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Supplemental Award Abstract
Supplemental One Time Award: Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment
(SBIRT) for eating disorders
Program: Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Physician Assistant Rural Training in
Behavioral Health (PCTE-PARB) Program
Applicant Org Name: University of Kentucky, Department of Physician Assistant Studies, 900
S. Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536
Project Director Name: Shelley Irving; Contact Phone Number: (859) 323-1100, (859) 257-
2454 (fax)
Email Address: [email protected]
Website Address: https://www.uky.edu/chs/physician-assistant-studies
Supplemental Award: $ 41,667
Short Description:
There is a need for increased awareness around eating disorders in Kentucky. In 2020, the
Cabinet for Health and Family Services established the Kentucky Eating Disorder Council
(KEDC) to raise awareness and develop resources to address eating disorders. Kentuckians
experience high rate of social determinants of health (SDOH) that negatively affect physical and
mental health. There is increased awareness of the intersectionality of SDOH and eating
disorders. Studies have found associations between SDOH commonly experienced in Eastern
Kentucky such as adverse childhood experiences and food insecurity with the development of
eating disorders. Central Appalachia is one of the most impoverished and geographically isolated
areas in the country.
The one-time supplemental award to increase training around Screening, Brief Intervention, and
Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for eating disorders will allow the University of Kentucky’s
Department of Physician Assistant Studies (UK PAS) to enhance the curricula on this important
health topic. By integrating this training into the PCTE-PARB program, UK PAS will increase
the number of PAs specifically trained to identify and address disordered eating in rural areas.
This goal will be achieved by the following objectives:
1) Enhancing training on eating disorders in the UK PAS curriculum.
2) Integrating SBIRT for eating disorders into the PCTE-PARB program.
3) Providing experiential training to UK PAS students in using the SBIRT tool for eating
disorders.
Status | Active |
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Effective start/end date | 7/1/24 → 6/30/29 |
Funding
- Health Resources and Services Administration
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Projects
- 1 Active
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Primary Care Training and Enhancement: Physician Assistant Rural Training in Mental and Behav. Hlth
Irving, S. (PI), Burkhart, J. (CoI), Quinlan, A. (CoI), Schuer, K. (CoI), Valentin, V. (CoI), Vanderford, C. (CoI) & Woltenberg, L. (CoI)
Health Resources and Services Administration
7/1/24 → 6/30/29
Project: Research project