• Only 34% stated their campus has a peer
advisor to refer students, and of those
who do have such an advisor, 93.3% stat-
ed the advisor is very/extremely (73.3%)
or somewhat (20%) important.
tant. Not a single respondent stated that
psychotherapy is not important.
Only 43.2% of campuses offer therapy
group for student dealing with body im-
age or eating disorder issues, yet 100% of
respondents who said therapy groups are
offered stated they are somewhat (20%)
or very/extremely (80%) important. And,
97.2% of those who have monthly, weekly
or daily therapy groups say it is very/
extremely important.
• While 91.3% of respondents said eating
disorder training for Resident Advisors
is important (67.8% said very/extremely
important, 23.5% said somewhat im-
portant), only 57% of respondents said
they offer such training at least once per
year/semester (51 people) or monthly/
weekly/daily (14 people).
• 49.6% of respondents said they either
didn’t know (28 people) of any Residence
Overall, 92.4% of respondents stated an
on staff nutritionist with a specialty in
eating disorders is very/extremely (79%)
or somewhat (13.4%) important. Yet only
Life Programs or they aren’t offered (28
people), but, overall 91.1% of respond-
ents believe it is important (68.1% said
very/extremely important, 23% said
somewhat important), indicating an un-
met need.
47.9% have one on a monthly/weekly/
daily basis, indicating an unmet need for
about half of campuses. Of the 56 whose
campus offers a specialist on a monthly/
weekly/daily basis, 100% stated it is very/
extremely important.
Therapy and counseling for students
are offered by the majority of re-
spondents, however there is still a
gap between how important campus
providers consider these resources,
and availability.
Annual or bi–annual education and
prevention efforts take place on
most of campuses surveyed, but very
few offer programs on a monthly or
weekly basis.
Education and prevention programming
takes place annually during National
Eating Disorders Awareness Week on
65.6% of campuses, and nearly half (46.9%)
reported having programs/workshops
about eating disorders and body image
issues at least once per semester. But, only
17.9% offer monthly or weekly ongoing
programs and workshops.
68.6% of respondents said they have
monthly/weekly/daily availability of an
on staff counselor/psychologist/psychia-
trist with an eating disorder specialty,
and of those, 96.3% stated it is very/extre-
mely important.
77.8% of respondents said psychotherapy
(with a specialization in eating disorders)
was available monthly/weekly/daily on
their campus, and of those who offer it,
95.6% stated it is very/extremely impor-
Nearly all—94%—of campus program/
service providers overall believe that such
programming is important, indicating
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