title: A hub and spokes approach to building community capacity for eating disorders in rural Western Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine whether an outreach community-based training program on eating disorders enhances perceived capacity of rural health and education professionals to respond to and manage eating disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey conducted upon completion of outreach training.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rural Western Australia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Health and education professionals working in rural Western Australia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaire responses analysed via descriptive statistics and inferential tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a significant increase in perceived ability to identify, support and/or treat people with eating disorders among health and education professionals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Outreach training up-skilled rural gatekeepers and introduced systemic health system benefits of increased consultation and liaison, a fine-tuning of referral processes, a reduction in hospital admissions and better uptake of local services by patients discharged from hospital.
authors: Eating Disorders Program, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: McCormack
authors: Hunna J
authors: HJ
authors: Watson
authors: Chris
authors: C
authors: Harris
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Potts
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Forbes
mesh_terms: D057191:Capacity Building / Q000379:methods*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D014904:Western Australia