A project led by several of our team members (lead: Dr. Jennifer Coelho, co-leads: Dr. Josie Geller, Kim Williams, Patricia Obee) is one of the recipients of the Strengthening the Health Workforce for System Transformation grants, funded through Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Institutes de recherche en santé du Canada and Michael Smith Health Research BC.
Our team will be studying a Provincial Eating Disorders Training Hub, to build capacity in clinicians treating children and youth with eating disorders.
On July 11, Dr. Coelho was joined by the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Physical Activity, and the Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville, Taleeb Noormohamed, as they announced federal funding for innovative projects to help support and retain members of the health workforce by improving research, planning, and health workforce data.
Read the full news release: bcchr.info/3Y1UVfc
Led by cluster collaborator Dr. Nicole Obeid, together with Dr. Jennifer Coelho and cluster collaborators Dr. Linda Booij, and Dr. Gina Dimitropoulos and Dr. Debra Katzman, a pan-Canadian study quantified the social and economic costs of a surge in eating disorders among children and youth during and after the pandemic. The study authors estimated that incremental costs to the Canadian health care system totaled nearly $40 million (a 21% increase), but warn that this number represents a vast underestimate. The study highlights the need for increased resources dedicated to both health care supports and monitoring data for eating disorders.
Media coverage of the event:
CTV National News: Eating disorder cases in Canada (ctvnews.ca)
The report:
The impact of COVID-19 on eating disorders among Canadian youths | Deloitte Australia
Eating Disorders: How Parents Can Play an Active Role in Recovery
A Where You Are podcast episode from the Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre for caregivers about how to support a child with an eating disorder, featuring Kelly (a parent of a youth diagnosed with an eating disorder), and Dr. Jennifer Coelho