Title of project: Diabetes Intervention

Author(s): Kortni Kelley

Problem/Need statement: Diabetes has become widely diagnosed. It is important to begin to
focus on not only preventing diabetes but focusing on the ways to reverse or improve the
diagnosis these individuals have received. It is my plan that we will do just this with this
program. Also we believe that with these tools it will in turn decrease the incidence of diabetes.
Goal(s): When looking directly at my intervention we will have an objective that there will be a
national decrease in diabetes patients of 15 percent in the year 2016. We will measure this by
calculating the number of individuals classified with diabetes in the year of 2016 and compare
this number with the number from the year 2015. To ensure this goal is attainable and realistic
we only set a goal of 15 percent. For the purpose of my intervention plan to use the PrecedeProceed model. The precede/ proceed model is a model that works to assess needs for these
programs.
Objectives (for each goal): Ensure each member of the intervention is receiving one on one care.
Ensure that a decrease of 7.5 percent is reached by the half way mark of the intervention.
Sponsoring agency/Contact person: Community Health Services of Union County
Primary target audience(s): adults who have been diagnosed with type two diabetes
Primary target key strategies
Primary target areas include: nutritional value of diets, daily exercise, and emotional health
We will focus on those individuals who have a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes. Possible
barriers include individuals not recognizing that they have a need to change. Benefits to the
success of these target areas is that with the success of the program these diagnosiss can be
reversed and each individual not only improves their health but also decreases their risk for other
chronic conditions.
Secondary target audience- The target audience for my chosen population are adults who are
have been diagnosed with diabetes. It will be important to determine where each individual is in
their journey and develop an individualized plan to aid in their success. Behavioral
characteristics that will define my audience will be those who lack those health behaviors that
are crucial in their success of preventing their diagnosis of diabetes. We will look for those
individuals who are ready to make a change and those that know and understand that they need
to make a change.
Pretest strategy to pretest we will use a survey to analyze those individuals in the target area to
assess their knowledge on the changes that need to be made.
Theoretical foundation - Precede- Proceed Model- For the purpose of my intervention plan to
use the Precede- Proceed model. The precede/ proceed model is a model that works to assess
needs for these programs. Within this we look at constructs such as predisposing, reinforcing,
and enabling factors to aid in the development and planning of the program.1 When doing so an
assessment for the proceed portion of the model we look to assess the needs of the population
based on the identified problem. This will be helpful in my intervention because it is important
that it is based off of the already identified problems and is geared towards making changes to
both behavior and lifestyles. When focusing on the proceed portion of the model this will look at
the intervention and the evaluation method this is also important to my intervention because it
will show changes made and determine if there has been a change in the prevalence of diabetes
as well as to the overall behaviors of the participants. I believe that with the guidance of this
model it will ensure that not only is the intervention set up correctly but that it will also ensure

proper evaluation throughout the process. With the use of the above strategies I feel confident
that my planned intervention will not only make a change in the incidence of diabetes but that it
will encourage others to also make a change.
Management chart
Timetable- we will have health plans for each individual by the first 2 months, during
months 3-7 we will enforce these changes, during months 8-10 we will analyze whats working
and whats not. Months 11-12 will not only analyze the participants growth but we will use this
time to have the participants enact these changes on their own to ensure they are able to follow
through on their own following completion from the program.
Tasks- will include accepting and assigning participants to a case manager, case managers
will ensure all participants have a plan that has been agreed upon by both parties.
Responsible persons- Myself along with the director of Community Health Services of
Monroe will be the two heads of this intervention. We will work closely in any and all decisions
and approvals throughout the duration of the intervention.
Budget
The costs for our program will be mainly associated with advertisement. However, it is our goal
to partner with organizations that will help in supplying and supporting our program which will
keep our costs minimal.
Issues of concern/potential problems
The program will be planned and coordinated with the assistance of the Community Health
Services of Union County. Since their focus is mainly on diabetes we will use their strategies and
planning. The main issue of concern is ensuring that people are alerted of the program dates.
Evaluation strategies
Formative and process- we will use formative evaluation to determine if internally our
program is accomplishing the things we need it to. Specifically looking at our program and
detrmining if the strategies we have planned are working. An example of this is to ensure that our
strategy of one on one plans are not only efficient when looking at time but also aiding to each
individuals success.
Summative (outcome and impact)- during our summative evaluation we are going to look
at the overall outcome of our program. Did it meet the goals we had intended? If not we will
work to determine why and what we need to do in the future to ensure that our goals are met and
our program is meeting the need we need it to.

References:
2."PRECEDE/PROCEED - Rural Health Promotion And Disease Prevention
Toolkit".Ruralhealthinfo.org. N.p., 2016. Web. 23 Sept. 2016.