16 October 2022
InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders, a partnership between the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District, will lead a national consortium of partners to develop the Centre and implement the Australian Eating Disorders Research and Translation Strategy.
The Centre will coordinate a national approach to eating disorder research and translate findings into practice, with the goal of reducing the burden on Australians living with an eating disorder and their loved ones.
Eating disorders are common in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Whilst the limited evidence is mixed, most studies show that First Nations Australians are at greater risk of disordered eating and eating disorders compared with non-Indigenous Australians and report higher levels of body dissatisfaction.
There is an urgent need for further research, the development of culturally appropriate assessment tools and psychotherapeutic treatments, and we need to better understand the impact of eating disorders on First Nations peoples.
This Key Thinkers Forum was facilitated by Prof Tom Calma AO, FAA, and is a collaboration between the Australian Eating Disorders Research & Translation Centre (AEDRTC), the Djurali Centre for Indigenous Health Education and Research at Macquarie University and InsideOut Institute at the University of Sydney.
This Forum discussed current and emerging food and eating disorder issues within community and the research and translation gaps and priorities that exist currently. It will help guide the development of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research & Translation Strategy as a key activity of the Australian Eating Disorder Research and Translation Centre.
Panel Members:
An inspiring panel of First Nations health, research, service delivery and psychology leaders will share with delegates at the Society for Mental Health Research Conference 2024 this week the critical need to change the way mental health research is conducted in Australia if we are to improve mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
livED is the first of its kind in mental health research, co-designed by lived experience, clinical and digital experts uniquely developed to allow people to share their story, their way.
The AEDRTC’s core vision - collaboration between like-minded researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience to change the way eating disorders research is conducted in Australia - was central to everything at Think Tank 2024.
