The following section lists best-practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of diabetes that have been developed for health professionals by medical experts and researchers. Although this information is accessible to non-experts, they are aimed at the practicing health professional.
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General practitioners continue to provide most of the medical support to people with type 2 diabetes. This is the most recent edition of this guide and it plays an important role in providing a readable summary of current guidelines and recommendations from various sources on the management of type 2 diabetes in the general practice setting.
For a hard copy of the 2011-12 publication, contact your State or Territory diabetes office on 1300 136 588.
Download: Diabetes Management in General Practice 2011-12
Goals for Optimum Diabetes Management 2011-12
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These Guidelines comprise a suite of Type 2 Diabetes Guidelines developed in 2009 under a funding agreement between the Department of Health and Ageing and the Diabetes Australia Guideline Development Consortium.
The five Guidelines in the series, when combined, present a comprehensive set of evidence-based guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of Type 2 Diabetes.
Guidelines
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National Evidence Based Guidelines on Prevention, Identification and Management of Foot Complications in Diabetes
Approved by the NHMRC, the full guideline, clinical guide, consumer guides and technical report can be downloaded here.
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Outcomes and Indicators for Diabetes Education: National Consensus Position Information and Education for People with Diabetes: a 'Best Practice' Strategy
This report details a systematically derived framework of nationally agreed goals, outcomes and indicators for diabetes education. It provides a benchmark and policy platform for refining and evaluating the consistency, quality and effectiveness of diabetes education services which can be applied nationally and/or at a regional or local service level.
Download: Outcomes & Indicators report
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