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Principles Enablers
Five key guiding principles underpin the goals. The enablers are factors which are embedded
These principles are expected to guide the throughout the goals and influence the ability
policies and programmes considered for toachieve success:
theimplementation of this Strategy.
Leadership and governance to ensure
1. Collaboration and cooperation effective and appropriate oversight, attention
toimprovehealth outcomes to system design and accountability
Working in partnership across government, Workforce high-quality, person-focused and
organisations and other sectors can integrated multidisciplinary teams spanning
maximise use of resources and technology, the health continuum will support all actions
and encourage coordination and integration
Information and research capacity
inprevention, detection andmanagement
translating research into policy; innovation
ofdiabetes
based on emerging evidence and new medical
technologies will support improvements
2. Coordination and integration of diabetes
incare
care across services, settings, technology
andsectors Financing and infrastructure the right
mix of financial incentives and funding
Diabetes care is multidisciplinary across
arrangements can better support coordinated
providers and settings: coordination and
care and access to services
communication are essential to ensure
appropriate interventions and continuity Partnerships and networks integrated and
ofcare coordinated interactions between patients,
health care providers and the health care
system will drive improved health outcomes.
Vision
Strengthen all sectors in developing, implementing and evaluating an integrated and
coordinatedapproach for reducing the social, human and economic impact of diabetes in Australia
Principles
1. Collaboration and cooperation toimprove 3. Facilitation of person-centred care and
health outcomes self-management throughouttheir life
2. Coordination and integration of 4. Reduction of health inequalities
diabetes care across services, settings,
5. Measurement of health
technologyand sectors
behavioursandoutcomes
Goals
1. Prevent people developing type 2 diabetes 5. Reduce the impact of diabetes
among Aboriginal and Torres Strait
2. Promote awareness and earlier detection
Islanderpeoples
of type 1 and type 2 diabetes
6. Reduce the impact of diabetes
3. Reduce the occurrence of diabetes-related
amongotherpriority groups
complications and improve quality of life
among people with diabetes 7. Strengthen prevention and care
throughresearch, evidence anddata
4. Reduce the impact of pre-existing and
gestational diabetes in pregnancy
Enablers
Factors which influence the ability to achieve goals such as leadership and governance,
workforce, information and researchcapacity, financingand infrastructure,
andpartnershipsandnetworks
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