Diabetes Channel features type 2 diabetes guidelines
October 27, 2009Rural Health Education Foundation CEO, Don Perlgut, is now on the Diabetes Channel, talking about the Foundation’s current educational program series covering the treatment and management of type 2 diabetes.
Mr Perlgut appears in an on-demand video on the DiabetesChannel.com.au website, where he discusses the Foundation’s T2DM Guideline Series, a series of four educational television programs - aimed at health and medical practitioners in rural and remote Australia - which communicate the changes in new National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Guidelines for the treatment and management of type 2 diabetes.
“The Diabetes Channel is good news for the diabetes community, and we are delighted to be able to contribute to it,” says Don Perlgut. “It’s a new opportunity to spread awareness of the Foundation’s many diabetes-related programs to a wider audience.”
“Since up to 60% of type 2 diabetes cases can be prevented, the Diabetes Channel has great potential to improve diabetic patient outcomes by providing at-risk people and their health practitioners with convenient access to the latest information,” Mr Perlgut says.
About the Diabetes Channel
The Diabetes Channel is Australia’s first diabetes web-streaming network, providing on-demand videos about diabetes, its management and the prevention of type 2 diabetes. The online videos are aimed at people with diabetes, their carers and those at risk.
Developed by Diabetes Australia-NSW, the Diabetes Channel is produced and hosted by credentialled diabetes educators, accredited practicing dietitians and accredited exercise physiologists.
About the T2DM Guideline Series
The Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing has funded new National Health and Medical Research Council Guidelines for the treatment and management of type 2 diabetes.
The Foundation’s four-part T2DM Guideline Series focuses on the key practice points and goals for management of T2DM presented in the Guidelines to assist clinicians, health services and policy makers.
Two guidelines are outlined in each program, with the final program specifically focusing on Indigenous Australians.
The four programs that make up the series are:
- Blood Glucose Control, Patient Education in Type 2 Diabetes (program 913b, first aired 8th September)
- Diabetic Retinopathy, Chronic Kidney Disease (program 913c, first aired 22nd September)
- Primary Prevention, Case Detection and Diagnosis (program 913a, first aired 13th October)
- Diabetes and Indigenous Australians (program 913d, airing 10th November)
A DVD set of this program series will be available for free for Australian health professionals in early 2010, and can be ordered now by clicking here (note: you must be registered and logged in to order). The programs are also available free on the Internet for viewing via web-streamed video or listening via an audio podcast.