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04 March 2010

A message from the CEO of Diabetes Australia-NSW on Australian Government Health Reforms

The Australian Government yesterday announced major reforms to Australia’s health and hospital system.

26 February 2010

Diabetes increases dementia risk in older people

British researchers have found that older people with mild cognitive impairment are three times more likely to develop dementia if they have diabetes.

09 March 2010

Combined diet and exercise the key to improving insulin resistance

Combining diet and exercise rather than diet and exercise alone leads to significantly greater improvements in body fat distribution and insulin resistance, according to the findings of a new study.

04 March 2010

Salt intake linked with stroke, heart disease risk

A new Italian study suggests that by lowering our salt intake we could substantially reduce the amount of deaths from heart disease and stroke worldwide.

How Research Requests are Reviewed

Conducting research

Diabetes Australia-NSW is a member-based, charitable organisation with over 63,000 members. Our member base consists of people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and health professionals, in both metropolitan and rural areas and of all age ranges.

Our organisation receives requests from researchers to assist them to find suitable subjects to participate in their projects. Each request for scientific research is assessed by our Research Advisory Committee (RAC), which comprises of two medical doctors, two Diabetes Australia-NSW staff members and a consumer representative. All other requests are assessed by our Research and Development Manager.

Confidentiality and Privacy

To preserve the confidentiality and privacy of our members, Diabetes Australia-NSW does not provide researchers with either their names or addresses. All mailouts are sent by us with a Diabetes Australia-NSW cover letter outlining the request and procedures to follow if the member would like to participate, along with a cover letter from the researcher.

Types of Research Requests

• Scientific Research
• Market Research

Checklist and Guidelines

For Diabetes Australia-NSW to assess your research project and determine if it is suitable for our members to participate in, we require the following information:

a. Outline of the study
b. Aims and objectives of the study
c. Ethics approval for the study
d. Timeline of the study and completion date
e. Patient Information & consent forms
f. Outline of what type and number of participants you need to recruit eg age range, sex, type of diabetes (and method of management), address, etc
g. Guarantee of a copy of the finished results of study

If you are unable to provide all of the above, please discuss this matter with our Research and Development Manager on 1300 136 588.

Process:

• 1. Request received at Diabetes Australia-NSW
• 2. Information provided for assessment by Diabetes Australia-NSW
• 3. Request assessed by RAC at Diabetes Australia-NSW
• 4. If approval given, discuss logistics and costings Diabetes Australia-NSW

Options for contacting our members

• Personalised mailout to member
• Advertisement in Issues (the quarterly journal for members)
• Insertion of flyer into Issues
• Advertisement on our website

Charges for services

Diabetes Australia-NSW charges for promoting your research project to recruit members, for our administration, staff time and mailout costings.

All requests must first be approved by our Research and Development Manager before a quote for service can be provided. To discuss costings for your individual project, please contact our Member Services Manager on 1300 136 588.

Follow-up

A copy of the results of the study must be sent to the Research and Development Manager, once study has been completed.