NCT04263155

The Peer-Delivered Body Project for Young Women in High School

Implementation and Evaluation of the Peer-Delivered Body Project for Young Women in High School

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 74 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Boulder · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will evaluate the impact of the Body Project (a dissonance-based program designed to address body image concerns and prevent eating disorders) on key eating disorder risk factors and relevant social and self-constructs at three time-points (pre, post, and one-year follow-up). Young women will be recruited from two high schools and will be randomized to receive the Body Project or to the control group. The Body Project will be facilitated by college-aged women.

Detailed description

Preventive models that can avert the onset of eating disorders and innovative delivery methods that increase engagement with care offer a promising approach to improving the mental health and wellness of young women. This study aims to implement and evaluate the Body Project, a 4-hour dissonance-based program designed to address body image concerns and prevent eating disorders with high school young women using a peer delivery model. This study will evaluate the impact of the Body Project on key eating disorder risk factors and relevant social and self-constructs at three time-points (pre, post, and one-year follow-up). Young women will be recruited from two high schools and will be randomized to receive the Body Project program or to the control group. The Body Project will be facilitated by college-aged young women who have been trained to deliver the Body Project.

Conditions

• Eating Disorders in Adolescence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	The Body Project	The Body Project is a 4-hour dissonance-based program designed to address body image concerns and prevent eating disorders. The curriculum consists of written, verbal, and behavioral exercises that provide participants with the opportunity to voluntarily and publicly critique the appearance ideal.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-08-01
• Primary completion: 2020-03-30
• Completion: 2020-03-30
• First posted: 2020-02-10
• Last updated: 2020-06-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States