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Greetings!
Hello and welcome to the August edition of Yada Yada. Can you feel Spring in the air? We are moving out of the cold, wet, dark winter towards the warmth, lightness and blossoms of Spring. There hasn't been much hibernation over winter here at T1DN, and we have more projects coming up! So, in this issue we are putting a call out to gather some volunteers for these projects and to help us spread the word about the T1DN. There's also a reminder about the Seed Award, information on the prevalence of T1 in Australia, and we share some new research on the relationship between HbA1c and staying out of hospital. Finally, we close this month's newsletter with a couple of triumphs - enjoy!
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The Type 1 Diabetes Network wants YOU!
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The last 6 months has been an exciting time for T1DN. We have a new leadership team on board, and we've just released an
elearning module aimed at showing health professionals what it's like to live with type 1.
In addition to our two forums and monthly newsletter Yada Yada, we have several other projects planned or in progress. To help us with some of these projects, we are now recruiting new volunteer committee members.
Do you have skills, experience or interests in any of the following areas?
· Accountancy/Bookkeeping
· IT
· Social media - e.g. Facebook and/or Twitter
· Webinars
· Web development, including web design
· Writing - documents & creative
· Administration
· Advocacy
Then we would love to here from you!
We are also looking for a parent of someone with type 1 diabetes to represent this group of people on our committee.
If you aren't sure whether you have any of those skills but want to help out, get in touch anyway - we're there will be something you can do to help!
For more information, or to get involved, email Susan by 4 September 2011. You can also find more details on the forum.
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For more information visit www.abbottdiabetescare.com.au |
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Seed Award reminder
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Have you put in your Seed Award nominations yet? Nominations close on Wednesday, 14th September - so be quick and get them in! For the eligibility criteria, check out last month's newsletter.
You can email your nominations to Colleen at colleen@d1.org.au. If you have any questions, you can also ask Colleen by emailing her or giving her a call on 0414 281 539.
For more information about the Seed Award and how it started, go here.
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First published data on prevalence of type 1 in Australia!
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Photo by Bernard Farrell
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We've had data on new diagnoses and on the incidence of T1D, but never on prevalence.
A recent report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) presents the most up-to-date estimates of the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Australia. These estimates are based on self-reports to the Australian Bureau of Statistics' 2007-08 National Health Survey. One of the key findings of this survey showed that in 2007-08 there were an estimated 87,100 Australians with type 1 diabetes.
You can read the full report here.
Source: Australian Policy Online
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HbA1c levels can predict hospital admission risk
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This was an interesting study recently published in the Diabetes Care
journal. It concluded that in 24,750 people with type 1 diabetes, keeping HbA1c levels in a safe range helped to keep them out of hospital.
Those that had HbA1c levels of 7.7 - 8.7% had the lowest risk of hospital admission compared to those with the highest HbA1c readings (10.8 -18.4%), who were almost three times as likely to be admitted to hospital.
This, of course, makes a lot of sense, but maintaining HbA1c levels in the recommended range isn't always easy to achieve! Read the study abstract here.
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Want to spread the word about T1DN?
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Then get some of our branded postcards to give to your health professional for their waiting room! Contact Colleen, and she'll post you out a small bundle of postacards. You can either email her or call her on 0414 281 539.
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Celebrating 2 wins at the ADS-ADEA* conference!
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 The first win we'd like to celebrate is that Kate Gilbert, our former president, is presenting a poster about the T1DN's online module for health professionals at the conference. We are chuffed to have such a presence at one of Australia's most important conferences on diabetes.
The second win is that HypoActive will be presented with an award at the conference. HypoActive's mission is to inspire and enable the Type 1 community to live a more physically active lifestyle. They do superb work (check them out here), so it's wonderful they've won the Abbott Diabetes Care Case Study Award. The case study submission was written by Dr Cheryl Steele (last year's Seed Award winner), Monique Hanley, Lyndal Hynes and Ewin Williams. The ADS-ADEA organising committee has also accepted another piece of research from HypoActive, which will be shown as a poster presentation. Congratulations guys!
*The Australian Diabetes Society and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association are having their conference in Perth from 31 August to 2 September 2011. This conference promotes the exchange of the latest clinical practices and cutting edge research in diabetes with state-of-the-art lectures, with free clinical, scientific and educational symposia. You can read more about it here.
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| Want to catch up with some other type 1-ers? | |
These informal meets are the perfect way to meet others in your area who have type 1 diabetes. Organised by everyday people, these unofficial get-togethers are a fun and relaxed way to get to talk to people who really understand! Keep an eye on the Meet Forum for meets in your area. Currently, a meet is being organised in Melbourne, Brisbane and Gold Coast - or why not organise a meet in your area? |
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Hot topics on the Reality Check online forum include:
On Munted Pancreas, Parents of Kids with D are discussing:
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Oh, and before we forget, the starter kit has been updated - we think it looks fabulous! Check it out here. And thanks to Abbott for supporting the reprint. :-)
I hope you enjoyed this issue of Yada Yada. As usual, if you have any suggestions, just reply to this email.
All the best!
From everyone at The Type 1 Diabetes Network |
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