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Vancouver Island Eating Disorder Client & Family Advisory Committee

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Deadline: Apply by

Commitment: Long-term

Connection method: Hybrid

Open to Vancouver Island Region

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Purpose:
• To provide a venue for the voices of clients and families with lived experience with eating disorders to be heard.
• Offer input into the development and provision of eating disorder services provided by the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) and Island Health (ISLH) on Vancouver Island.
• ISLH and MCFD to work with clients and families to better understand and consider how their experience can enhance the development of eating disorder services on Vancouver Island.

Meetings occur every 3 months on the second Tuesday of the month from 3:00-4:30pm via Microsoft Teams. We aim for 1 meeting per year in person located in Central Island.

Other opportunities to participate in projects, presentations and working groups ad hoc will occur throughout the engagement.

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Level of Engagement

This opportunity is at the level of Involve on the IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation.

Eligibility

  • Willing & comfortable to share health care experiences in a group setting
  • Comfort with public speaking
  • Specific health care experiences [details below]
  • Have access to technology and the internet to participate in the engagement opportunity
  • Comfortable using technology to attend online/virtual meetings
  • An interest in improving health care services
  • The time to participate in the engagement opportunity
  • Looking for individuals and or their parents/caregivers with lived experience with an eating disorder, who have accessed eating disorders care on Vancouver Island. Specifically looking for individuals from the Cowichan Valley, Center and North Island.
Patient Partners ARE required to be PVN members to participate in this engagement opportunity.

Health Care Partner Contact Information

Crystal Frost Manager - Regional Eating Disorders Program, CYF-MHSU | Island Health (250) 519-6925 crystal.frost@islandhealth.ca

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Shannon Griffin

Leader, Patient and Family Centred Care in Fraser Health

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Recently, a PVN Patient Advisor asked healthcare partners, “What are we learning from patients, families, and others thus far during this pandemic?”. This is an excellent question and one to ask ourselves daily.