Programs, projects and lessons

Details and links (where available) relating to relevant programs, projects and lessons learned are collected here.

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Programs and projects

2007

Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Princess Margaret Hospital (2007)
Expanded diabetes service for rural and remote communities across Western Australia.
Perth: Department of Health, Government of Western Australia
View program information
View website: Department of Health, Government of Western Australia

2006

Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing (2006)
National Integrated Diabetes Program
Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing
View program information

Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (2006)
The Indigenous Diabetic Foot Program
Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health
View program information

The Unity of First People of Australia (2006)
Diabetes management and care program
Kimberley: The Unity of First People of Australia
View program information

2003

Murray V, Roshier-Taks M (2003)
Aboriginal diabetes project - Greater Murray Area Health Service.
Albury: Albury Community Health Centre
View presentation (PDF - 111KB)

Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (2003)
Review of the implementation of the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander eye health program.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
View summary (Contains information relating to eye health in diabetes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations)

Pollard C, Lewis J, Woods L, Beurle D (2003)
National obesity taskforce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workshop.
Adelaide: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Department of Health Western Australia
View summary (PDF - 100KB)

2002

Scott M (2002)
The NSW Aboriginal vascular health program.
NSW Public Health Bulletin;13(7):152-154
View brief report: HealthBulletin

2001

Grundy J, Tyrell M, Wakerman J (2001)
Laramba Diabetes Project: an evaluation.
Alice Springs: Centre for Remote Health
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View report: Centre for Remote Health (PDF - 2.1MB - large file warning!)

International

Health Canada (2003)
Diabetes - First Nations, Inuit and Aboriginal Health
Provides information on the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative (ADI) for Indigenous Canadians. The program emphasises holistic approaches and has been developed in partnership with Aboriginal people who are involved in all stages of development, implementation and program maintenance.
View website

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Lessons learned

Case studies

The following case studies have been extracted from the report: Lee P, Rose V, Harris E, Bonney M (1999) Diabetes program development in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. Liverpool: Liverpool Hospital. The report was published by ISERU, Centre for General Practice Integration Studies UNSW and Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation (view website). Case studies included here have been reproduced with the kind permission of the authors.

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Evaluations

2008

D'Abbs P, Schmidt B, Dougherty K, Senior K (2008)
Implementing a chronic disease strategy in two remote Indigenous Australian settings: a multi-method pilot evaluation.
Australian Journal of Rural Health;16(2):67-74
View abstract: Australian Journal of Rural Health
View website: Wiley Interscience

2007

Chan LCK (2007)
Short term efficacy of a lifestyle intervention programme on cardiovascular health outcome in overweight Indigenous Australians with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus: the healthy lifestyle programme (HELP).
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice;75(1):65-71
View abstract: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
View website: ScienceDirect (Elsevier - publishers)

2004

Bailie RS, Si D, Robinson GW, Togni SJ, d’Abbs PHN (2004)
A multifaceted health-service intervention in remote Aboriginal communities: 3-year follow-up of the impact on diabetes care.
Medical Journal of Australia;181(4):195-200.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 213KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Howie RJ (2004)
Formative evaluation of the Kuwinyuwardu Aboriginal Resource Unit Gascoyne Healthy Lifestyle Program.
Subiaco, Western Australia, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia: 1-123.
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Office of Aboriginal Health

Illawarra Aboriginal Vascular Health Program (2004)
Aunty Jean's good health team - listening to the voices of the Elders to create an Aboriginal Chronic and Complex Care program.
Unanderra: Illawarra Health
View report (PDF - 1.42MB - large file warning!)
View website: NSW Health, South Eastern Sydney Illawarra

 

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Last updated: 15 September 2008