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Jordan Hazelwood
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing
NUR 3316: Population and Global Health
Dr. Angel Daniels, DNP, MSN
Rani Sangha, DNP, MSN .ed, MBA, RN
March 8th, 2021
“I pledge that I uphold the Honor Code System and policies of Bon Secours Memorial College of
Nursing”
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Project Description
For this proposal, I wanted to present a grant that would provide affordable insulin medication
and diabetic supplies for individuals that are affected by this disease. I am currently a type 1
diabetic and I know how expensive both the medication and supplies can be. Currently, there are
over 34.2 million people affected by this disease in the united states and 422 million people
worldwide. (Bonner,2018) In today’s society, if an individual doesn’t have good health
insurance, paying for diabetic medication can be a nightmare. According to several studies, it has
been observed that 1 in 4 patients cannot afford insulin because of the lack of health insurance.
(Bonner,2018) . Many individuals have died due to serious complications arising from the lack
of insulin coverage with this disease. Therefore, I want to propose a plan that can make
medication and supplies more affordable to decrease the mortality rate of diabetes. This will also
improve the quality of life of individuals living with this disease because they will always have
the materials needed to keep their diabetes under control.
Statement Needed:
The current disparity that is associated with diabetes deals with the problem of further
health complications and control. As an individual gets older while having diabetes, the disease
can also get worse depending on how well the individual manages it. Therefore, as the disease
gets worse, the need for insulin increases as well due to the body becoming more resistant to
insulin as it ages. With that being said, not being able to afford insulin makes the management of
this disease a lot harder than it should be. The target population for this proposal is individuals
that lack the proper health insurance to cover their insulin costs and supplies. Furthermore,
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individuals who fall under poverty and don’t produce enough income will be aided by this
proposal.
Community Partners
As for stakeholders, I would like to work with the American Diabetes Association (ADA)
to provide aid with this proposal. The ADA is a well-known organization that has a mission to
prevent and cure diabetes. Working with this association will provide me will the necessary
knowledge I need in order for this proposal to work. Currently, the ADA strongly supports the
idea of reduces insulin prices because they agree that insulin is way too expensive in today’s
society. In 2016, the ADA was able to release a resolution to all companies that supply insulin to
promote transparency in insulin pricing which ensures that no one living with diabetes would be
denied affordable insulin. (Day,2019). Therefore, working with them will allow me to produce
my proposal to important companies that need this information.
Focused Area
I think my proposal falls under the category of wanting to attain a higher quality and
longer life with healthy people 2020. By ensuring this population with diabetes has enough
insulin required with supplies as well, will make controlling this disease easier. As stated
previously, without insulin it’s impossible to live with diabetes. Therefore, the goal of this
proposal is to promote a longer and healthier life with diabetes. As someone who lives with
diabetes currently, I’ve been wishing for more affordable insulin because there have been many
times where I didn’t know if I could afford my medication. In conclusion, it’s important that our
society becomes aware of this insulin pricing crisis so we can take the necessary steps in order to
fix this problem.
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Work Cited:
 American Diabetes Association. (2019). The American Diabetes
Association® Applauds the Insulin Price Reduction Act, Introduced Today
by the Senate Diabetes Caucus. Retrieved from
(https://www.diabetes.org/newsroom/press-releases/2019/insulin-pricereduction-act)
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Diabetes Statistics
Report, 2020. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Dept of Health and Human Services; 2020.
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