Special Report: Improving Body Image in Middle School

特别报告：改善中学身体形象

• 批准号: 6643168
• 负责人: Tara M Cousineau
• 金额: $ 10万
• 依托单位: INFLEXXION, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-04-04 至 2004-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6643168
• 关键词: DVD /CD ROM; adolescence (12-20); body image; clinical research; computer assisted instruction; computer program /software; disease /disorder proneness /risk; eating disorders; educational resource design /development; health education; human subject; interactive multimedia; perception disorder; secondary schools

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.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们建议开发一个互动式的，基于学校的多媒体项目，以解决青少年身体不满（BDIA），称为特别报告：身体谈话。该计划将针对12至14岁的早期青少年，这一年龄段的人对成熟、身体形象和体重的担忧非常突出。对身体不满意被认为是身体紊乱和有害节食（如饮食失调）发生的最重要因素之一。通过使用具有引人入胜的视频、音频和图形特征的交互式光盘，将通过新闻编辑室的形式进行教育，学生用户与屏幕上的青少年一起创作新闻故事，重点是身体成熟和健康饮食教育、关于吸引力文化标准的媒体素养技能和身体形象问题。特别报告：身体谈话是一个45-50分钟的会议，使用经验可靠的预防策略，将包括：(1)风险评估与量身定制的规范反馈，(2)基础知识测试，(3)媒体素养意识练习，(4)个人有关体重管理和营养的教育，以及抵制体重相关取笑和提高身体满意度的技能培养练习。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易于在其他环境中使用（例如，初级保健办公室，青年中心）。如果这样的项目在减少危险行为方面比传统的教育方法更有效，学校管理者和健康教育者可能会将其视为向初中学生提供BDIA教育和预防的理想和经济有效的方式。