In this episode, guest presenter Dr Tim Senior interviews Dr Justin Coleman, author of Chapter 12: Type 2 diabetes prevention and early detection. 

Dr Coleman is a GP who has been working at Inala Indigenous Health Service, Brisbane for over 10 years. Dr Coleman delves into the importance of having ongoing conversations, building relationships and paying attention to basic lifestyle factors when it comes to early detection and prevention of type 2 diabetes. He discusses the different ways diabetes should be approached with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, highlighting important changes in screening recommendations in this edition.

The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj

Professor Amanda Leach leads the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in ear and hearing health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Amanda is also the author of Chapter 7: Hearing Loss in the third edition of the National Guide. 

In this episode Amanda highlights that the importance of prevention of  hearing loss in children starts with the prevention of disease, as well as the key recommendations that have changed in the third edition of the guide.

The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj

Dr Tim Senior is a GP working for Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation and RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.  Tim is as a Medical Advisor for the updated third edition of the National Guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.

In this episode guest presenter Dr Justin Coleman interviews Tim about Chapter 17: Mental Health.  The mental health chapter has two main focuses; the prevention of depression and prevention of suicide, chosen due to their importance and prevalence.

The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj

With over 30 years' experience in Indigenous health, Professor David Thomas from the Menzies School of Health Research discusses updates to the smoking topic from Chapter 1: Lifestyle, in the third edition of the National Guide.

In this episode David, who established and led the Tobacco Control Research Program at Menzies since 2007, highlights the importance of changes in the third edition that emphasise the recommended five As - Ask, Assess, Advise, Assist and Arrange.

The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj​

Host Lauren Trask introduces The National Guide Podcast - a joint initiative between the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).

Each episode will delve into chapters of the third edition of The NACCHO/RACGP National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with guest authors of the guide sharing insight on what's new in the updated edition.

The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj​