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Contents<br />
Diabetes<br />
& Primary Care Australia<br />
Volume 2 No 2 2017<br />
Website: www.pcdsa.com.au/journal<br />
Editorial<br />
Diabetes and pregnancy 45<br />
Rajna Ogrin introduces this <strong>issue</strong>, which has a focus on pregnancy and pre-conception care for women with pre-gestational diabetes.<br />
From the other side of the desk<br />
Through diagnosis to pregnancy: My journey with diabetes 47<br />
Karen Barrett gives a first-hand perspective on her journey with diabetes and how it affected her pregnancies.<br />
CPD module<br />
Optimising pregnancy outcomes for women with pre-gestational diabetes in primary health care 54<br />
Glynis Ross provides guidance to support pre-conception care for women with pre-gestational diabetes.<br />
Articles<br />
Resources to support preconception care for women with diabetes 50<br />
Melinda Morrison, Ralph Audehm, Alison Barry and colleagues describe the resources available for health professionals and women with<br />
diabetes and provide up-to-date, evidence-based information on pregnancy and diabetes.<br />
Diabetes and bone health 61<br />
Vidhya Jahagirdar and Neil J Gittoes explore the current literature on diabetes and bone health, its impact on patients and the management<br />
strategies that may be considered in primary care to minimise risk of diabetes-related bone disease and to improve outcomes.<br />
Falls prevention in older adults with diabetes: A clinical review of screening, assessment and management recommendations 69<br />
Anna Chapman and Claudia Meyer review the screening, assessment and management recommendations for fall prevention in older people.<br />
The effect of diabetes on the skin before and after ulceration 75<br />
Roy Rasalam and Lesley Weaving look at the changes that occur in the skin of people with diabetes and the importance of skin care in<br />
relation to ulceration.<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
Rajna Ogrin<br />
Senior Research Fellow, RDNS<br />
Institute, St Kilda, Vic<br />
Associate Editor<br />
Gary Kilov<br />
Practice Principal, The Seaport<br />
Practice, and Senior Lecturer,<br />
University of Tasmania,<br />
Launceston, Tas<br />
Editorial Board<br />
Ralph Audehm<br />
GP Director, Dianella Community<br />
Health, and Associate Professor,<br />
University of Melbourne,<br />
Melbourne, Vic<br />
Werner Bischof<br />
Periodontist, and Associate<br />
Professor, LaTrobe University,<br />
Bendigo, Vic<br />
Jessica Browne<br />
Senior Research Fellow, The<br />
Australian Centre for Behavioural<br />
Research in Diabetes, Deakin<br />
University, Melbourne, Vic<br />
Anna Chapman<br />
Research Fellow, RDNS Institute,<br />
St Kilda, Vic<br />
Laura Dean<br />
Course Director of the Graduate<br />
Certificate in Pharmacy<br />
Practice, Monash University, Vic<br />
Nicholas Forgione<br />
Principal, Trigg Health Care<br />
Centre, Perth, WA<br />
John Furler<br />
Principal Research Fellow and<br />
Associate Professor,<br />
University of Melbourne, Vic<br />
Mark Kennedy<br />
Medical Director, Northern Bay<br />
Health, Geelong, and Honorary<br />
Clinical Associate Professor,<br />
University of Melbourne,<br />
Melbourne, Vic<br />
Peter Lazzarini<br />
Senior Research Fellow,<br />
Queensland University of<br />
Technology, Brisbane, Qld<br />
Roy Rasalam<br />
Head of Clinical Skills and<br />
Medical Director,<br />
James Cook University, and<br />
Clinical Researcher, Townsville<br />
Hospital, Townsville, Qld<br />
Suzane Ryan<br />
Practice Principal, Newcastle<br />
Family Practice, Newcastle, NSW<br />
Editor<br />
Olivia Tamburello<br />
Editorial Manager<br />
Richard Owen<br />
Publisher<br />
Simon Breed<br />
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ISSN 2397-2254<br />
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