During Diabetes Awareness Month, you are pitching a local online magazine with a story
aimed at raising awareness of the importance of getting an A1C test for the prevention and
management of diabetes. Describe the elements, viewpoints, and key health message you
would include in your story to attract the reporter’s attention and increase likelihood of
media coverage. Provide a rationale for your approach.
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The creation of awareness and sensitization of an audience regarding the prevalence of a
condition necessitates the incorporation of vital elements that draw their attention and drive them
to engage in the mitigation process. As such, during the Diabetes Awareness month, a local
online magazine with a story aimed at raising awareness of the importance of getting an A1C test
would include vital elements that evoke public desire to partake in the prevention and
management of the condition. The achievement of this objective would thus necessitate
answering questions and disseminating crucial information about the disease as well as a
different way of managing or preventing the disorder. For instance, to attract the attention of the
reporter and increase the likelihood of media coverage, the story would include elements such as
the various causes of diabetes that have intensified in the recent past. These would be coupled
with the depiction of the risk factors associated with diabetes that range from genetics, lifestyle
choices, and eating habits or diets (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019). The
essence of elements entails the exemplification of the hazards that increase an individual’s
likelihood to develop diabetes and the potential effects it will have on their lives.
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Similarly, to attract the attention of the report and increase the likelihood of media
coverage, the story would include facts depicting morbidity and mortality rates in the recent past
following the occurrence and prevalence of diabetes across all ages. These would be coupled
with the indication of the signs and symptoms that people should watch out for in their pursuit of
a healthy lifestyle. Most fundamentally, the story would include the benefits of getting an A1C
test in the prevention and management of diabetes (Center for Disease Control and Prevention,
2019). These benefits would be outlined in a manner that comprises real-life instances of
individuals who used the results obtained from the A1C test to seek better treatment and their
current status.
References
Center for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019, March 7). Blood Sugar and Diabetes.