We congratulate Dr Virginia Hagger, who was awarded her PhD in Psychology at a graduation ceremony at Deakin University’s Geelong Waterfront campus on Wednesday 13 February.
Category: Type 1 diabetes
How do adults cope when the diagnosis is type 1 diabetes?
A qualitative study (from researchers at Kings College London) explores how adults with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes experience and adapt to this new reality
Closed-loop technology: “It is definitely a game changer” for people with type 1 diabetes
An interview study from the ACBRD details experiences with a brief overnight trial of a hybrid closed-loop system
Behavioural diabetes and mHealth: key areas of interest at #ICBM2018Chile
Dr Amelia Lake reports on the leading trends and emerging issues at the 15th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine
Celebrating DARP grant success for the ACBRD
Jennifer Halliday and colleagues have been awarded funding to investigate the feasibility of routine assessment of emotional health in type 1 diabetes centres
Mindful parenting is related to parental fear of hypoglycaemia
As World Diabetes Day places a focus on ‘the family and diabetes’, we share findings from our research with families of children with type 1 diabetes
What are the common barriers to managing type 1 diabetes for youth and their families – and how do they affect quality of life?
A US study examines the link between self-management barriers and diabetes-specific quality of life in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes and their parents.
Prof Speight speaks about mental health at Parliament House, Canberra
The National Diabetes Policy Forum discussed implementation of the Australian National Diabetes Strategy: how are we doing and how do we know?
Prevalence, awareness and self-monitoring of severe hypoglycemia: Results from the Diabetes MILES-Australia study
An ACBRD publication using the Diabetes MILES – Australia dataset looks into awareness of hypoglycaemia among adults with type 1 diabetes
HypoCOMPaSS study demonstrates 20-fold reduction in severe hypoglycaemia is sustained over 2 years following brief psycho-educational intervention and 6 months intensive clinical support
Prof Jane Speight’s collaboration with UK researchers has been published in Diabetes Care