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The Second Wave of Public Policy Advocacy for Eating Disorders: Charting the Course to Maximize Population Impact
S Bryn Austin1, Rebecca Hutcheson2, Shalini Wickramatilake-Templeman3
1Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 333 Longwood Avenue, Room 634, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders: A Public Health Incubator, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract:
Over the past decade, a first wave of US public policy advocacy for eating disorders made substantial progress, with passage of the federal 21st Century Cures Act in 2016 as its crowning achievement. However, the US response to eating disorders continues to fall short in several ways. On the cusp of a second wave of policy advocacy, efforts must be broadened to target structural determinants of illness and inequities to maximize clinical impact and diminish suffering. Mental health clinicians, patients, and their families will be essential players in public policy advocacy efforts in this regard.
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