Systematic review of existing evidence and primary care guidelines on the management of non-insulin dependent diabetes in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations / Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council
Published
Canberra : Commonwealth Dept. of Health and Family Services for the Office for Aboriginal and Torres strait Islander Health Services, [1998]
Introduction -- Methodology of the systematic review -- Case efinition and diagnostic procedures -- Effectiveness of prevention -- Primary prevention -- Secondary prevention: -- Establish local registers for diabetes monitoring and reporting -- Screening for NIDDM (Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus) -- Improved glycaemic control in NIDDM -- Education and reinforcement strategies for NIDDM patients -- Optimal service capacity (quality of Aboriginal health workers) -- Healthcare provision for Aboriginal prisoners with diabetes -- Tertiary prevention: -- Use of aspirin in the prevention of coronary heart disease in diabetes -- Smoking cessation -- Screening and treatment of dyslipidaemia -- Screening and treatment of hypertension -- Diabetic nephropathy, screening and interventions for the prevention of renal disease -- Screening and treatment of diabetic retinopathy -- Gestational diabetes -- Research issues -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. Nutrition strategies for Aboriginal populations -- Appendix 2. Health promotion, resoruces and related strategies for diabetes in Aboriginal populations by State -- Appendix 3. Five year cardiovascular prognostic charts for the general population
Summary
This review has been developed as an evidence base from which individual guidelines or management protocols can be developed and adopted at a local level within primary health care. It aims to clarify any questions that arise in the management of diabetes in Aboriginal populations
