Osteoporosis NZ recommends the following resources as being of valuable to health professionals in New Zealand involved in implementation of services for people who have suffered, or are at high-risk of suffering fractures caused by osteoporosis.
- Orthogeriatrics Services and hip fracture registries
– Australia and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry: http://anzhfr.org/
– Fragility Fracture Network: http://fragilityfracturenetwork.org/ - Fracture Liaison Services
– International Osteoporosis Foundation: Capture the Fracture® Campaign http://www.capturethefracture.org/
– National Bone Health Alliance (U.S.A.): Fracture Prevention CENTRAL website http://www.nbha.org/fpc
– Osteoporosis Canada: The Make the FIRST break the LAST with Fracture Liaison Services initiative http://www.osteoporosis.ca/fracture-liaison-service/ - Systematic approaches to fracture prevention in primary care
– National Osteoporosis Society and Royal College of General Practitioners (U.K.): Osteoporosis Resources for Primary Care website https://nos.org.uk/for-health-professionals/professional-development/osteoporosis-resources-for-primary-care/
The following organisations’ websites will also be of interest to health professionals:
- Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society (ANZBMS). See https://www.anzbms.org.au/
- The Endocrine Society. See http://www.endocrine.org/
- International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF). See http://www.iofbonehealth.org/
- National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF). See http://nof.org/. The NOF’s Clinician’s Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis may be of particular interest. See http://nof.org/hcp/clinicians-guide