Topics in Nursing: Chronic Illness - Focus on Diabetes

Chronic Illness - Diabetes Issues

Chronic Illness 

Chronic Disease Overview         (AIHW, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare)

Chronic disease and systems    (The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre)

Feature articles

Health Perceptions and Risk of Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes in Psychiatric Patients, 2025
Öztürk, Ş. , Ata, E. E. & Sarıtaş, M. (2025).  Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 32 (3), 689-698.

Advancing Type 1 Diabetes Management: Integrating Novel Therapies, Technologies, and Adjunctive Approaches, 2025  AU
Jennifer R. Snaith, et al. Diabetes Care 2025;48(00):1–15 

Intervention strategies for type 2 diabetes prevention targeting low socioeconomic groups: protocol for a scoping review, 2025
Thylefors, J., Annersten Gershater, M., Mangrio, E. and Zdravkovic, S. (2025) International Diabetes Nursing, 18.

Interventions to improve diabetes care and self-management for individuals experiencing homelessness: a scoping review with systematic search of qualitative and quantitative literature, 2025  El Tobgy, N.A., Grewal, E.K., Gonzalez, P.M. et al.  Diabetologia 68, 1632–1646 (2025)

Health Literacy, Cognitive Impairment, and Diabetes Knowledge Among Incarcerated Persons Transitioning to the Community: Considerations for Intervention Development, 2024
Todd, S. , Reagan, L. & Laguerre, R. (2023). . Journal of Forensic Nursing, 19 (4), 262-270.

Community co-design to target diabetes and metabolic syndrome in Australian Indigenous peoples, 2023  AU  Ryder, C., Wingard, S., Cameron, D. et al. Nat Med 29, 292–293 (2023)

Topical Collection on Hospital Management of Diabetes
Current Diabetes Reports (Springer Journals)
ISSN: 1534-4827 (Print) 1539-0829 (Online)

To access all articles in this collection please see:

Current Diabetes Reports - Topical Collections
All Collections (some articles are Open Access or in SVHM Collection for other articles of interest, please use our Doc Del service)

• Topical Collection on Genetics, Topical Collection on Therapies and New Technologies in the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes
• Topical Collection on Pharmacologic Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes, Topical Collection on Hospital Management of Diabetes and more

Current and future trends in chronic disease prevention research AU

Elly Howse’s presentation at the Public Health Association of Australia’s Preventive Health Conference 2020 

Diabetes Core Update - U.S.A.

"Diabetes Core Update is a monthly podcast that presents and discusses the latest clinically relevant articles from the American Diabetes Association’s four science and medical journals – Diabetes, Diabetes Care, Clinical Diabetes, and Diabetes Spectrum. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes long and presents 5-6 recently published articles from ADA journals".

Diabetes Core Update - All Podcasts

ADS Australian Diabetes Society

The Australian Diabetes Society (ADS) – is the peak national medical and scientific body in Australia on diabetes for health professionals.

Current Position Statements & Guidelines - ALL

• Consensus Statement: The Use of Diabetes Specific Nutritional Formulas in Type 2 Diabetes (August 2024)
• HbA1c for Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus (May 2023)
• Guidelines Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

ADEA Clinical Guidelines and other publications

Australian Diabetes Educators Association resource with standards, guidelines and position statements from an Australian nursing perspective.

• ADEA (need registration to download content)

NDSS Diabetes Australia - Best Practice Guidelines

•  Best-practice guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis and management of diabetes 

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