Prevention is

Prevention is

Our Intention

Identifying Factors Related to Diabetes

A WebQuest for 7th Grade Health

Ann Molina

jaggmolina@aol.com

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Introduction

You are on the Board of Directors at the Community Clinic, located at 71 Convent Ave. New York, NY. You are interested in creating a teen health center at the clinic that will provide programs that target diabetes prevention.

You are committed to finding ways that your clinic can improve or help the community that you service.

You and your committee of doctors, nurses, health professionals and educators will research diabetes and its causes. Each committee (group) will identify one factor related to diabetes, research the problem, its causes, prevention and therapies. Each committee will create an educational program for the clinic, and develop a workshop activity for the identified factor.

As a result of your workshop presentation, the Executive Director will determine which activities will be included in the final prevention program for the clinic. She will gather feedback from other workshop participants as well.

The Task

Your committee will have to do the following activities:

identify one factor that contributes to diabetes and decide on an activity to present as an educational program.

research the factor using the PPA

create an educational program to be used in the clinic by developing a workshop based on the specific factor that will prevent or improve diabetes

Evaluate workshops of other students

The Process

To accomplish the task, your group must identify a factor that leads to diabetes, research and find the most effective ways to prevent the problem, determine what would be feasible for our clinic, and develop a workshop that would effectively improve the problem.

Session I: First you will be assigned to a group of 5 students. For the first part, all of the committee members will meet to brainstorm as many factors that they can come up with.

Roles: Discussion Leader- maintain forward direction for group

Notetaker- keep record of the group’s activity

Timekeeper- manage time for all aspects of the project

Research organizer- responsible for collecting information from the group members, keeping it organized.

Presenter- responsible for presenting workshop activity.

Session II: Your group will go to the PPA website, using your identified factor and you will complete the activities in PPA.

1. Define the Problem

2. Gather Evidence

3. Identify Causes

4. Evaluate Existing Policy

5. Develop Solutions

6. Select Best Solution

Resources:

For all groups:

http://www.diabetes.org/about-diabetes.jsp

Heredity

http://www.diabetes.org/genetics.jsp

Diet

http://www.youngagain.com/breakfast.html

http://www.diabetes.org/nutrition-and-recipes/holiday-meals/veggies.jsp

Exercise

http://www.healthierus.gov/exercise.html

http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/obesity/calltoaction/fact_adolescents.htm

Weight

http://uhftips.org/mouth.html

http://www.weight-loss-i.com/obesity.htm

http://www.ecureme.com/especial/obgyn/Diseases_Associated_with_Obesity.asp

Culture

http://clinical.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/22/4/190

Evaluation:

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Identify Diabetes Factors Worksheet1	Group was not task committed. Unable to agree on roles, could not easily identify factors, worksheet was not completed, some did not participate	Group was not task committed. Unable to agree on tasks. Could not easily identify factors worksheet was completed	Group took some time to become task committed but got to work. Was able to agree on roles after some time, each did their job..	Group was task committed, immediately assigned roles, discussion was immediately to the point each person participated.
Complete the Activities of the Public Policy Analyst	Group was not task committed. Unable to work as a group. Activities were not completed.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.
Educational Activity	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.
Clinic Workshop	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.
Stated Objective or Performance	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting the highest level of performance.

Conclusion:

Congratulations!

You have now become an expert on how health prevention programs are created.

How might you use this information to develop solutions to other problems?

How does feasibility come into play when designing health prevention programs?

What are two obstacles to consider when designing health prevention programs?