| Resources
For health professionals
Guideline summary
Use calculator to assess CVD risk
Diabetes
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Management of type 2 diabetes: A handbook for general
practice
RACGP and Diabetes Australia
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Living Evidence Guidelines in Diabetes
The Living Evidence for Diabetes Consortium
Other risk considerations
Chronic kidney disease
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) management in primary care
- guidance and clinical tips to help detect, manage and
refer patients in your practice with CKD
Kidney Health Australia
Severe mental illness
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Mental illness and chronic conditions fact sheet
ACDPA
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What is appropriate language when speaking with someone
living with a mental health condition?
NSW Health
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Language and Stigma
Everymind
History of pregnancy complications
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Management of type 2 diabetes: A handbook for general
practice - Gestational diabetes mellitus
RACGP and Diabetes Australia
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Diabetes Referral pathway (GDM)
Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA)
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Our Language Matters
Diabetes Australia
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Pregnancy and heart disease - Information and resources for
health professionals
National Heart Foundation of Australia
Premature or early menopause
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A practitioner’s toolkit for the management of the
menopause
MONASH University M8 Alliance
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Menopause treatment options
Australian Menopause Society
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Making choices at menopause
Australian Journal of General Practice
Communicate risk
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Heart Health Check Toolkit
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Risk communication toolkit
The American College of Cardiology
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Communicating cardiovascular risk effectively
Bpac New Zealand
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Risk communication online training module for health
professionals
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care online training for health professionals
Approaches to addressing lifestyle risk factors
Smoking cessation
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Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP)
RACGP guide incorporating 5As model
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Supporting smoking cessation: A guide for health
professionals
RACGP
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Quit Centre
Digital hub for health professionals
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Position statement on smoking and vaping cessation
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Summary brief: Review of global evidence on the health
effects of electronic cigarettes
Australian National University
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Tobacco In Australia: Facts and Issues
Tobacco in Australia
Nutrition
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Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP)
RACGP guide incorporating 5As model
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Position statement: Heart healthy eating patterns
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Position statement: Meat and Heart Healthy eating
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Position statement: Eggs and Heart Healthy eating
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Position statement: Dairy and Heart Healthy eating
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Position statement: Fish, Seafood and Heart Healthy
Eating
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Position statement: Alcohol and heart health
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking
alcohol
NHMRC
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A rapid review of evidence Fats and Oils: dietary
recommendations, messaging and consumer understanding in
Australia
University of Queensland
Physical Activity
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Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP)
RACGP guide incorporating 5As model
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Physical activity resources for health professionals
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Australia’s physical activity and sedentary behaviour
guidelines
Australian Department of Health and Aged Care
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World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical
activity and sedentary behaviour
World Health Organization
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Joint position statement: The collaboration of exercise
physiologists and dietitians in chronic disease
management
Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA) and Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA)
Healthy Weight
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Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP)
RACGP guide incorporating 5As model
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BMI calculator
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Language Matters: Obesity
Obesity UK
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Position statement: Obesity and chronic disease
Australian Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance
Alcohol reduction
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Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP)
RACGP guide incorporating 5As model
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Position statement: Alcohol and Heart Health
National Heart Foundation of Australia
Manage CVD Risk - Pharmarcotherapy
Blood pressure-lowering treatment
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Guideline for the diagnosis and management of hypertension
in adults
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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REACH Resource packs for GPs, nurses and other health care
professionals to talk to their patients about alcohol use
Monash University
Lipid-modifying treatment
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Practical guide to pharmacological lipid management
National Heart Foundation of Australia
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Guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias: lipid
modification to reduce cardiovascular risk
European society of cardiology/European Atherosclerosis Society
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Guideline on the management of blood cholesterol
American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association
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Treatment guidelines
Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Australasia Network
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Cholesterol and other lipids
RACGP Red book
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Management of cholesterol-lowering therapy for people with
chronic kidney disease
CARI Guidelines
First Nations specific
Age ranges for assessing CVD risk
Severe mental illnessConsider reclassification factors
Severe mental illnessCommunicate risk
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Yarning to make health decisions together – the
Find Your Way shared decision-making model
Agency for Clinical Innovation
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Cardiovascular disease risk communication with
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples:
Toolkit for health professionals
ANU Healthy Heart Communities project
Manage CVD Risk
Introduction Quit smoking-
Medicines to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people stop smoking: A Guide for health
workers
Department of Health and Aged Care
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Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs
Knowledge Centre
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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Nutrition resources
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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Australian Indigenous Alcohol and Other Drugs
Knowledge Centre
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
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Talking about alcohol: A brief intervention tool
for health professionals
Australian Government
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PBS factsheet on the Closing the Gap (CTG)
PBS Co-payment Program