Publications: specific topics

Publications about various aspects of Indigenous diabetes have been collected under the topics listed below. Included on this page are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature about the management of diabetes.

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Management of diabetes

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 article: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
View website: ScienceDirect (Elsevier - publishers)

Cribbes M, Glaister K (2007)
'It's not easy': caring for Aboriginal clients with diabetes in remote Australia.
Contemporary Nurse;25(1-2):163-72
View abstract: Contemporary Nurse
View website: Contemporary Nurse

Thomas M, Weekes AJ, Thomas MC (2007)
The management of diabetes in Indigenous Australians from primary care.
BioMedCentral Public Health;7(303):1-9
View article: BioMedCentral Public Health (PDF - 471KB)
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View website: BioMedCentral

2006

Si D, Bailie RS, Togni SJ, d'Abbs PHN, Robinson GW (2006)
Aboriginal health workers and diabetes care in remote community health centres: a mixed method analysis.
Medical Journal of Australia;185(1):40-45
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 366KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Webbie K, O'Brien K (2006)
Use of medicines by Australians with diabetes (Bulletin no. 45)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
View report (PDF - 260KB)
View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

2005

Martin DD, Shephard MDS, Freeman H, Bulsara MK, Jones TW, Davis EA, Maguire GP (2005)
Point-of-care testing of HbA1c and blood glucose in a remote Aboriginal Australian community.
Medical Journal of Australia;182(10):524-527
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 280KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Rowley KG, Daniel M, O'Dea K (2005)
Screening for diabetes in Indigenous populations using glycated haemoglobin: sensitivity, specificity, post-test likelihood and risk of disease.
Diabetic Medicine;22(7):838393-
View abstract: Diabetic Medicine
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

Shephard MDS, Gill JP (2005)
An innovative Australian point-of-care model for urine albumin: creatinine ratio testing that supports diabetes management in Indigenous medical services and has international application.
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry; 42:208-215
View abstract: HealthBulletin

Wakerman J, Chalmers EM, Humphreys JS, Clarence CL, Bell AI, et al. (2005)
Sustainable chronic disease management in remote Australia.
Medical Journal of Australia;183(10):s64-s68
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 266KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Wong M, Haswell-Elkins M, Tamwoy E, McDermott R, d'Abbs P (2005)
Perspectives on clinic attendance, medication and foot-care among people with diabetes in the Torres Strait Islands and Northern Peninsula area.
Australian Journal of Rural Health; 13:172-177
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: National Rural Health Alliance Inc.

2004

McAullay D, Sibthorpe B, Knuiman M (2004)
Evaluation of a new diabetes screening method at the Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;28(1):43-46
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View article: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (PDF - 37KB)
View website: Public Health Association of Australia

McDermott RA, Tulip F, Schmidt B (2004)
Diabetes care in remote northern Australian Indigenous communities.
Medical Journal of Australia; 180(10):512-516.
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (HTML)
View article: Medical Journal of Australia (PDF - 130KB)
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

McDermott R, Tulip F, Sinha A (2004)
Sustaining better diabetes care in remote Indigenous Australian communities.
Quality and Safety in Health Care;13:295-298
View article: Quality and Safety in Health Care (HTML)
View article: Quality and Safety in Health Care (PDF - 110KB)
View website: Quality and Safety in Health Care

Tamwoy E, Haswell-Elkins M, Wong M, Rogers W, d'Abbs P, McDermott R (2004)
Living and coping with diabetes in the Torres Strait and Northern Peninsula Area.
Health Promotion Journal of Australia;15(3):231-236
View abstract: Health Promotion Journal of Australia
View website: Australian Health Promotion Association

2003

McDermott R, Tulip F, Schmidt B, Sinha A (2003)
Sustaining better diabetes care in remote Indigenous Australian communities.
British Medical Journal; 327(7412):428-430
View abstract: British Medical Journal
View website: British Medical Journal

2001

McDermott RA, Schmidt BA, Sinha A, Mills P (2001)
Improving diabetes care in the primary healthcare setting: a randomised cluster trial in remote Indigenous communities.
Medical Journal of Australia;174(10):497-502
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Prior to 2000

Couzos S, Metcalf S, Murray R, O'Rourke S (1998)
Systematic review of existing evidence and primary care guidelines on the management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations.
Canberra: Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Services, Commonwealth Department of Health and Family Services.
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

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Last updated: 4 June 2008