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Greater Green Triangle Diabetes Prevention Project Initiative
This lifestyle intervention project which aimed to prevent the onset of type 2 diabetes among high risk individuals was undertaken in the Greater Green Triangle region between 2004 and 2006. Behavioural theories were combined with evidence-based intervention goals and strategies so that intervention could be undertaken in a primary health care setting.
Three General Practice Clinics in Hamilton and Horsham in Victoria and Mount Gambier in South Australia, participated in the study. A total of 311 adults were invited to participate in a series of structured group-counselling sessions facilitated by trained project nurses, dieticians and physiotherapists. The sessions aimed to motivate and support participants to adopt lifestyle changes - including modifying diet and physical activity levels - by providing them with the skills and social support needed for these changes to take place.
A new risk assessment tool for identification of patients at high risk of diabetes was introduced and used in this intervention. Results of this project provide evidence that a type 2 diabetes prevention program using lifestyle intervention is feasible in a primary health care setting, with reductions in risk factors approaching those observed in clinical trials.
Grant Details
Funding Body: Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing. Funded through the Diabetes Prevention Pilot Initiative
Chief Investigator: Professor James Dunbar (GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Associate Investigator: Dr Tiina Laatikainen (National Institute of Health and Welfare, Finland, formerly of the GGT UDRH, Flinders University & Deakin University)
Total Funding: $177,827