Translational research influence policy development by providing actions that can be implemented in academic health centers and care facilities. In other words, it promotes the development of evidence-based practice with regard to given care delivery (Brownson, Colditz & Proctor, 2018). Communities support the initiatives proposed from the translational research as long as it guarantees quality care services to patients. According to Westra et al. (2015), translational research provides policy frameworks and action points that the health implementers can use to facilitate the provision of care services. The research also evaluates health outcomes and operation of the health systems to ascertain the quality of practice for a given population.
One of the recently enacted policy is based on the provision of Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) for Rural Americans. The policy as championed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is based on translational research, which focuses on behavioral changes among rural communities. The DSMES championed in the District of Columbia and passed in 2018 banks on education to patients to enable them to acquire knowledge on lifestyle changes. These alterations include adjustments in dietary patterns and physical activity to enhance insulin response. The focus on the rural populations is based on a presumption that the communities do not have access to quality care and that they lack adequate education on care practices (Brownson, Colditz, & Proctor, 2018). Through translational research, target populations are selected and monitored within six months. The glycemic controls are assessed within the study period to affirm knowledge on self-care. Besides, the target population is also informed on the need to adhere to prescribed medications followed by an assessment of how they use the insulin indicated to them. The policy on the self-care has been passed in forty-one states in the United States of America and about 10 states are yet to comply.
Brownson, R. C., Colditz, G. A., & Proctor, E. K. (Eds.). (2018). Dissemination and implementation research in health: translating science to practice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Westra, B. L., Latimer, G. E., Matney, S. A., Park, J. I., Sensmeier, J., Simpson, R. L., … & Delaney, C. W. (2015). A national action plan for sharable and comparable nursing data to support practice and translational research for transforming health care. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 22(3), 600-607.
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