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GDM Registry Project Pilot, the conclusion of our part

Diabetes Projects Trust was delighted to be part of an innovative pilot project with Counties Manukau District Health Board and multiple stakeholders with an interest in Gestational Diabetes (GDM), along with Koray Atalag of The National Institute for Health Innovation at the University of Auckland. The aim was to set up a GDM registry with the capacity to support screening women for type 2 diabetes after pregnancy with GDM, set up prompts/reminders for annual screening, and include informa...

Quality Standards for Diabetes Care a welcome document

Diabetes Projects Trust Clinical Project Manager, Kate Smallman, was privileged to be part of the advisory committee for development of these Quality Standards for Diabetes Care which was led by Dr Helen Snell for the Ministry of Health.   Note that the version  available here has a review date of 2016-2017.   PDF available here.   From the perspective of DPT, our GDM project is used as an example of an innovation on page 229....

Publication - Standards-based development of Clinical Registries, the GDM pilot

Diabetes Projects Trust supported groundbreaking work on a pilot registry for women with Gestational Diabetes.    Koray Atalag, Aleksandar Zivaljevic, Carl Eagleton and Karen Pickering are authors on this paper "A Standards-based Approach to Development of Clinical Registries - Initial Lessons Learnt from the Gestational Diabetes Registry" which went to the 13th Annual Health Informatics NZ (HINZ) conference in Auckland in 2014.  Abstract text is as follows "Gestational diabetes h...

In the News: Pacific Scoop, diabetes in the Pacific

Article by Marcus Bank, journalism student, in the Pacific Scoop.  Talking about diabetes in the Pacific including describing aspects of scale, causes and what is being/can be done. Kate Smallman, Nurse Specialist from DPT talks about aspects of the Lifestyle programme taking a train the trainer approach....

From our friends at Diabetes NZ

Nice interview with Kate Smallman in an article in the Autumn edition of the Diabetes NZ magazine, profiling our organisation.   It makes a great follow-up to our 21st that was attended by a number of people from Diabetes Auckland, including manager John Denton.https://issuu.com/diabetesnewzealand/docs/diabetes_autumn_2014...

Poster - Healthy Workplace Programme Evaluation 2014 NZSSD

Diabetes Projects Trust Healthy Workplace Programme, which forms part of the MOH funded Lifestyle programme was evaluated as described in this poster taken to the NZSSD conference in 2014.   Results were that the programme was evolving over time, some workplaces experienced changes, senior management and leadership support and motivation was crucial, and the programme was valued by participants who would readily recommend it.     Authors Kate Smallman, Yvonne Williamson,...

Poster NZSSD - Nurses as Role models for Healthy Eating and Being Active

Poster presented at the 2014 NZSSD conference by Karen Pickering with results from the qualitative component of her mixed methods research for her Masters degree in Public Health.   This exploratory study looked at the idea of nurses as role models for healthy lifestyle behaviours, their attitudes, how they applied health related behaviours to themselves, and the barriers and enablers impacting their ability to be role models.    Tim Kenealy supervisor and poster co-author.&n...

Celebrating 21 Amazing Years

Diabetes Projects Trust has celebrated 21 years.   Where to take the actual official starting date from was a bit of a challenge, was it when the first project started, was it this document or that...the decision was eventually taken that 2013 would be THE year!Much time was spent going back through old records, asking current team members who they were still in touch with, trawling social media, and examining names on documents, posters and  presentations in order to identify ind...

Poster - Diabetes Care Support Service - 2013

A poster was created describing the DCSS, Diabetes Care Support Service quality improvement audit being carried out in Primary Care across Auckland.   Prepared by Dr Faye Clark, Helen Hegley, Eileen Howard, Meryl McEnery and Sara Morton.    ...

Publication - Derivation and validation of renal risk score

https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/36/10/3113/30366/Derivation-and-Validation-of-a-Renal-Risk-Score   October 2013, Volume 36, Issue 10, Diabetes Care.   This study by Raina Elley et al used our DCSS primary care database (non-identifiable) as validation for a national dataset with the intention of coming up with risk models to help predict ESRD in people in Primary Care with Type 2 diabetes....

Presentation of funds raised to Christchurch Diabetes Team

Kate and Karen started their quest to raise funds for the team at Christchurch Diabetes service after being affected by hearing about the devastating experiences in the Christchurch earthquake of February 2011.   Finally, two years later, the cheque has been handed over after things taking a bit longer than expected, including having the cancellation of the first Ironman back in 2012 and many other challenges.  Of course, none of the challenges compared remotely to what our c...

Poster - Health Psychology and Diabetes in Pregnancy at CMDHB

Poster  about health psychology in relation to diabetes in pregnancy at CMDHB.   This is part of a project where health psychologist Heidi Baxter was employed by DPT to work on projects relating to health psychology, particularly in Diabetes In Pregnancy....

Poster - Gestational Diabetes, women's stories - IDF 2013

Exploratory qualitative research where nine women who had had GDM who had attended the CMDHB diabetes in pregnancy clinic in 2011 were interviewed looking at sources of knowledge, what knowledge they had, barriers and enablers for using knowledge.  Thematic analysis was carried out.   This poster of findings was presented at the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) conference in 2013.   ...

Poster New DPT Research - South Auckland Women's Knowledge and behaviours around GDM

This qualitative research has been carried out by DPT team members to look at where women get their information about gestational diabetes (GDM), what that information/ knowledge is made up of, and what barriers and enablers there were to them using it.  Nine women were interviewed and themes were identified from the data collected.   See the summary poster (presented at the NZSSD conference) attached for more detail about the research and findings....

Poster - Development of resource material for behaviour change

Nutritionist Diana Anderson presented this poster  around development of material in 'game' format for the Cook'n Kiwi game.   Poster describes the process and importance of collaboration with colleagues and users....

Annual Activity Report - April 2011-March 2012

Diabetes Projects Trust Annual Report for the 2011-2012 year.  Note some formatting issues with this document....

Publication - DCSS - Article on Gout in patients with Diabetes

Letters to the Editor article published in Rheumatology from a collaborative effort utilising DCSS data to look more into gout in people in Auckland with Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes.    The aim of the study was to look at the prevalence and clinical factors among the patients audited as part of the DCSS Quality Improvement Audit across Auckland....

DCSS data used by the CMDHB Māori Gout Action Group

The title of the article is "Gout: An alarm bell for diabetes and cardiovascular disease".    The Māori Gout Action Group (MGAG) looked at myths and the current situation to look at "outing Gout" and bringing management into the current century.   National data was used, as well as data collected using a newly developed set of questions from the DCSS Primary Care audit.   The article is published in the  Best Practice Journal, Issue 37, August 2011. ...

Presentation ADS/ADEA 2011 - GDM in CMDHB and where to from here?

Research Fellow Sasini Wijayaratna was employed by DPT to investigate and report on the situation around Gestational Diabetes in the CMDHB Region. Dr Wijayaratna carried out a review of the available evidence, talked to stakeholders, worked in clinics and with women with Gestational Diabetes and put together a comprehensive report covering prevalence, risk factors, screening, consequences, local management, follow-up, prevention strategies and recommendations. She also carried out a retrospectiv...

Report into GDM in CMDHB - DPT Research Fellow Sasini Wijayaratna

A report into Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in the CMDHB area by Research Fellow Sasini Wijayaratna has been completed.   Dr Wijayaratna has held the fellowship and worked with DPT since 2010.  The title of the finished report is "An overview of diabetes in pregnancy in the Counties Manukau District Health Board Area - June 2011".   This work is part of a wider suite of collaborative initiatives by the DPT which includes a retrospective cohort study, looking at more than...

Creating a Better Future CMDHB Report for 2010-2011 year

Counties Manukau District Health Board continue their commitment to prevention in the community, following on from the Lets Beat Diabetes Programme.  Diabetes Projects Trust has been a proud community partner and provider, consulting and supporting the initiatives described in the attached document, as well as running our own programmes (Train the Trainer, GetWize2Health (schools), Tuckshops, workplace wellness)  within the framework.     https://www.countiesmanukau.heal...

Poster Presentation NZSSD 2011 - Retrospective Cohort study, diabetes in Pregnancy

Presentation of preliminary findings "A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY OF PATIENTS WITH DIABETES IN PREGNANCY, INVESTIGATING DELIVERY OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW UP".      Sasini Wijayaratna, presented material from a study currently underway looking to evaluate the management and follow up of a group of women with diabetes in pregnancy in CMDHB.  The aims were to identify then review progress of clinic attendees during 2006, examine delivery complications, and evaluate follow-up re...

Evaluation of Gardens4Health April 2011

The Gardens4Health programme was started in 2008 as a community pilot called 'gardening for health and sustainability'.   This was under the auspices of the Counties Manukau District Health Board as part of the Lets Beat Diabetes programme.   In 2009 the programme came under the umbrella of Diabetes Projects Trust where it was re-developed for wider rollout and sustainability.   An evaluation was commissioned in 2011 as part of the routine contract for service deliv...

Ward team happy with their new wall display to promote healthy eating

Kate and Karen visited this ward at Middlemore Hospital to deliver a fat and sugar display to help the ward team prepare their patients to go home after admission with some good advice on a healthier lifestyle.  Thanks Elham Hajji (bottom left) from Whitiora for making this happen ...

Diabetes Projects Trust get their own space as the DHB team are on the move

Diabetes Projects Trust has been in the Alexander Crescent unit for 10 years, sharing premises (with much gratitude!), many discussions around the lunch table, and consultations and experiences with the CMDHB Whitiora Otara Diabetes Clinic team.  Now the DPT get their own space as the Whitiora nurses, dietitian, podiatrist and other team members are on the move.  Facilitated by DPT Board member, Caran Barratt-Boyes, the DHB team's new premises are in the MIT School of Nursing, just ove...