UNCC300 Justice And Change In A Global World

Create an evocative and engaging Op-Ed that explains a challenge associated with realising aspirations of the common good in your professional community, locally and globally.

The Op-Ed should clearly explain to readers what the issue chosen from the list is, and how your understanding of the knowledge you have acquired in the unit addresses the issue or problem and relates to the discipline area you are studying in.

Common goods is the thought of various prominent achievement without thinking about the individual benefit and it is not associated with the personal benefit of the individual. In the society, there are a few people who contributes to improvement of the society  without having any benefits of their own. For example it can be said, the taxes paid by the people are not used for their direct benefit, rather this amount is used for the wellness of many people and that can be referred to as the common good (ACU , 2016). The type II diabetes is a common problem in the world and as well as in the Australia. The increasing rate of type II diabetes in Australia is a serious area of concern for the Australia and it has become a chronic problem for almost every Australian (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2018).

In the 21^st century, the problem of diabetes has become the biggest challenge to fight against for the for the health system of Australia. It is very difficult to figure out the actual number of diabetes patients in Australia. Type II diabetes is accountable for almost 80-85% of total diabetes patients diagnosed in Australia (Sainsbury, Shi, Flack & Colagiuri, 2018). A diabetes type II is diagnosed when the hormone named insulin is not working properly or the insulin producing organ, pancreas is unable to produce enough insulin. As a result, the level of blood glucose cannot be lowered due to lack of insulin function. The type II diabetes is developed after long period of insulin resistance and with time the ineffectiveness of the insulin also increases. As a result the pancreas produces more insulin and due to overproduction of insulin for a long time, the insulin producing cells in the pancreas is damaged. It can be said that, the type II diabetes is the combination of insulin resistance and lack of enough insulin production. In addition to this diabetes type II can be genetically inherited. It is seen that, the chances of diabetes type II is more common among the people of a particular ethnic group or who have previous medical history of type II diabetes in the family (Sainsbury, Shi, Flack & Colagiuri, 2018).

According to a report of The Weekend Australian, in 2014-15 almost 5.1 % of total Australian have diabetes and type II diabetes is dominant in this total number of diabetes in Australia (Parnell, 2016). Moreover, most of the Australian has no knowledge about their disease status. In Australia, diabetes is more common among the men than that of the women. The prevalence rate of the diabetes type II is increasing with the growing age of the people and it is seen that almost 16% of total diabetes patients is in the age group of 65-74 years (Parnell, 2016). In addition to the growing age, the high blood pressure, overweight are also in the high risk zone of having diabetes in near future. The Torres Strait Island people also had the risk of diabetes and it is seen that 13% of indigenous people have the problem of diabetes. In case of the indigenous people the age of 35 is considered as age of risk for having diabetes type II.  Type II diabetes is also associated with many other diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, foot ulcers.  Diabetes also enhances the total annual cost impact of Australia and the estimated amount is almost $14.6 billion (Heart & Diabetes Institute, 2018).

For managing the diabetes type II in Australia, the Australian Government has taken various initiatives and National Diabetes Strategy (2016-2020). Significant funding are allowed to address the problems of diabetes type II. In addition to this, medical benefit schedule is introduced and this scheme helps the patients by giving medicare and patient care in a subsidized rate. The pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme allows the patients to get medicine in a subsidized rate. In addition to this, The National Diabetes Services Scheme helps the diabetes patients by providing free syringes, needles, urine ketone test strips, insulin pumps, blood glucose test strips. Lastly, a huge amount of money is invested in the diabetes research through National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (“Department of Health | Diabetes”, 2018).

In order to manage the increasing rate of diabetes type II in Australia, the government should initiate various awareness program as a huge amount of diabetes is still unreported in Australia. The people should know more about the disease so that it can be prevented. In addition to this, more health professionals can be engaged so that more people can have access of the treatment even in the remote areas. Various bodily exercise activity should be promoted to reduce the rate of obesity among people and may help to reduce the rate of diabetes type II.

References

ACU. (2016). Retrieved from https://leocontent.acu.edu.au/file/8e8cfd0c-0c07-4862-92c1-118b46d203d4/18/pdf/M5-TheCommonGood.pdf

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2018). About Diabetes – Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Available at: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/health-conditions-disability-deaths/diabetes/about#t2 [Accessed 29 Dec. 2018].

Diabetes Australia (2018). Type 2 diabetes.  Diabetesaustralia.com.au. Available at: https://www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/type-2-diabetes [Accessed 29 Dec. 2018].

Department of Health | Diabetes. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/content/chronic-diabetes#pro 

Heart & Diabetes Institute. (2018). Retrieved from https://static.diabetesaustralia.com.au/s/fileassets/diabetes-australia/e7282521-472b-4313-b18e-be84c3d5d907.pdf   

Parnell, S. (2016). Killer diabetes on the rise. Theaustralian.com.au. Available at: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/life/health-wellbeing/deadly-but-preventable-type-2-diabetes-on-the-rise-in-australia/news-story/932e36469eff636108e70be7617e026d [Accessed 29 Dec. 2018].

Sainsbury, E., Shi, Y., Flack, J., & Colagiuri, S. (2018). Burden of Diabetes in Australia: It’s Time for More Action. Retrieved from https://www.novonordisk.com.au/content/dam/australia/affiliate/www-novonordisk-au/Home/Documents/180712_Burden%20of%20Diabetes_Its%20Time%20for%20More%20Action%20Report_Digital_%20FINAL….pdf