Summary PBHE527 Week 6 Assignment.docx PBHE 527 Translating Science American Public University PBHE 527: Social and Behavioral Aspects of Health Diabetes is a chronic health condition that results from a deficient use or production of insulin. Long te

PBHE527 Week 6 A PBHE 527 Translating Science American Public University PBHE 527: Social and Behavioral Aspects of Health Diabetes is a chronic health condition that results from a deficient use or production of insulin. Long term effect of insulin deficiency carries serious health problems such as heart disease, vision loss, and kidney disease (CDC.gov). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the United States diabetes is considered the seventh leading cause of death, and currently affects 34.2 million American adults. Due to the major public health and economic burden of diabetes, the implementation of a National Diabetes Prevention Program (NDPP) was set in motion. The NDPP was based on the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) initially trialed in Veterans, which seek to address and disseminate information for people at risk of developing diabetes and which demonstr