Life! Taking action on diabetes

• Reach:

  VIC

• Focus area:

  Mainstream with Indigenous content

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

In 2007 the Victorian Government funded the development of a type 2 diabetes prevention program Life! Taking action on diabetes. The four year program was developed by Diabetes Australia - Vic (DA-Vic) and consisted of three key strategies:

• increasing community awareness

• implementing systematic risk assessment

• delivering community-based lifestyle behaviour change programs.

The first phase of this program targeted people aged 50 years or older and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Victorians aged 18 years or older. The program has been extended and the eligibility criteria for participation has been revised to include Victorians aged 18 years or older found to be at high risk through a WorkHealth check, or who had previously been diagnosed with a high-risk condition, specifically gestational diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease.

Abstract adapted from Diabetes Australia - Victoria

Contacts

Kathleen Delley
570 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne Vic 3000
Ph: (03) 8648 1880
Fax: (03) 9667 1757
Email: life@diabetesvic.org.au
Diabetes Infoline: 13 RISK (13 7475)

Links

• View article: Type 2 diabetes prevention in Victoria
  Refer pages 7 and 8
• View information: Life! Taking action on diabetes
• View media release: Don't be the type to leave it too late
• View media release: Victorians urged to measure up for new life!
• View website: Diabetes Australia - Vic