The diabetes story: living a healthy and long life with well controlled diabetes (2005)

Description

The Diabetes story is a health information movie which has five scenes or chapters which cover the following topics:

• how do you feel?
• what is diabetes?
• why have I got diabetes?
• what could happen to me?
• if you have diabetes or think you might have diabetes

The movie plays in Macromedia Flash and is available in three Central Australian languages (Pitjantjatjara, Warlpiri, Arrernte), as well as English.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

When to use this resource

This movie can be used as a diabetes educational tool and is very useful for people who do not understand many medical terms dealing with diabetes. It can be used to provide background information to practitioners and Health Workers, as well as for use with Aboriginal clients in a group education session or for individual consultation.

Contact details

The Promotions Officer
Central Australian Aboriginal Congress
25 Gap Road
Alice Springs NT 0871
PO Box 1604
Alice Springs NT 0871
Ph: (08) 8958 3664
Email: promotions@caac.org.au

Links

• View educational material: The diabetes story: living a healthy and long life with well controlled diabetes (instruction sheet for CD, DVD, computer format only) (PDF - 304.0 KB)
• View information: The diabetes story: living a healthy and long life with well controlled diabetes
• View information: The diabetes story: living a healthy and long life with well controlled diabetes (PDF - 196.0 KB)
• View website: Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Inc.
• View website: Healthy Living NT

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