Introduction
Obesity is a complicated infection that entails an excessive amount of body fat. Obesity is not just a cosmetic challenge but also a medical issue that enhances the danger of other infections and health concerns. It is a complicated challenge that enhances the risk of other infections plus health issues, such as heart infections, high blood pressure, diabetes, and some types of cancers. There are various motives why certain individuals have complications in losing weight (Blüher, 2019).
Obesity is always the outcome of inherited, environmental, and psychological aspects combined with diet, exercise choices, and physical activity (US Preventive Services Task Force, 2018). The good news is that even modest weight loss can enhance or deter the health concerns linked with obesity. A healthier diet, enhanced physical activity, as behavioral interventions can assist an individual in losing weight. This work picks Weight Loss to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults: Behavioral Interventions as a recommendation that has been provided by the United States Preventive Task Force (USPSTF).
Theory or Conceptual Model
The model of choice for the intervention is the Health Belief Model. This model entails a theoretical approach that can be utilized to steer health promotion and infection prevention programs. It is utilized to elaborate plus forecast personal shifts in health conduct. It is one of the most utilized approaches for comprehending health behaviors (Sulat et al., 2018). Key aspects of the model concentrate on individual suppositions concerning health scenarios that forecast individual health-connected behaviours. The approach described the main aspects that impact health behaviors, such as an individual’s observed threat to infections, the supposition of consequence, potential positive benefits of acts, and confidence in aptitude to triumph. Is to mean this model based on the concept that an individual’s willingness to shift their health conducts mainly originates from their health outlooks. In light of this model, an individual’s suppositions concerning health and health conditions have a crucial role in determining health-connected conduct.
Therefore, this model would be effective for this intervention as it will help shift adults’ suppositions concerning weight loss. Therefore, using this model would be effective in changing people’s outlooks concerning obesity by stating its negative effects, and thus, this will cell for people to change their suppositions and initiate weight loss programs.
Screening Purpose
Most researchers and reports point fingers at African Americans, as race is mostly impacted by obesity. In particular, obesity is more prevalent in African American population relative to Caucasians. Nonetheless, this enhanced obesity occurrence among African Americans is narrowed to women. When data are assessed by race plus sex, obesity nationwide stands at 55 percent among African American women compared to 37 percent among African American men, plus 38 percent for both sexes. As stated above, the consequences of obesity are worse (Siddharth & Sharma, 2018).
This is because obesity has been linked with other health conditions, for instance, heart infections, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, as well as some cases of cancer. From the above information, screening for obesity is vital since it increases the probability of certain health issues. Specifically, screening for obesity in African Americans is vital since this group is the leading in obese cases, and they are exposed to various aspects that cause the health issue. Some contributing aspects, but not limited to disparities in stable plus affordable housing, income plus access to quality education. Every one of these aspects has a probability to directly or indirectly impact a person’s chance to live longer. Besides, if one mixes these scenarios with inequality in access to healthy plus affordable means, the greater image of obesity among African Americans starts to take its shape.
Population
The populace under screening is the African Americans living in Minnesota, USA. Moreover, among this population, adults aged 25 and above are screened.
Screening Activity
The screening process utilizes various approaches, and the aim of this is to find the most effective outcomes. First on the list is the use of BMI. BMI entails a number calculated from an individual’s weight and height, plus it is utilized as a screening tool to recognize potential weight issues for adults (Brown & Perrin, 2018). Therefore, the selected African American adults are screened using this process, whereby the formula is BMI=kg/m2. This is where kg is the individual’s weight plus m2 is the person’s height.
Table 1: Showing BMI data.
Besides, the other screening process would entail measurement around the waist. Like the waist perimeter, the waist-to-hip relation is utilized to examine abdominal obesity. This is attained by assessing the waist and the hip, plus dividing the waist by the hip dimension.
In addition, the physician engages the participants in a dialogue concerning the causes of obesity, including the types of meals leading to the health issues and psychological and physical activities. The physician then notes the results and educates the participants on the types of meals that lead to obesity and high-point vital physical exercise that can be used to minimize the possibility of this health concern.
Outcome Goals
- Identify the number of people with obesity.
- Create more awareness for obesity among African Americans
- Encourage healthy eating habits among the participants
- Encourage enough physical exercises among the participants
Location
The specific location I will use for the screening process is North Memorial Health Clinic, located in Brooklyn Park. In particular, the screening process will happen every Friday from 4 pm to 8 pm. The choice for this time is since most adults are at work during morning hours, and the time from 4 to 8 would be after work when they are relocating from work to their residences. The clinic has been chosen due to various motives. One, human resources are available, including nurses and doctors, ready to make the process effective. Additionally, this place has been chosen due to the availability of medical equipment and technology that are quick at calculating BMI, fastening the process, and saving time. Moreover, this is a public place at the center of the city, where Many African Americans reside. Taking the health intervention to them will increase the possibility of attracting more participants, helping a larger populace.
Cost
Table 2: Showing the cost of the medical intervention.
Conclusion
Obesity is a serious healthcare concern that is still growing among the African American population, and therefore, this calls for an urgent need for the development of a screening procedure to aid the population gain awareness and reducing the risk of falling into the obese category. The screening process, therefore, focuses on African-American adults residing in Minnesota. Due to inequality in access to meals, education, health, and jobs, African Americans have an increased possibility of becoming obese. Therefore, the screening process aims to benefit this community by examining their health and informing them of the possibility of being obsessed. Also, this screening process would be an advantage since it provides information concerning ways to prevent obesity.
References
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Brown, C. L., & Perrin, E. M. (2018). Obesity prevention and treatment in primary care. Academic pediatrics, 18(7), 736-745.
Siddharth, S., & Sharma, D. (2018). Racial disparity and triple-negative breast cancer in African-American women: a multifaceted affair between obesity, biology, and socioeconomic determinants. Cancers, 10(12), 514.
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US Preventive Services Task Force. (2018). Weight loss to prevent obesity related morbidity and mortality in adults: behavioral interventions. JAMA, 320(11), 1163-1171.