Diabetes medicine won’t fix or cure your diabetes. Help it work better by eating healthy, being active and being a healthy weight to keep your sugar (glucose) levels normal and your body strong.
Take charge of your diabetes and find out more from your Aboriginal Health Worker, Health Clinic/Community Centre, Aboriginal Medical Service or doctor.
ATSI Flipcharts
The ‘Keep Culture Life & Family Strong; Know Early About Diabetes’ flipcharts for Indigenous Australians is a great resource. The resource was originally developed by Healthy Living NT with funding provided by the Department of Health and Ageing through Diabetes Australia. The reprinting and distribution of the most recent addition has been made possible with funding by the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS) – an initiative of the Australian Government administered by Diabetes Australia.
The ‘Keep Culture Life & Family Strong; Know Early About Diabetes’ flipcharts include colourful sketches, diagrams, easy to read text and word meanings.
Download: the ATSI Flipcharts Order Form
ATSI DVD
Also available is "That Diabetes" Tackling It Together which is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander documentary that was produced by Blackfella Films Pty Ltd. The aim of the DVD is to visually present the harshness, beauty and remoteness of the Australian landscape and show the difficulties faced by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in relation to diabetes.
Download: ATSI DVD Order Form
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