- Title
- Utilisation of public podiatry and diabetes services by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community of the Central Coast of NSW
- Creator
- West, M.; Chuter, V.; Follent, D.; Hawke, F.
- Relation
- Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin Vol. 16, Issue 4
- Relation
- http://healthbulletin.org.au/articles/utilisation-of-public-podiatry-and-diabetes-services-by-the-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-community-of-the-central-coast-of-nsw
- Publisher
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Objective: To investigate the participation of the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in public sector podiatry and diabetes services on the Central Coast, NSW. Methods: Clinical data were audited from the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD) podiatry and diabetes departments from 2009 to 2013, including data from two acute hospitals, two sub-acute hospitals and ten community-based health centres. Results: Over the 5 year audit period, the frequency of appointments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the podiatry wound services approximately doubled. By 2013, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person in the wound service attended on average 3.5 times more appointments per year than a non-Indigenous person in that service. Over the audit period, the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who accessed the diabetes service approximately doubled, while there was comparatively small growth (9.50%) in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who accessed podiatry services. Conclusions: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the CCLHD podiatry wound service accessed the service more frequently than non-Indigenous people and this discrepancy widened over the audit period. Most Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the CCLHD diabetes service did not access CCLHD podiatry services. Implications: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members may experience greater severity, chronicity and/or recurrence of podiatric wounds than non-Indigenous people. One strategy to potentially improve podiatric outcomes is to establish an early intervention pathway from diabetes to podiatry services within CCLHD.
- Subject
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; podiatry; diabetes; Central Coast (N.S.W.)
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1327521
- Identifier
- uon:25680
- Identifier
- ISSN:1445-7253
- Language
- eng
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