Week 1 Diabetes Case Study

I have chosen the community of Eudora Arkansas, located in the southeastern corner of Arkansas bordering the Louisiana and Mississippi state lines. I grew up in this town and lived and worked there for many years. I have several family and friend who struggle with being a diabetic. I feel it’s a problem in the community, limited healthcare availability for the area, failure to education and noncompliance of the citizens. The population of Eudora was 2,269 Estimated median household incomes in 2016: $20,236 (it was $17,857 in 2000) The racial makeup of the city was 89% Black, 9%white, 0.4% Native American,0.1% Asian and 0.2% from two or more races.1.0% are Hispanic or Latino race.

Based on the statistics the entire population of Eudora could

There are three types of diabetes, Type 1, Type 2, and Gestational, Type 1 formerly called insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) or juvenile-onset diabetes, occurs when the body's immune system attacks and destroys its own insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. Type 1 diabetes develops most often in children or young adults but can occur at any age. It accounts for about 5 percent of diagnosed diabetes in the United States. Type 2 diabetes, formerly called noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) or adult-onset diabetes, usually begins as insulin resistance-metabolic syndrome, a disorder in which the body's cells do not use insulin properly. Being overweight and inactive increases the chances of developing type 2 diabetes. This form of diabetes usually develops in adults older than 40, however, type 2 diabetes increasingly occurs in children and adolescents. About 95 percent of people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a form of glucose intolerance that develops during pregnancy. It occurs more frequently among African Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans and American Indians and is also more common among obese women and women with a family history of diabetes. Three main factors for type 2 and prediabetes are Inactivity