DIABETES MANAGEMENT TIP

Tell your doctor or diabetes educator of any change in your lifestyle, working hours, physical activity or meal times. They will work with you to modify your diabetes medication

Downloads and Links for HPs

• Downloads
• Tests and Diagnosis Tools
• Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention PDFs
• PDF Information Sheets
• Useful Links

All of the following Information Sheets are in the PDF format for easy reading and printing. If you are unable to view these files, you will need to install the free Adobe Reader software.

Downloads for Health Professionals

ADS position statement on Insulin Glargine and a possible link with cancer: Data is inconclusive. Posted, December. 2009
Type 2 diabetes guidelines: Download the NHMRC Interactive Diagnostic Tool or the chart.
Diabetes management review sheet for GPs (An interactive word document).
Diabetes Management Goals for GPs: Keep check of the goals to aim for here.
Kidney health resources, includes diagnostic tools and guidelines.
National Evidence Based Guidelines for the Management of type 2 diabetes
Diabetes in General Practice
A national consensus on outcomes and indicators for diabetes patient education

For your patients - Tests and Diagnosis tools

Assess your risk of type 2 diabetes
Download the risk assessment question form.

Test your management knowledge:
Do you know your management goals for type 2 diabetes? Take the test and learn what checks you should be making and the targets to aim for.

Pre-diabetes:
Are you at risk of Pre-diabetes.

For your patients - Healthy Lifestyle and Prevention PDFs

Managing Diabetes - Your Goals (PDF)
A small booklet produced by Australian Diabetes Council that explains your seven key goals and provides a brief management diary.

Need to get moving? (PDF)
Includes a physical activity plan.

Eat well for good health (PDF)
A healthy eating guide.

Diabetes: Making Healthy Food Choices (PDF)
Developed especially for people from non-English speaking backgrounds and low literacy levels, these pictorial guides present photographs and images of hundreds of foods to help you, the health professional, give education on healthy eating.

Initially published in English, versions are now available in Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Greek, Vietnamese, Arabic and Italian, with more to follow. Each pictorial guide contain foods that are culturally specific and the English translation will be written on the same page.

The Cycle of Care information sheet (PDF)
The risk of diabetes-related complications is reduced when blood glucose levels, blood pressure and blood fats are kept as close to normal as possible.

Good management of diabetes also includes feet, urine, eye and dental checks. The “Cycle of Care” information sheet outlines the targets that have been set to help people with diabetes maintain the recommended cycle of care.

Diabetes Australia PDF Information Sheets

About Diabetes...

• What is Diabetes?
• Pre-diabetes
• Gestational Diabetes
• Insulin
• Blood Glucose Monitoring
• Staying Well with Diabetes
• Medications for Type 2 Diabetes
• Physical Activity and Type 2 Diabetes
• Sick Days and... Type 1 Diabetes | Type 2 Diabetes
• Type 2 diabetes in children

Diabetes And...

• Good Health
• Blood Pressure
• Heart Disease
• Hypoglycaemia
• Coeliac Disease
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
• Depression
• Alcohol
• Eating Out
• Your Feet
• Travel
• Travel checklist for type 1 diabetes
• Sexual Health
• Stress
• Your Eyes
• Oral Health
• Steroids
• Smoking
• Illicit drug use
• Day Sugery

Healthy Eating, GI and Food...

• Healthy Eating Guide
• Healthy Snacks and Diabetes
• Information about Sugar
• Alternative sweeteners
• Balancing Food, Activity and Insulin
• Food Choices for People with Diabetes
• The Glycemic Index
• Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes
• Do you need to lose some weight? A guide: For Men | For Women
• Healthy Hints for Modifying Recipes
• Reading Food Labels

For Support Persons...

• What is Type 1 Diabetes? For Support Persons
• Physical Activity For Support Persons
• What is Hypoglycaemia? For Support Persons

The Facts About Diabetes

The following PDF Information Sheets were produced by Australian Diabetes Council:

• Alcohol and Diabetes
• Are You At Risk?
• Diabetes Facts
• Diabetes and Your Kidneys
• Physical Activity and Diabetes
• Smoking and Diabetes
• Your Feet

Australian Diabetes Council services and documents

• Diabetes in the Workplace
• Your Rights and Responsibilities
• Diabetes Services Locality Guide
• Australian Diabetes Council Support Network Guide
• Metropolitan Sharps Disposal Services
• Regional Sharps Disposal Services

Sharps Disposal Information Pamphlet