SALUT Partner: Sweden.
The National Resource Centre for Eating Disorders (NÄT) Orebro, Sweden

http://www.nat.se/Forskning/salut.html



NAT is an active partner in the SALUT project within the area of research methodology and evaluation, contribute to assuring quality and coherence of medical information, and act as a bridge head in the dissemination of SALUT results in Sweden.

The National Resource Centre for Eating Disorders (NÄT), launched on January 1, 2002, is a co-operation between Örebro County Council and the County Council of Östergötland (there are 24 county councils in Sweden, each responsible for the health care in a defined geographic region).

The National Institute of Public Health, the National Board of Health and Welfare, and the Swedish Eating Disorders Society also support NÄT. Organisationally, NÄT is a division of the Psychiatric Research Centre, Örebro University Hospital.

NÄT will work primarily in three areas: research, clinical development, and information/ education. The primary aims of NÄT are to co-ordinate and stimulate the development and mediation of knowledge in the areas of prevention and treatment of eating disorders in Sweden. This is to be achieved through building a well-functioning knowledge and information network and a comprehensive website on the Internet aimed at the general public, patients and their relatives, and clinical and research experts.

From start, NÄT has a staff of 3,5 full-time employees: 1 researcher/director, 1 quality developer, 1 information editor/webmaster, and 0,5 administrative assistant. During the first year (2002) the staff will be increased with a part-time computer engineer (for software solutions in the area of clinical development), a research assistant, and a part-time researcher.

Contact: Claes Norring, Director. E-mail: claes.norring@orebroll.se


SALUT SHG trials: Sweden.

SALUT will also conduct trials of project results in Hälsingland County Hälsingland is 250 km North of Stockholm, about 2/5 the size of Switzerland with 133K population. It has 21 primary health care centres. The Hälsingland County Council has agreed to test the online version of the Self Help Guide developed by Salut partners, University Hospital of Geneva and NetUnion, in at least 7 of the regional centres.

The trials are being coordinated by Dr. Anders Flykt NAT and the Hälsingland County Council. Dr. Flykt is working as a consultant to the Hälsingland County Council, for developing a uniformed policy for providing health care to people suffering from eating disorder.

Contact: Dr. Anders Flykt, e-mail: Anders.Flykt@mh.se