Student bodies: psycho-education communities on the web.
We have developed a Web-delivered, multimedia health educational program, Student Bodies, designed to improve body satisfaction, a probable risk factor for the development of eating disorders in young women. The program includes psycho-educational content and a newsgroup for communication, and is delivered in a structured framework of weekly readings, assignments and postings to the newsgroup. Intervention group participants improved their body image, and reduced other attitudes that predispose to eating disorders.
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Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA.
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Celio
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D001828:Body Image; D020375:Education, Distance; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D019212:Multimedia; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D012984:Software