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Publication - Passport Study

Published in Diabetic Medicine, Volume 21 (3) - March 1, 2004, this study was to assess the efficacy using a 'passport' aimed at self empowerment and education in patients with poor glycaemic control.   The finding was that there weren't improvements in knowledge or self empowerment, however there was a small improvement in glycaemic control.   https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/the-new-zealand-diabetes-passport-study-a-randomized-controlled-trial-3nlkyr6NVR...

Publication - Reaching hard-to-reach, high-risk populations - pilot in Urban Marae

This paper in Health Promotion International, Volume 18, Issue 1, March 2003, Pages 41–50, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/18.1.41, has the title "Reaching hard-to-reach, high-risk populations: piloting a health promotion and diabetes disease prevention programme on an urban marae in New Zealand ".    Written by David Simmons and Judith A Voyle from the then South Auckland Diabetes Project (SADP), now Diabetes Projects Trust (DPT), it describes a pilot programme involving partner...

Publication - DCSS - Diabetes in Tonga versus South Auckland

The aim of this 2001 study called "Diabetes in general practice: Tongans in Tonga and South Auckland" was to compare the management and treatment outcomes of Tongan diabetic patients in Tonga and South Auckland, New Zealand.  Published in the Journal of Quality Clinical Practice in 2001....

Publication - Implementing the 1992 South Auckland Diabetes Plan: barriers and lessons

In 2000 a followup was published in The New Zealand medical journal, 113(1116):364-6 to describe what happened after the implementation of the South Auckland Diabetes plan in 1992.   It's an interesting read, and even since the followup there are familiar stories and experiences repeated.    David Simmons, David Scott, and Tim Kenealy.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12199311_Implementing_the_South_Auckland_Diabetes_Plan_barriers_and_lessons...

Publication - Personal Barriers to diabetes care, lessons from a multi-ethnic community in New Zealand

This paper from 1998, published in Diabetic Medicine, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(1998110)15:11%3C958::AID-DIA687%3E3.0.CO;2-9     Authors Simmons, Weblemoe, Voyle, Prichard, Leakehe and Gatland.    The abstract is "The aim of this study was to identify and quantify barriers to diabetes care perceived by diabetic subjects from a multiethnic, urban community (mainly New Zealand Europeans, Maori, and Pacific Islanders). A qualitative survey including 57 ...

Article NZMJ - DCSS - Diabetes Care Support Service 1997

The conclusion of this article by David Simmons et al, published in the NZ Medical Journal, with 291 participants in the Audit was "The DCSS is a seamless, service-orientated approach to the delivery of diabetes care by primary and secondary services and is likely to improve care district-wide and identify the need for further interventions. Subsequent audit passes will allow the demonstration and monitoring of any changes that occur, as well as the demonstration of its feasibility and acceptabi...