Consolidation and interpretation of data from various sources is often a challenge, hence professional and skilled handling techniques are recommended. Unlike analysis whose emphasis is majorly on a single data source, synthesis, which involves more than one data source disintegrates bulky information into easily comprehendible and usable information. With a mastery of this skill, evidence from other scholarly sources used in academic articles can thus be synthesized in a more comparable manner without excluding material information or subjects of concern.
In an ethnically an diverse defined US population, the Hispanics being a minority community reports the highest susceptibility levels of diabetes mellitus diagnosis. Diabetes mellitus (DM), a chronic body metabolism related disorder which alters the normal ability to utilize the energy present in food is highly common among the Hispanics. Recent findings in the US state that out of the patients suffering from DM, the Hispanics take the largest share, a condition that is unfortunately observed in children as young as 5 years old. At this increasing rate of diagnosis which is also attributed to the alarming obesity rate among this community, mortality rates are expected to rise above the current 51% level. Biological, social, and cultural factors surrounding the prevalent cases ought to be closely examined and addressed if at all control of the epidemic is to be achieved.
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Comparatively evaluating and synthesizing various scholarly information on the subject, quite a number of notable similarities and contrasts with regards to intervention mechanisms and attempts emerge. Not only is the comparison on the selected intervention approaches but also their effectiveness in disease control. In both of the four sources listed in this research, an overall and grass root analysis on the state of MD among Hispanics is conducted. The studies are conducted on the disease among Hispanics within the US soil in comparison to diabetes mellitus Hispanics in their nations of origin. Common determinants among the sets of data are also highlighted such as cultural beliefs which have propelled the spread of this containable disease. Of the interventions suggested, some of the common ones include provision of health insurances, increased medical homes, and health education which cut across among all Hispanics.
In as much are there are commonalities, noticeable differences such as the parameters used in such mitigation efforts differ. Stratification of parameters is done in accordance to the nature and composition of the specific Hispanic population of concern. Nonetheless, these intervention methods collectively prove effective when applied. Improved health insurance, sensitization on DM, increased medical homes, and eradication of unhealthy cultural practices lead to a decline in DM prevalence cases, a situation commendable by all health organizations.
Notably, Dominguez et. al. (2015) and Shah and Patel (2014), both address mitigation methods of DM by use of local practitioners. In both sources, the signs, symptoms, factors affecting DM among Hispanics, and utilization of public health and medical facilities within Hispanic settings are exhaustively discussed and possible measures arrived at. The other two sources by CDC provide a national view of the health sector while focusing on diseases like DM in US and other nations with common races as those in the US.
Being a staunch religious and culturally tied community, most of the indigenous practices employed by the population to contain the disease have proven futile. More Hispanics have succumbed to DM due to their negative attitude towards the medically recommended DM treatments. On the other hand, Hispanics who have embraced health care services have been enrolled into medical homes’ DM treatment which has not only prevented the spread of the disease but also helped them maintain a healthy living leading to reduction of DM related diseases. Health care campaigns and advocacy against adverse cultural beliefs, fatalism, and stigma connected undertaking have also been effective among other Hispanic sub-groups.
In my discovery and learning, it is saddening how fabricated, misguided, and unsupported myths and misconceptions could pose such a serious health risk to a population. in addition to the flawed basis for resistance of health services is poverty and inadequate costly health services among the Hispanics. I hereby recommend an all-inclusive health taskforce among the Hispanic population. In addition to the inclusivity is education, and localizing of the health care to cater for the conservative, secretive, and unique Hispanic population. In conclusion diabetes mellitus is not only a Hispanic epidemic but is reported across populations and races globally. Quite a number of factors are setbacks slowing the pace of the contingency efforts by health stakeholders involved in such programs. Combined socioeconomic efforts are thus needed to help contain the worsening of this disease, possibly containable if all necessary measures are taken into account.
