Author Details Assessment of readiness to prevent type 2 diabetes in a population of rural women with a history of gestational diabetes Wendy Swan1 Accredited Practising Dietitian, Dietitian, wendy.swan@gvhealth.org.au Gloria Kilmartin2 Diabetes Educator, Team leader, gloria.kilmartin@gvhealth.org.au Siaw-Teng Liaw3 PhD, Professor , t.liaw@unimelb.edu.au 1, 2 Diabetes Centre, Goulburn Valley Heatlh, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. 3 School of Rural Health, University of Melbourne, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. Correspondence: W Swan, Diabetes Centre, Goulburn Valley Health, Graham St, Shepparton, Victoria 3630, Australia  Author contribution: Wendy Swan: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, supplied data, collected data, input data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft. Gloria Kilmartin: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts. Siaw-Teng Liaw: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts. Citation: Swan W, Kilmartin G, Liaw S.  Assessment of readiness to prevent type 2 diabetes in a population of rural women with a history of gestational diabetes. Rural and Remote Health 7 (online), 2007: no. 802. Available from: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 8 June 2007 Revised: 29 September 2007 Accepted: 19 November 2007