Adea Podcast

In this podcast the host, Jan Alford, discusses the impact of geography on diabetes services and education with Bernadette Heenan - Credentialled Diabetes Educator with Apunipima Cape York Health Council working in remote Indigenous communities in Far North Queensland. Bernadette has been providing diabetes education to her clients for the past 12 years on a fly-in, fly-out basis from her home base in Cairns. She is part of a multidisciplinary team who work closely together with local people to help close the gap in Indigenous Health Care. Listen to Bernadette address the cultural, linguistic and socioeconomic barriers that can limit people's access to diabetes-related services and education.