Special Report: Improving Body Image in Middle School

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议开发一个交互式的、以学校为基础的多媒体程序，旨在解决青少年对身体的不满（BDIA），称为特别报告：身体对话。拟议的计划将为 12 至 14 岁的青少年早期设计，这个时期的成熟度、身体形象和体重问题非常突出。身体不满意被认为是导致身体紊乱和有害节食（例如饮食失调）的最重要因素之一。通过使用包含引人入胜的视频、音频和图形功能的交互式 CD-ROM，教育将以新闻编辑室的形式进行，学生用户与屏幕上的青少年一起创作新闻故事，重点关注身体成熟和健康饮食的教育、关于吸引力文化标准的媒体素养技能以及身体形象问题。特别报告：身体谈话采用经验丰富的预防策略，是一个时长 45-50 分钟的课程，其中包括：(1) 风险评估和定制的规范性反馈，(2) 基础知识测试，(3) 媒体素养意识练习，(4) 有关体重管理和营养的个人相关教育，以及抵制与体重相关的嘲笑和提高身体满意度的技能建设练习。虽然该计划旨在在学校提供，但该计划灵活的独立设计将使其能够轻松用于其他环境（例如初级保健办公室、青少年中心）。如果这样的计划在减少传统教育方法的风险行为方面表现出有效性，学校管理人员和健康教育者可能会认为它是向初中生提供 BDIA 教育和预防的理想且具有成本效益的方式。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): We propose the development of an interactive, school-based multimedia program that addresses body dissatisfaction in adolescents (BDIA) called Special Report: Body Talk. The proposed program will be designed for early adolescents, ages 12 to 14, when maturation, body image and weight concerns are highly salient. Body dissatisfaction is considered one of the most robust factors in the onset of body disturbances and harmful dieting, such as eating disorders. Through the use of an interactive CD-ROM incorporating engaging video, audio and graphic features, education will be delivered through a newsroom format where student users work with on-screen teens to create news stories focused on education of physical maturation and healthy eating, media literacy skills on cultural standards for attractiveness, and body image issues. Using empirically-sound prevention strategies, Special Report: Body Talk is one 45-50 minute session that will include: (1) risk assessment with tailored normative feedback, (2) basic knowledge test, (3) media literacy awareness exercise, (4) personally relevant education about weight management and nutrition, and skill building exercises to resist weight related teasing and increase body satisfaction. While the program is intended to be offered in school, the flexible self-contained design of the program will allow it to be readily used in other settings (e.g., primary care offices, youth centers). If such a program demonstrated effectiveness in reducing risk behaviors over traditional education approaches, school administrators and health educators would likely view it as a desirable and cost effective way to offer BDIA education and prevention to middle and junior high school students.