Preliminary Validation of The Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire-Short Parent Version (EDE-QS-P).

Objective: There is a lack of reliable and valid parent-report measures assessing eating disorder (ED) pathology in children and adolescents. This study aimed to develop and provide preliminary validation of a new parent-report measure, the 12-item Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire-Short Parent Version (EDE-QS-P).

Method: The EDE-QS-P was completed by 296 parents seeking treatment for their child at an ED clinic.

‘We’re also healers’: Elders leading the way in Aboriginal community healing.

Background: The impact of colonisation, dispossession and marginalisation on the health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples (hereafter respectfully referred to as Aboriginal people) is well documented. Aboriginal people continue to practice traditional healing, and in recent years have initiated numerous community-based healing programs around Australia. The Closing the Gap policy has also resulted in numerous community health programs.

Closing the Gap in Aboriginal health disparities: is there a place for Elders in the neoliberal agenda?

Objective In light of concerns surrounding neoliberal government approaches to addressing Aboriginal disadvantage, this project examined how Elders consider the Closing the Gap programs for improving community health outcomes. Methods A participatory action research project was undertaken in collaboration with eight Elders from a remote Aboriginal community in Australia's island state of Tasmania. The findings emerged from thematic analysis of individual interviews and yarning circles.

'It all comes back to community!': A qualitative study of Aboriginal Elders promoting cultural well-being.

Objective: To examine Australian Aboriginal Elders' (Elders) views on their contributions to and their potential to contribute to the well-being of their community.

Design: Participatory action research methodology was employed. Data collection methods included yarning interviews and group circle discussions.

Diabetes and disordered eating behaviours in a community-based sample of Australian adolescents.

Background: People with diabetes have been shown to be at risk for disordered eating compared to their non-diabetic peers. However, the majority of studies have been conducted in relatively small samples drawn from clinical diabetes settings or registries. Community-based samples are required to better understand disordered eating behaviours in this population.

Dietary flavonoid intake in older adults: how many days of dietary assessment are required and what is the impact of seasonality?

Background: Within- and between-person variation in nutrient intake is well established, but little is known about variability in dietary flavonoid intake, including the effect of seasonality.

Methods: Within- and between-individual variability of flavonoid intake, and intake of flavonoid subclasses was examined in older adults (n = 79; mean age 70.1 y (range: 60y-80y)), using three separate 4-day weighed food records (WFR) collected approximately 4 months apart.