This is a paper commissioned by the National Public Health Partnership for consideration by the Partnership and the National Health and Medical Research Council. An implementation plan for national guidelines on type 2 diabetes, commissioned by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. Our partners in this project are Diabetes Australia, the Australian Diabetes Association, the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, and the Association of Diabetes Educators, and we are collaborating with a wide range of diabetes experts and people with diabetes. Primary target groups for the guidelines will be general practitioners, consumer organisations, and people at risk of having diabetes. Effectiveness Reports Effectiveness reports on a wide range of clinical and public health topics for the New South Wales Health Department and affiliated organisations.
Effectiveness reports summarise current knowledge on the effectiveness of specific interventions.
Based on these reports and local experience, we make recommendations for implementation of new knowledge where appropriate. Western Sydney Projects Professor Rubin is leading the development of the Department of Public Health and Community Medicine at Westmead Hospital. The Department, a unit of both the Western Sydney Area Health Service and the University of Sydney Department of the same name, engages in teaching and research and provides a clinical epidemiology, biostatistics and effectiveness service for the Area Health Service. Frommer M, Rubin G, Evidence-based health care.