Policies and Strategies for Addressing Type 2 Diabetes

Policies and Strategies for Addressing Type 2 Diabetes

Introduction

Diabetes mellitus characterized by the prominent glucose levels in the blood and expand metabolic disturbances. Type 2 diabetes also known as “non insulin dependent diabetes” accounts for about 90-95% of the cases, reported per year, in the UK (A general introduction to Diabetes Type 2, 2008). The influencing factors for the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus includes lack of physical movement, past gestational record, impaired glucose tolerance, smoking, coronary heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, impaired fasting glucose levels in the body and effects of some drugs like diuretics (Battle, 2009). The (IDF) international diabetes federation has established policies for Diabetes throughout the world. In the UK, the focus on the strategic planning's to control diabetes started in 2008 (E Goyder, R Simmons, M Gillett, 2010).

Strategies related to the early diagnosis through the screening process establishment by the NHS for early detection and treatment, for the impaired glucose tolerance, and random and fasting sugar test in old people as well as in young adolescence suspected of diabetes mellitus. Urban design policies to encourage people for the physical activity established (Gillies L. Clare et al, 2008). Communities based policies development includes promotion of therapeutically safer and cheaper drugs use to promote public health for prevention and control of disease. Awareness programs for the healthy lifestyle adoptions, early screening and diagnosis and improvement and update of health systems to handle disease (Clinical knowledge summaries, 2010).

Discussion

This paper emphasize on the development of policies related to behavioural changes, medical care, coping mechanisms for addressing type 2 diabetes and population based strategies and their effectiveness in preventing or delaying the onset of type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes has an association with the age, ethnicity, genetics, obesity, family history and genetics, impaired glucose metabolism, gestational diabetes history in women and physical inactivity (Edelstein & Sharlin, 2010).

Epidemiology and Surveillance

The policies related to the improved surveillance and monitoring rates throughout the UK to decrease the burden of diabetic patients and to access the further improvement in the policies have to develop (Diabetes in the UK, 2012). However the strategies for the collection of complete and accurate relevant data from the states counties have developed for future decision making. These policies have improved communication within the health systems to improve quality and encourage them to use relevant data to access the prevalence and educate people about factors through which diabetes can control and increase surveillance. Development of the surveillance capacity determination policies for the observation of pre diabetes, this involves the use of electronic medical records for the collection, monitoring and analysis of the pre diabetic data. Reporters have shown that 15-16% deaths in UK occur because of diabetes. On the basis on data from different governmental and local authorities, the policies and strategies have developed for better health and survivallence of diabetic patients (Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) 2009).

Policy and Advocacy

The role of the public policies for the control of ...