- Gestational diabetes guidelines and resources
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Queensland Clinical Guideline: Gestational diabetes mellitus – Queensland clinical guideline, flowcharts and clinician education
- Gestational Diabetes eLearning
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus eLearning Series
- education for clinicians about the care of women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) in a multidisciplinary environment.Modules in the series:
- Introduction to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
- Testing and diagnosis of GDM
- Blood Glucose Monitoring - Tests and Technology
- Blood Glucose Level Self-Monitoring
- Dietary Management of GDM
- Physical Activity and GDM
- Pharamacological Management of GDM
- Self Administration of Insulin Therapy
- Antenatal Care
- Peripartum and Intrapartum Care
- Postpartum Care
- Case Studies
- Consumer information
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Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Consumer information about Gestational Diabetes is available at the National Diabetes Support Scheme website.
Videos
- What is gestational diabetes
- Looking after gestational diabetes
- Your health after gestational diabetes
Fact sheets/booklets
- Understanding gestational diabetes (English) (PDF, 1MB)
- Understanding gestational diabetes (other languages)
- Life after gestational diabetes
- Gestational diabetes booklet (PDF, 1.2MB)
- Healthy Eating for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (PDF, 2.84MB)
Commencing Insulin therapy
- Commencing Insulin therapy (PDF, 800kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Arabic (PDF, 547kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Bengali (PDF, 740kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Farsi (PDF, 602kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Filipino (PDF, 649kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Hindi (PDF, 842kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Juba Arabic (PDF, 771kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Punjabi (PDF, 661kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Simplified Chinese (PDF, 314kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Tamil (PDF, 711kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Thai (PDF, 705kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Traditional Chinese (PDF, 340kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Turkish (PDF, 798kB)
- Commencing Insulin Therapy - Vietnamese (PDF, 712kB)
Metformin information
- Metformin information (PDF, 540kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Arabic (PDF, 189kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Bengali (PDF, 244kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Farsi (PDF, 192kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Filipino (PDF, 164kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Hindi (PDF, 842kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Juba Arabic (PDF, 245kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Punjabi (PDF, 166kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Simplified Chinese (PDF, 549kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Tamil (PDF, 291kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Thai (PDF, 222kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Traditional Chinese (PDF, 556kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Turkish (PDF, 331kB)
- Metformin Information Brochure - Vietnamese (PDF, 245kB)
- Consumer information – for rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
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The following booklets were designed to assist with diabetes in pregnancy education for women living in rural and remote indigenous communities. They are intended for use by indigenous health workers, nurses and other relevant staff at primary care level with the support of a specialist diabetes team (doctor, diabetes educator and dietician).
- How your body works (PDF, 2MB)
- Gestational Diabetes - What is it? Why & How Do We Treat It? (PDF, 1.7MB)
- Eating for Gestational Diabetes (PDF, 2.2MB)
- About the Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) (PDF, 1.1MB)
- After Baby is Born (PDF, 1.7MB)
- Sharing the diabetes in pregnancy story - Diabetes across the Lifecourse (diabeteslifecourse.org.au)