Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Senior Associate Scientist, Research Institute, Director, Health Science Research, Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Toronto School of Medicine, Canada.
Head of Department, Eating Disorders, The Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Clinical Lecturer, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Int J Eat Disord. 2017 Mar;50(3):259-265. doi: 10.1002/eat.22663. Epub 2017 Jan 17.
Pediatric Surveillance Units (PSUs) provide a unique model for the study of pediatric eating disorders (EDs). Australia, Britain, and Canada have surveillance programs that have generated valuable epidemiological and clinical data on early-onset eating disorders (EOED). The PSUs represent an important collaborative tool that has helped shape our understanding of EOEDs and offers potential to contribute to decisions regarding health resource allocation and public health policy. This paper reviews the role of PSUs as a unique model to study pediatric EDs and its success in translating the knowledge generated by these programs into improving the health of children and adolescents with EDs worldwide.
儿科监测单位 (PSU) 为研究儿科进食障碍 (ED) 提供了一种独特的模式。澳大利亚、英国和加拿大均设有监测项目,这些项目提供了有关早期起病进食障碍 (EOED) 的宝贵流行病学和临床数据。PSU 是一种重要的协作工具,有助于我们了解 EOED,并有可能为有关卫生资源分配和公共卫生政策的决策做出贡献。本文回顾了 PSU 作为研究儿科 ED 的独特模式的作用,及其成功地将这些项目产生的知识转化为改善全球患有 ED 的儿童和青少年的健康的情况。