Ontario Health’s Eating Disorders Quality Standard addresses care for people of all ages with
anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or binge-eating disorder. It applies to all
care settings.
Although many statements may apply to avoidant/restrictive
food intake disorder (ARFID), as well as other specified and unspecified eating
disorders, this quality standard does not directly address the management of
these conditions. This quality standard also does not address pica or
rumination disorder.
With the growing incidence of eating disorders in Ontario,
this is an urgent issue with many opportunities for improvement. This quality
standard includes nine quality statements that address areas identified by the
Eating Disorders Quality Standard Advisory Committee as having high potential
to improve care for people with an eating disorder in Ontario.
Below is a sample of tools that may help you implement the
quality statements in practice, organized according to purpose. Many of these
tools will help support multiple quality statements.
This list is not exhaustive, and some of these resources
have recognized shortcomings. Are there other tools or resources you use? Do
you have experience implementing these or other tools? If so, please share your
thoughts in the comments section below!
Tools and Resources to Support Clinical Practice
Screening and level of care:
Finding eating disorder treatment in Ontario:
Supporting youth-to-adult care transitions:
Promoting Anti-Bias in Eating Disorder Care:
- Eating Disorders and Marginalized Voices: an infographic by The National Eating
Disorders Association that presents statistics on eating disorder prevalence among
people by race, gender, gender identity and sexual orientation, and how
clinicians are less likely to identify problematic eating behaviour among
people of colour
- Eating Disorders and People With Higher Weight: a National Eating Disorders
Collaboration (NEDC) web page that addresses important issues to understand
about eating disorders and higher weight
- Weight Stigma: a NEDC web page that explains weight stigma, its impacts, and how
clinicians can tackle weight stigma in their own practice
- Affirming Care for Every Body: a guide to eating disorders in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community created by the
National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) and Rainbow Health Ontario.
Includes a glossary of terms and resources about eating disorders and 2SLGBTQIA+
people
Educational Opportunities for Health Care Professionals
- Ontario Community Outreach Program for Eating Disorders (OCOPED): a provincial training program that aims
to increase the capacity of non-fee-for-service practitioners (including
physicians covered by OHIP) to respond to the health care pressures of those
experiencing eating disorders.
- 2SLGBTQ Foundations Course: a seven-module course on 2SLGBTQ health from Rainbow
Health Ontario to help health care and social service providers build their foundational
knowledge for providing care to 2SLGBTQ people
Additional Resources for People With an Eating Disorder
- Recovery Support Program: an online, self-guided program from Body Brave meant to provide
immediate access to low-barrier, eating disorder and disordered eating recovery
resource and tools
- Peer Support Program: offerings from Eating Disorders Nova Scotia that include individual
peer mentoring, drop-in peer support groups, a youth peer support group, and
Two Spirit, Nonbinary, Trans+ peer support groups for people across Canada aged
14+
- Workbook– Break Free from ED: a set of evidence-based learning modules for individuals
with eating disorders to guide them through key components of cognitive
behavioural therapy for eating disorders (CBT-ED). The modules are designed so
that individuals can either complete them independently or with the assistance
of a mental health professional
Additional Resources for Families and Caregivers of People
with Eating Disorders
- Danielle’s Place Virtual Parent Support Group: a monthly, drop-in support group for
parents/caregivers who have a child/youth affected by an eating disorder or
have adolescents transitioning to adult care
- Ontario Caregiver Organization: provides information, tools and support to caregivers across
Ontario. Facilitated, virtual peer support groups for caregivers meet daily,
but are not specifically for eating disorder
Other Resources