problems or issues. Behavioral factors include patterns of behavior that constitute lifestyles. In considering environmental factors, you should include the physical, social, political, and economic environments.
Instructions-pHASE 4
1. Designing programs or interventions and the support for them through administrative and policy diagnosis – determine (and address) the internal administrative and internal and external policy factors that can affect the success of your intervention. The former include organizational structure, procedures, culture, and resources; the latter encompass both internal policies and funders’ requirements, oversight agency regulations, state or federal laws, or local ordinances, and unstated community policies. (20 points)
Example: Based on the previous stages, I would begin designing my program around HPV vaccine education/vaccinations on the Ole Miss campus.
Resources include: UM Student Health, UM Student Health Pharmacy, UM Pharmacy has faculty with interests in this area, UM Public Health has faculty and students with expertise, American Cancer Society (ACS), UM ACS organization
1. In this Phase, include a timeline or Ghant Chart. -Phase 5
HEALTH PROBLEM AND SETTING
HEALTH PROBLEM AND SETTING 7
March 31, 2025
Health Problem and Setting
Introduction
The rate of Type 2 diabetes increases throughout the public health sector mainly due to its impact on young adults who attend college. The prevalence of this chronic condition keeps growing because students tend to eat poorly and spend too much time sitting and experience elevated stress. Type 2 diabetes that remains untreated will produce devastating health issues that damage both schoolwork performance and general health quality. Health promotion in the long-term requires colleges to resolve this matter successfully. This research analyzes diabetes prevention status and consequences along with involved parties and protective programs available for students at the University of Georgia.
Setting
The selected health issue for analysis investigates Type 2 diabetes occurrence among college students specifically those attending the University of Georgia (UGA). Type 2 diabetes as a chronic disease involves insulin resistance together with high blood sugar levels which produces severe health complications including heart disease, kidney failure, and neuropathy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2022). Statistical data from the CDC (2022) shows diabetes affects 37.3 million Americans who furthermore represent 96 million people with prediabetes conditions among the young adult population.
The University of Georgia maintains a student body consisting of both undergraduates and graduates who number more than 40,000 at its Athens, Georgia location (University of Georgia, 2023). Students at the university can access multiple health services at the UGA Health Center that includes preventive healthcare and nutritional guidance and diabetes testing. The combination of increasing high-calorie diet consumption and increasing student inactivity and stress levels at UGA raises the risk for Type 2 diabetes within the student body. Results obtained from American College Health Association [ACHA] (2021) reveal that students' health actions strongly determine their Type 2 diabetes risk factors. Under this study, students will receive a survey to evaluate their awareness levels and risk perceptions about Type 2 diabetes through various assessment measures of knowledge and lifestyle practices and willingness toward preventive action. Only estimated data figures will be used because of time constraints.
Quality of Life Questions
Students face significant health challenges with Type 2 diabetes because the condition harms their overall wellness together with their academic performance and future medical outcomes. Type 2 diabetes that remains uncontrolled leads to exhaustion and attention problems and additional doctor visits which result in lower academic results according to Kleinman et al. (2020). Additionally, students with diabetes face higher risks of developing complications such as heart disease, kidney failure, and nerve damage. Diabetes management with university work creates additional mental health stressors. A university-level approach to this issue helps students develop better lifestyles which reduces their chance of developing chronic health problems as adults. Student life quality improves alongside lower healthcare expenses because of health-promoting educational activities that combine proper nutrition and active living which produce long-lasting health advantages.
Potential Stakeholders
Multiple groups serve essential functions in the prevention of Type 2 diabetes at the University of Georgia (UGA). Students at UGA benefit from the essential medical care and nutrition counseling and diabetes screening services that the UGA Health Center provides. The faculty members and students in public health and nutrition fields conduct diet and exercise research which generates proof-based prevention methods. The wellness facilities at Campus Recreation and Wellness promote diabetes prevention by delivering fitness classes along with gym amenities and wellness education for developing healthy daily routines (University of Georgia, 2023). The American Diabetes Association Student Chapter uses its powerful student outreach program to educate students through awareness programs and educational activities.
Sororities and fraternities should take the lead to plan outreach programs that spread awareness about diabetes prevention and education methods. Healthcare facilities within the community play an essential role as they offer specialized diabetes training and diagnostic screening programs to university students. Through the Student Government Association (SGA) advocacy, students receive support for institutional health policies that foster diabetes prevention activities impacting the entire student body. The dietary choices at dining services along with improved nutrition education will help students adopt healthy eating behaviors as a method to prevent diabetes. Through combined collaboration, these members of the UGA community will be successful in lowering the occurrence of Type 2 diabetes within student populations while building sustained wellness.
Campus Assets/Strengths/Resources
University of Georgia contains multiple resources and valuable assets which enable diabetes prevention programs. The UGA Health Center serves as an essential healthcare facility that conducts medical examinations while screening for diabetes to provide wellness programs preventing chronic diseases for students (University of Georgia, 2023). The healthy eating initiatives of UGA Dining Services include offering various food choices that include dietary options to prevent diabetes. Dining hall administrators should launch programs that show students how to eat healthfully and make their options for selecting nutritional food more obvious to everyone.
The Student Recreation Center allows students to access gym facilities with fitness classes alongside wellness coaches to maintain weight health and avoid diabetes development risk. Public health research at UGA uses grants to support faculty investigations of diabetes-related topics while obtaining funding for spreading awareness programs. Students at the university have access to two campus wellness programs designed to provide diabetes prevention education and promote healthy lifestyle options through Dawgs for Diabetes along with peer health educator initiatives (University of Georgia, 2023). The university maintains useful diabetes care support networks through partnerships with healthcare facilities found throughout the local area. The university uses technological resources including mobile health applications to help students evaluate their dieting and exercise routines thus reinforcing their prevention efforts. The collection of resources provides UGA with improved abilities to address Type 2 diabetes within its student body.
UGA's existing assets alongside stakeholder engagement and specific health strategies will enable effective control of Type 2 diabetes among the student population. The combination of broadened knowledge about prevention practices together with enhanced prevention methods will improve students' health status along with their academic outcomes and lower future diabetes-related costs.
References
American College Health Association. (2021). National College Health Assessment III:
Reference Group Executive Summary. https://www.acha.org/NCHA/NCHA_Home.aspx
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2022). National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2022.
https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data/statistics-report/index.html
Kleinman, N. L., Brook, R. A., Carter, C. T., & Rajagopalan, K. (2020). The impact of diabetes
on academic performance in college students. Journal of American College Health, 68(5), 509-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2019.1583653
University of Georgia. (2023). Enrollment data and campus services. Retrieved from