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An Eating Disorders Prevention Program
Author(s) -
Chally Pamela S.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.1998.tb00431.x
Subject(s) - eating disorders , medicine , significant difference , psychology , clinical psychology
PROBLEM. To develop, implement, and evaluate a school personnel training program on eating disorders. METHODS. The pretest‐posttest control group design zuas used to examine effects of this training with 117 high school personnel. Both experimental ( n = 85) and control ( n = 32) groups were given a pretest and a posttest on knowledge and attitudes. The experimental group participated in a training program. Both groups zuere asked to keep a 3‐month count of students at risk for eating disorders. FINDINGS. Results included a significant difference in knowledge between the experimental and control groups. School personnel in the experimental group were more likely to identify students at risk for developing eating disorders. CONCLUSIONS. Training school personnel to identify students at risk for eating disorders holds promise as a strategy for dealing with this disease. All at‐risk students for eating disorders should be further evaluated and additional treatment initiated as needed.