Diabetes foot care education movies for Aboriginal people: Bran nue leg.

Adequate knowledge of diabetes is crucial to diabetes care and the prevention of diabetes complications. Aboriginal people are three times more likely than non-Aboriginal people to have diabetes in Australia. In Western Australia, Aboriginal people experience significantly higher rates of lower extremity amputation than nonAboriginal people, and 98% of these amputations are diabetes related. Additionally, Aboriginal people may experience barriers to accessing or utilising diabetes education in Western Australia. The need for culturally appropriate diabetes education for Aboriginal people appears in four current Western Australia Department of Health documents.