Exercise 2.4 Diabetes affects a growing number of Americans. An APRN working in a local hospital is part of a collaborative of community agencies strategically addressing diabetes from a community perspective.
1. What social determinants of health should the community look at in relation to risk or incidence of diabetes?
2. What resources could the APRN use to identify different outcomes related to diabetes?
3. What outcomes related to diabetes are of most interest to community members?
4. Using the AHRQ’s Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report Data Query (nhqrnet.ahrq.gov/inhqrdr/data/submit), what related national and state level data are available to the APRN?
