Kylie Dixon, PHC RIS
According to the Australian Divisions of General Practice (ADGP) website "over three million Australians, or nearly one in seven, suffer from chronic disease and the problem is likely to be one of the great health challenges for Australia and the world in the 21st Century."
The ADGP website promotes Chronic Disease Management (CDM) as a systematic approach to improving health care for people with chronic disease as well as addressing the question "How can Divisions assist in CDM?"
Web: www.adgp.com.au/site/index.cfm?display=333
Diabetes, cancer, certain mental health conditions and asthma are examples of chronic diseases that are among the most significant contributors to morbidity and mortality in Australia. Visit the websites below to keep informed with the latest research being conducted about these chronic diseases.
Diabetes
Established in 1937 Diabetes Australia is the third oldest diabetes association in the world. Their website contains a wealth of information on asthma as well as numerous resources which includes a management kit for General Practitioners. Also available are details for the Diabetes Australia Research Trust (DART), which supports research throughout Australia by providing over 50 grants annually to researchers.
Web: www.diabetesaustralia.com.au
Cancer
The Australian Cancer Research Foundation is one of Australia's leading not-for-profit organisations. Aiming to help stimulate and assist the medical research community their website contains details of grant recipients and applications for those interested in applying for future grants. Since their inception in 1987, they have provided over $32 million worth of grants to Australian cancer research institutes.
Web: www.acrf.com.au
Asthma
The National Asthma Research website aims to capture and communicate asthma research activities being undertaken in Australia and overseas. Their interactive website is designed to assist professionals and consumers to access current asthma research. It contains a research database enabling researchers to access the latest in asthma research across Australia. This database can be searched by topic area, the state in which the study is being performed or by the institution conducting the research. Researchers are invited to add their current research to this website.
Web: www.asthmaresearch.org.au/
These links and many more are available through the PHC RIS list of Links at www.phcris.org.au/links/ |
