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National Development Program Expert
Reference Group (2013–16). We acknowledge
D. Charron-Prochownik for permission
to reproduce questions from the RHAB
questionnaire and V. Holmes for permission to
use reproductive health knowledge questions
in the NDSS Contraception, Pregnancy &
Women’s Health Survey.
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“Primary care health
professionals are
also ideally placed to
increase the awareness
of women with
diabetes about the
available resources
which are being
actively reviewed and
developed to meet
their needs.”
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Figure 3. The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy
Society (ADIPS)-endorsed Pregnant with Diabetes app.
Conclusion
Primary health care providers play an important
role in promoting effective contraception use
and encouraging women with pre-existing
type 1 or type 2 diabetes to plan and prepare
for pregnancy. They are also ideally placed to
increase the awareness of women with diabetes
about the available resources which are being
actively reviewed and developed to meet their
needs.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the women who took
part in the NDSS Contraception, Pregnancy
& Women’s Health Survey, to the Australasian
Diabetes in Pregnancy Society for approving the
use of the image of the Pregnant with Diabetes
app and to Effie Houvardas and Kaye Farrell,
for their contribution to Diabetes in Pregnancy
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Authors
Melinda Morrison, NDSS
Diabetes in Pregnancy Priority
Area Leader*, Diabetes, NSW,
Glebe, NSW; Ralph Audehm,
General Practitioner, Carlton
Family Medical and Department
of General Practice, University
of Melbourne, Vic; Alison Barry,
Credentialled Diabetes Educator
and Midwife, Mater Mothers’
Hospital, South Brisbane, Qld;
Christel Hendrieckx, Senior
Research Fellow, The Australian
Centre for Behavioural Research
in Diabetes, Deakin University,
Geelong, Vic; Alison Nankervis,
Senior Physician to the Diabetes
Service, The Royal Women’s
Hospital and Clinical Head,
Diabetes, Royal Melbourne
Hospital, Parkville, Vic; Cynthia
Porter, Advanced Accredited
Practising Dietitian/Credentialled
Diabetes Educator, Geraldton
Diabetes Clinic, Geraldton, WA;
Renza Scibilia, Manager Type 1
Diabetes and Consumer Voice,
Diabetes Australia, Melbourne,
Vic; Glynis P Ross, Visiting
Endocrinologist, Royal Prince
Alfred Hospital, Camperdown,
NSW, and Senior Endocrinologist,
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital,
Bankstown, NSW.
*Melinda Morrison is representing
Diabetes Australia/National
Diabetes Service Scheme.
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