Baker IDI Symposium: Diabetes Care at the Centre

In order to address the issues relating to diabetes and cardiovascular disease amongst Aboriginal people living in and around Alice Springs, Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute, in collaboration with Central Australian Aboriginal Congress and the Alice Springs Hospital, is holding a symposium called Diabetes Care at the Centre: Grassroots Care & Prevention on 13-14 August 2010 in Alice Springs. 

The symposium is designed to inform service delivery, improve prevention and enhance treatment protocols.  It will showcase some best practice examples of effective care programs and explore the social, cultural and psychological factors impacting chronic disease.  This event aims to promote engagement between local health care providers, educators, researchers and policy makers; and to expand knowledge of evidence based care in an effort to reduce the ill health and mortality caused by diabetes and its complications.

For more information and to register for this event go to http://www.bakeridi.edu.au/alice_springs/events/ or call the symposium co-ordinator on 1300 728 900.  You can also download the Diabetes Care at the Centre event flyer.