There are many resources available nationally that provide evidence based guidelines on how care should be provided and what outcomes should be achieved for people living with diabetes.
The following is a list of commonly used resources in Australia. The list also includes health care organisations involved in the provision of diabetes care. These links have been divided into topics. Please click on the topic of interest.
| Category | Title | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Prevention, Prediabetes & Diagnostics | National Evidence Based Guideline for Case Detection and Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes | Click Here |
| Prevention, Prediabetes & Diagnostics | National Evidence-Based Guidelines for the Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes | Click Here |
| Prevention, Prediabetes & Diagnostics | The Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) and the Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) Position Statement on pre-diabetes | Click Here |
| Prevention, Prediabetes & Diagnostics | “Australian Diabetes Society Position Statement: The Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes in the Context of Psychotic Disorders” | Click Here |
| Prevention, Prediabetes & Diagnostics | Life Program – free Victorian lifestyle modification program aimed at type 2 diabetes an cardiovascular disease risk reduction. Run by expert health professionals,the program is delivered as a group courseor a telephone health coaching service. | Click Here |
| For Health Professionals | Resources to support health professionals | Click Here |
| For Health Professionals | Find a resource (information and resources) | Click here |
| For Health Professionals | Diabetes and emotional health handbook | Click here |
| For Health Professionals | Diabetes and emotional health questionnaire cards | Click here |
| For Health Professionals | Diabetes and emotional health (Summary cards) | Click here |
| For Health Professionals | Effective communication with people who have an intellectual disability about their diabetes | Click here |
| For Health Professionals | Continuous and flash glucose monitoring for health professionals | Click Here |
| For Health Professionals | When and how psychologists can support people with diabetes fact sheet | Click Here |
| Hospital Guidelines | ADS Guidelines for Routine Glucose Control in Hospital | Click Here |
| Hospital Guidelines | ADS Peri-Operative Diabetes Management Guidelines | Click Here |
| Obesity Management | Australian Obesity Management Algorithm | Click Here |
| Obesity Management | Metabolic Surgery in the Treatment Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes: A Joint Statement by International Diabetes Organizations | Click Here |
| Type 1 Diabetes | Alcohol and type 1 diabetes | Click Here |
| Type 1 Diabetes | Diabetes in Pregnancy booklet for women - Having a healthy baby guide for women with type 1 diabetes | Click Here |
| Type 1 Diabetes | Drug use and type 1 diabetes | Click Here |
| Type 1 Diabetes | Guidelines for Sick Day Management for People with Type 1 and 2 Diabetes | Click Here |
| Type 1 Diabetes | Guidelines for Sick Day Management for People with Type 1 | Click Here |
| Type 1 Diabetes | NDSS Pregnancy and Diabetes Website | Click Here |
| Type 1 Diabetes | National Evidence-Based Clinical Care Guidelines for Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Adults | Click Here |
| Type 1 Diabetes | Travelling and type 1 diabetes | Click Here |
| Type 1 Diabetes | Understanding Hypoglycaemia | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | Understanding type 2 diabetes fact sheet | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | Type 2 diabetes: a quick guide | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | ADS Position Statement on A New Blood Glucose Management Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | T2D Treatment Website (A New Blood Glucose Management Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes) | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | Diabetes Management in General Practice 2016/18 | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | Australian Diabetes Society Position Statement: The Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes in the Context of Psychotic Disorders | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | Metabolic Surgery in the Treatment Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes: A Joint Statement by International Diabetes Organisations | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | The Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes in the Context of Psychotic Disorders | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | National Evidence Based Guideline for Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | National Evidence Based Guideline for Diagnosis, Prevention and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | National Evidence Based Guidelines for the Management of Type 2 Diabetes | TBA |
| Type 2 Diabetes | Understanding Hypoglycaemia | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | Medications for type 2 diabetes fact sheet | Click Here |
| Type 2 Diabetes | Starting insulin booklet for people with type 2 diabetes | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Planning palliative and end of life care with older people with diabetes: information for health professionals | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Palliative and end of life care: information for older people with diabetes | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Palliative and end of life care: information for families caring for older relatives with diabetes | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Glucose Lowering Medicines and Older People with Diabetes: Information for Personal Care Workers | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Glucose Lowering Medicines and Older People with Diabetes: Information for Registered and Enrolled Nurses | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Glucose Lowering Medicines: Information for Older People with Diabetes and their Family Members | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Aged Care Diabetes Care Checklist | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Diabetes Management in Aged Care: A practical handbook | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Diabetes Management in Aged Care: Fact sheets for care workers | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Guidelines for the Management and Care of Diabetes in the Elderly | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Guidelines for Managing Diabetes at the End of Life | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Older People – Healthy Eating Guide | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Older People – Managing Diabetes as You Age | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | The McKellar guidelines for Managing Older people with Diabetes in Residential and Other Care Settings | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Quality review tool for aged care residents | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Diabetes management in aged care: fast facts for care workers | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Six minute intensive training A3 posters for care workers | Click Here |
| Elderly / Aged Care / End of Life | Resident sick day plan | Click Here |
| Consulting Diabetes Education | A new language for diabetes – Improving communications with and about people with diabetes | Click Here |
| Consulting Diabetes Education | The use of Language in Diabetes Care and Education | Click Here |
| Consulting Diabetes Education | Enhancing your consulting skills | Click Here |
| Consulting Diabetes Education | National Evidenced Based Guideline for Patient Education in Type 2 Diabetes | Click Here |
| Consulting Diabetes Education | Outcomes and Indicators for Diabetes Education: National Consensus Position Information and Education for People with diabetes: a ‘Best Practice’ Strategy | Click Here |
| Consulting Diabetes Education | Person Centred Care & Health Literacy ADEA project | Click Here |
| Consulting Diabetes Education | Consulting Diabetes Education | Click Here |
| Foot Care | Australasian Podiatry Council | Click Here |
| Foot Care | Limbs 4 Life | Click Here |
| Foot Care | Diabetic Foot Australia | Click Here |
| Foot Care | National Evidence-Based Guidelines on Prevention, Identification and Management of Foot Complications in Diabetes | Click Here |
| Foot Care | Standards for High Risk Foot Services (HRFS) in NSW | Click Here |
| Promoting Optimal Diabetes Foot Care | Promoting Optimal Diabetes Foot Care – The Foot Examination | Click Here |
| Promoting Optimal Diabetes Foot Care | Preventative Foot Care | Click Here |
| Promoting Optimal Diabetes Foot Care | Managing basic diabetes foot complications | Click Here |
| Promoting Optimal Diabetes Foot Care | Wound Institute of Australia | Click Here |
| Promoting Optimal Diabetes Foot Care | NADC Foot Network | Click Here |
| Eye Care | Optometrists Association of Australia | Click Here |
| Eye Care | Eye care for diabetes: an Indigenous Perspective Diabetes Educators | TBA |
| Eye Care | National Core Competencies for Credentialled Diabetes Educators | Click Here |
| Eye Care | National Standards of Practice for Diabetes Educators | Click Here |
| Eye Care | The Credentialled Diabetes Educator in Australia – Role and Scope of Practice | Click Here |
| Eye Care | The Role of Credentialled Diabetes Educators and Accredited Practising Dietitians in the Delivery of DiabetesSelf-Management and Nutrition Services for People with Diabetes | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Diabetes care and COVID-19 fact sheet | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Baker IDI Fact Sheets | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Diabetes Australia patient information and resources | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) resources including fact sheets | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Diabetes and Emotional Health Handbook and Toolkit | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Fact Sheets/ Patient Resources | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Assisting people with diabetes to access professional psychological support | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Continuous and flash glucose monitoring for health professionals | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Flash glucose monitoring fact sheet | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Continuous glucose monitoring fact sheet | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Natural disaster and emergency plan | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Emergency guide for local councils, emergency services and the not-for-profit sector | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | Resources to support health professionals | Click Here |
| Fact Sheets/ Information and Resources | National Diabetes Nursing Education Framework | Click Here |
| Nutrition/ Diet | Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) | Click Here |
| Nutrition/ Diet | Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) | Click Here |
| Nutrition/ Diet | Glycemic Index Ltd | Click Here |
| Nutrition/ Diet | Nutrition Australia | Click Here |
| Nutrition/ Diet | Coeliac Australia | Click Here |
| Nutrition/ Diet | Diabetes Australia recipes | Click Here |
| Nutrition/ Diet | Healthy Eating Guide for Older Australians with Diabetes | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society (ADIPS) | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | Pregnancy and Diabetes | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | Diabetes in Pregnancy booklet for women with type 1 – Having a Healthy Baby | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | Diabetes in Pregnancy booklet for women with type 2 – Having a Healthy Baby | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | Gestational Diabetes – Caring for Yourself and Your Baby | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | Gestational diabetes: caring for yourself and your baby - Turkish | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | Life after Gestational Diabetes | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | NDSS Understanding Gestational Diabetes Factsheet | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | NDSS Pregnancy and Diabetes Website | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | NDSS Pregnancy Planning Checklist | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | NDSS Pregnancy and Diabetes Factsheet (version 4) | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | Pre-pregnancy planning and care for women with diabetes | Click Here |
| Pregnancy | Find a resource | Click Here |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | HealthInfoNet | Click Here |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resources – NDSS | Click Here |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Online Diabetes Education Training Manual for Aboriginal Health Workers | Click Here |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Eye care for diabetes: An Indigenous Perspective | TBA |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Aboriginal NDSS poster 1 | Click Here |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Aboriginal NDSS poster 2 | Click Here |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Torres Strait Islander NDSS poster 1 | Click Here |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Torres Strait Islander NDSS poster 2 | Click Here |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Aboriginal NDSS brochure | Click Here |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander | Torres Strait Islander NDSS brochure | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | NDSS translated resources | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Health Translations by the Victorian Government includes translated health information | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Multicultural Health by the Queensland Government | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Multicultural Health Communication by NSW Health | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Translated resources for CALD groups | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Web portal for information about diabetes for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Diabetes during Ramadan: Patient Guide | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Ramadan and Diabetes: Guidance Sheet for Imam | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Management of Diabetes During Ramadan: Quick Reference Guide for Health Professionals | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Diabetes and Ramadan | TBA |
| CALD / Multilingual | Diabetes and Ramadan Overview | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Diabetes and Ramadan Symposium Introduction – Dr Sof Andrikopoulos | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Diabetes and Ramadan – Dr Marwan Obaid | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Diabetes and Ramadan 2 Case Studies – Dr Elif Ekinci | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Ramadan, Diabetes and Pregnancy – Dr Sarah Abdo | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | IDF DAR Practical Guidelines – Dr Mohamed Hassanein | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Managing worry about COVID – 19 and diabetes fact sheet (in 26 languages) | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Translated gestational diabetes videos - Bengali | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Translated gestational diabetes videos - Farsi | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Translated gestational diabetes videos - Khmer | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Translated gestational diabetes videos - Punjabi | Click Here |
| CALD / Multilingual | Translated gestational diabetes videos - Urdu | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | Our voices, our lives, our choices (2020 youth report) | Click here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | Our voices, our lives, our choices summary (2020 youth report) | Click here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | Diabetes Australia Research Program | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | The Diabetes Research Centre | TBA |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | The Diabetes Research Foundation Western Australia | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | The John Curtin School of Medical Research | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | The NHMRC Centre of Clinical Research Excellence on Clinical Science in Diabetes (Diabetes CCRE) | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | Baker IDI | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | Australian National Diabetes Audit (ANDA) reports | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | ANDA: Lessons from the 2016 Quality Self-Management Audit | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | Data Snapshots | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | Diabetes Map Australia | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | 2015 Miles Youth Report | Click Here |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | National Association of Diabetes Centres Accreditation | TBA |
| Data / Research / Quality Improvement | Implementing and utilising the Biogrid database in Diabetes Centres | TBA |
| Program Release | Carb counting program online | Click Here |
| Program Release | Ready Set Let’s Move program online | Click Here |
The National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC) is a national collective of organisations that are involved either directly or indirectly in diabetes services and care.
