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06 July 2010

Diabetes Awareness Week 2010

Diabetes Australia-NSW will be spreading the message across the state about the link between diabetes and kidney disease this Diabetes Awareness Week from 11-17 July.

25 June 2010

Congratulations to Jimmy Little on success at APRA awards

Diabetes Australia-NSW would like to congratulate Jimmy Little after he was recognised on Monday for his achievements in music.

07 July 2010

New type 2 diabetes medication may help in type 1

A new medication for type 2 diabetes may also benefit those with type 1, reducing the rise in blood glucose levels following a meal and possibly lowering insulin needs.

29 June 2010

Insulin pump prevents night-time hypos

A special insulin pump which uses continuous glucose monitoring to predict hypoglycaemia and stop delivering insulin can help reduce the number of overnight hypos, according to a new study.

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.