Diabetes
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) affect a growing number of New Zealanders each year, and particularly their quality of life and life expectancy.
The More Heart and Diabetes Checks health target came into effect on 1 January 2012. The target is that 90% of the eligible population will have had their cardiovascular risk assessed in the last five years, to be achieved in stages by 1 July 2014. The first stage is to achieve 60% by July 2012, and 75% by July 2013. The eligible population includes: Māori, Pacific and South Asian males 35 years and over, Māori, Pacific and South Asian females and other ethnic group males 45 years and over and all other ethnic group females 55 years and over.
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) affect a growing number of New Zealanders each year, and particularly their quality of life and life expectancy.
The More Heart and Diabetes Checks health target came into effect on 1 January 2012. The target is that 90% of the eligible population will have had their cardiovascular risk assessed in the last five years, to be achieved in stages by 1 July 2014. The first stage is to achieve 60% by July 2012, and 75% by July 2013. The eligible population includes: Māori, Pacific and South Asian males 35 years and over, Māori, Pacific and South Asian females and other ethnic group males 45 years and over and all other ethnic group females 55 years and over.
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Evaluation of the Diabetes Nurse Specialist Prescribing project. Report prepared for the New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes
posted by Research Admin on 28 Mar 2012
Published 2011. Authors: Jill A. Wilkinson, Jennifer B. Carryer, Jeffery Adams, Sandy Chaning-Pearce.
[Palmerston North]: Massey University.
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'Join us on our journey': Developing a new model of care for children and young people with type 1 diabetes (UK)
posted by Research Admin on 22 Mar 2012
The UK NHS Diabetes commissioned Leeds Metropolitan University to undertake a 3-year research project called ‘Join Us On Our Journey’...
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Diabetic retinopathy screening in New Zealand requires improvement: Results from a multi-centre audit
posted by Research Admin on 16 Apr 2012
Published 2012. Authors: Edward Hutchins, Kirsten J. Coppell, Ainsley Morris, Gordon Sanderson.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 23 Feb, doi: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00841.x [Epub before print]
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Proposed new diagnostic criteria for gestational diabetes – a pause for thought?
posted by Research Admin on 19 Mar 2012
Published 2012. Author: Tim Cundy.
Diabetic Medicine, 29(2), 176–180.
Research Review
Diabetes and Obesity Research Review 56
posted by Research Admin on 28 Mar 2012
Studies in this issue (attached below): GAD65 antigen therapy in type 1 diabetes Recreational drug use in type 1 diabetes...
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NZSSD Position Statement on the diagnosis of, and screening for, Type 2 Diabetes
posted by Research Admin on 21 Mar 2012
This New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) 2011 statement is a guide for health practitioners and complements...
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News
- New WHO data highlight increases in hypertension, diabetes incidence
- Short term household income change and impacts on health
- Targeted strategy to prevent obesity could avert hundreds of thousands of diabetes cases (Australia)
- Gen Y to become Gen Diabetes (Australia)
- Canterbury health system achieving health targets but faces ongoing quake-related challenges
Events
- Diabetes New Zealand Conference 2012
- 9th International Diabetes Federation-WPR Congress & 4th AASD Scientific Meeting
- 2012 Conference for General Practice
- International Indigenous Development Research Conference 2012
- The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthamologists NZ Branch Annual Meeting
Literature Abstracts
- High rates of endometrial cancer among Pacific women in New Zealand: The role of diabetes, physical inactivity, and obesity
- Mortality and demographic data 2009
- Pacific Islands Families Study: The association of infant health risk indicators and acculturation of Pacific Island mothers living in New Zealand
- The health status of children and young people in MidCentral and Whanganui
- Diabetic retinopathy screening in New Zealand requires improvement: Results from a multi-centre audit
International Literature
- Review of services provided by pharmacies that promote healthy living (UK)
- Epidemiology of multimorbidity and implications for health care, research, and medical education: A cross-sectional study (Scotland)
- Can the retinal screening interval be safely increased to 2 years for type 2 diabetic patients without retinopathy? (UK)
- Effectiveness of a diabetes education and self management programme (DESMOND) for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus: Three year follow-up of a cluster randomised controlled trial in primary care (UK)
- The relationship between financial incentives and quality of diabetes care in Ontario, Canada
Discussion
- Self-Management Support Toolkit
- NZSSD Podiatry Special Interest Group (PSIG)
- The Diabetes Excess Weight Loss (DEWL) Trial: A randomised controlled trial of high-protein versus high-carbohydrate diets over 2 years in type 2 diabetes [in press]
- 'More heart and diabetes checks' – a new health target for cardiovascular disease and diabetes
- Get Checked programme - replacement services update