Background
Type 2 diabetes is a major health problem in the Australian Indigenous population. Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs) are a primary care setting where there is opportunity to partner with health services to reduce the current evidence-practice gap in the provision of health care for Type 2 diabetes. The aim is to examine the effectiveness of a tailored ecologically-based collaborative model in achieving adherence to best practice clinical guidelines for Type 2 diabetes in ACCHOs. This study will examine whether the model results in improvements in diagnostic testing, monitoring and control of diabetes using reliable objective clinical indicators.