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In six pages this paper examines the growing problem of diabetes among the African American ethnic communities in Georgia, Rabun County in particular, in an overview that considers how the problem has been addressed, the development of community goals to deal with the problem, and how such a community plan to achieve these goals can be implemented. Four sources are listed in the bibliography. TGafamdia.rtf
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who have some form of the disease (Skelly, Leeman, Carlson, Soward, & Burns, 2008, p. 261). Diabetes is a term collectively used to describe high glucose levels in the
blood that are attributed to faulty insulin production, too much insulin production, or both (Georgia Data Summary: Diabetes, 2005). The more rare Type 1 represents up to ten percent
of diabetes diagnoses and most commonly affects children and young adults (Georgia Data Summary: Diabetes, 2005). Type 1 occurs when the beta cells in the pancreas, which produce the
insulin hormone, are destroyed (Georgia Data Summary: Diabetes, 2005). Individuals with Type 1 diabetes require some form of insulin to compensate for its loss either through a shot or
by a pump (Georgia Data Summary: Diabetes, 2005). At least 90 percent of all diagnoses diabetes cases are of the Type 2 variety, which is when insulin is not
being properly used by the body, and the pancreas is eventually unable to meet the bodys demand for it (Georgia Data Summary: Diabetes, 2005). There are specific conditions that
can lead to diabetes including genetics, malnutrition, and pregnancy (Georgia Data Summary: Diabetes, 2005). Diabetes, if left undiagnosed or improperly treated, can develop serious complications including limb amputations, blindness,
kidney failure, cardiac disease, cerebral hemorrhage, and in some cases, premature death (Georgia Data Summary: Diabetes, 2005). II. Review of the Problem Recently published research studies in medical literature
reveal that African American adults are at lease 50 percent more likely to suffer from diabetes as their white counterparts (Signorello, Schlundt, Cohen, Steinwandel, Buchowski, McLaughlin, Hargreaves, & Blot, 2007,
p. 2260). More than 11 percent of African Americans who are at least 20 years of age have some form of diabetes (Skelly et al., 2008). Although the
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