She/her. Diabetes and emotional health researcher. The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes. @ACBRD @DiabetesVic @Deakin
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“I feel like I'm being talked to like an equal”: Diabetes language matters to adults with diabetes, a mixed-methods study by Eloise Litterbach et al.
https://t.co/fkN6O5MG4G
#diabetes#languagematters#EndDiabetesStigma
@amy_ahern@ASBHM1@Cambridge_Uni@NIHRresearch Please mind your language. Weight loss maintenance does not equate to 'life improvement' for all people living with obesity. They are two very different things.
Fantastic talk @Dr2NisreenAlwan on striving towards intersectional gender equity #InternationalWomensDay @UoS_Medicine
I really liked the academic wheel of privilege - important reflections for today & every day 🙏
Key message (reminder): be yourself!
Today marks 5 years since @DiabetesUK launched their adaption of the Diabetes and Emotional Health Practical Guide
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https://t.co/XV0MxiBrWQ #OnThisDay#TBT
The UK guide is one of the four international adaptations; it is also available in the USA, Spain, and Denmark
#ResearchOpportunity: #HypoPAST is a new online program aiming to reduce worries about hypos, and teach skills to prevent severe hypos. We’re looking for people who live with #type1diabetes and worry about hypos to take part. Find out more at our website: https://t.co/qhjW1WwH9L
Stigma and discrimination are experienced by people with diabetes all over the world. Read some examples in the link. Everyone deserves to be treated with respect and to have equitable access to care.
This is why we need to #enddiabetesstigma.
People with #diabetes continue to experience stigma & discrimination around the world. Read the experiences of 6️⃣ individuals who shed light on the challenges they've faced following their diagnosis.
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Breaking the silence. #WorldDiabetesDay#WDD2023 https://t.co/07bo4g4jsR
Read the Consensus behind the Pledge to #EndDiabetesStigma
Bringing an end to diabetes stigma & discrimination: an international consensus statement on evidence & recommendations https://t.co/jh057avXll
In press with the @TheLancetEndo#WDD2023#WorldDiabetesDay
In 2 weeks, join us on #WorldDiabetesDay to celebrate the Pledge to #EndDiabetesStigma
🗓 14 Nov 2023
📍 Live-streamed & In-Person in Melbourne, Aus
🍽 Light refreshments served from 5:30PM
🎤 Hosted by @NormanSwan & @RenzaS
🎟Register Today (free!)🎟
https://t.co/y9WJe3WcVO
From diabetes diagnosis to advocacy, I shared my journey and how diabetes impacted more than just my health at #23ADC last week in Adelaide. I decided to record my section of the presentation to share.
https://t.co/pB3xHdrlM3
📣 Calling all researchers, research funders, industry, diabetes organisations in Australia - please consider the findings of this community consultation. How does or how could your work respond to the communities research questions? #DiabetesResearchMatters
Join us as Trent Lyons (Exercise Physiologist & Diabetes Educator) and Caitlin Rogers (Peoples' Voice Rep) discuss empowering people with diabetes to access culturally sensitive and person-centered care. #PersonCentredCare#DiabetesSupport#23ADC
A lack of time during standard appointments, fuelled by funding constraints, is a huge barrier to identifying diabetes distress, says Research Fellow Jennifer Halliday. She urges all to advocate for critical funding reform through the Parliamentary Inquiry into Diabetes. #23ADC
Find me tomorrow (Fri) at #23adc presenting a RCT psychological substudy of hybrid #closedloop vs usual care, 10am Room E2 @AUDiabetesSoc Technology Orals. Followed by 11:15 in the @AusDiabetesEd Mental Health & Diabetes in Primary Care symposium, Room E3.