ATSI People Resources
Pictorial Guides
These guides provide easy-to-follow advice on how to best manage
diabetes through healthy eating, exercise, foot care and increased
awareness of diabetes. The guides were developed by Diabetes
Victoria and the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled health
organisation (VACCHO). We would like to thank the Aboriginal people
who appear in these booklets and acknowledge Sharon Thorpe and
Jennifer Brown for their help in the production of these booklets.
Through funding provided by the National Diabetes Services Scheme,
Diabetes Queensland has limited numbers of these guides available
for distribution.
Gestational Diabetes
Booklets
These booklets provide easy-to-follow information on gestational
diabetes. Topics covered in the booklets are How Your Body Works;
Gestational Diabetes; Eating for Gestational Diabetes; Starting
Insulin Injections; and After the Baby is Born. The set of 5
booklets was developed by the Queensland Government as part of the
CPIC Innovation Project: Diabetes in Pregnancy. Queensland Health
has granted Diabetes Queensland permission to reproduce and
distribute this resource. Diabetes Queensland acknowledges the work
of Queensland Health staff from the Cairns Diabetes Centre and the
Diabetes in Pregnancy Innovation Project team who were involved in
the development of the original resource. Through funding provided
by the National Diabetes Services Scheme, Diabetes Queensland has
limited numbers of these booklets available for distribution. PDF
versions have also been included for you to print.
National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS)
Posters and Brochures
These posters and brochures are ideal for display in health
service waiting areas and consulting rooms to raise awareness about
the NDSS, particularly for those Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people living with diabetes but who have not yet
registered.
Online Peer Support Program
Postcards
The postcard is a handy resource for display in health services
and for distribution in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
community to raise awareness for those living with type 2 diabetes
who might want to join the Facebook Peer Support program.
The Diabetes Story App
"The diabetes story" App is the result of a project auspiced by
Diabetes Queensland. The project was a collaboration between
Diabetes Australia, Diabetes Victoria, the National Diabetes
Services Scheme (NDSS), the Victorian Aboriginal Community
Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO), the Victorian Aboriginal
Health Service (VAHS), Wuchopperen Health Service (Cairns) and
Apunipima Cape York Health Council.
"The diabetes story" speaks directly to consumers in plain
language, using audio-visual aids such as Feltman and Feltmum
animations to show them what happens inside their bodies if they
have type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes.
Engaging young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander hosts show
consumers how to stay well with diabetes if they have it, and how
to prevent themselves from getting it, if they don't. Consumers are
encouraged to learn more about what they can do for themselves, so
that when they work together with their doctor and health team,
they can take charge of their diabetes.
The story is available for viewing and/or downloading at the
following link. https://diabetesstory.info/