In this assignment, you will add the remaining Introductory sections to the proposal. You will incorporate any edits or recommendations provided by your Faculty Project Advisor into this revised worki

Leonne Reid

NGR7911

Dr. Valerie Martinez

The SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Analysis

Several factors might affect the successful implementation of this project within the given practice setting. These factors will be summarized in a SWOT analysis.

Strengths

The strengths of the proposed setting in the project mainly comprise internal factors which could be controlled or utilized to achieve a successful project. One of the significant strengths of the govern setting (impoverished communities) is the access of respondents that would greatly help in providing information on which strategies they have adopted and utilized in the effective management of diabetes type II other than using pharmaceutical interventions. Another major strength of the project’s setting is the availability of experienced researchers and professionals to help recommend effective self-management interventions to the study’s respondents. For instance, we have nutritionists who would help develop healthy diets for the sample of patients included in the study. The researchers would then monitor any changes in the patient’s lifestyle to establish whether the changes in diet helped manage the disease or bring any positive health outcomes.

Weaknesses

Similarly, the weaknesses of the proposed setting in the project primarily encompass internal factors which would make it challenging for the project to become successful. The main weakness of the given setting is the lack of funding because there are fewer financial resources in impoverished communities. Therefore, the project initiators must fund the project themselves or look for a professional organization willing to fund the research. Secondly, in impoverished communities, it is common to find individuals with limiting beliefs, such as using cultural interventions such as traditional herbs and ayurvedic medications is the most effective way of preventing and treating the disease. These beliefs might impede the effective implementation of self-management interventions such as occupational therapy since patients from these populations do not believe these interventions could help manage the disease.

Opportunities

Opportunities in the proposed setting include uncontrollable and external factors that might help achieve the project's successful implementation. One main opportunity is increased interest among professional organizations and leading scientific institutions to research effective disease management strategies. For instance, the American Diabetes Association has emerged to help fund research on effective diabetes management, provide education on self-management practices that would help manage the disease and recommend healthy diets for the patients. Therefore, the researchers could approach these organizations and ask them to help fund the research and provide education to patients with diabetes in these communities. Moreover, the respondents could use some information from these organizations to adopt a healthy lifestyle during the project.

Threats

Lastly, threats are factors which could affect the implementation of the project if they happen. The main threats in impoverished communities include language and cultural barriers. The researchers might find it difficult to communicate with diabetes type II patients from these communities due to differences in language. This might affect the project's success because the patients may misinterpret the recommended strategies by the professionals provided by the project’s team. This would affect the validity of the results and, ultimately, the entire project. Besides, the health status of patients might deteriorate since diabetes is a chronic illness which requires effective management, and any errors made would be dire to a patient’s health.