• Which of their services and programs
have been shown to be effective
• What eating disorder and body image
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To find out how NEDA is addressing the needs
identified by survey respondents, visit the
trends they are noticing on their campus
• How campuses can better work with
off–campus community resources to
address students’ needs
• Ways to implement effective cross–
campus protocol when any faculty is
worried about a student.
Collegiate Survey Project homepage on NEDA’s
website, www.myneda.org.
College and university staff believe
eating disorder–related programs
and services are important, and
want to learn from one another.
Every program/service listed in the survey
was rated (overall rating of each was
determined by the average importance
rating) according to perceived importance.
None of the options provided received a
If you are a staff member or service provider in a
college setting and willing to share information
related to any of the categories identified above
with colleagues, or would like to request that NEDA
put you in contact with other participating campus
rating of "not very important" or "not at
all important," with the exception of the
"other" category (participants wrote in
services/programs not listed and pro-
vided a corresponding importance rating).
Of most critical importance (receiving a
"very" or "extremely important" rating)
were those programs and services fo-
cused on treatment provision—on–staff
eating disorder specialists (therapist and
nutritionist), availability of one–on–one
and group therapy and support groups
—followed very closely by programming
for preventions, education and screen-
ing. While these resources were also
more frequently offered, there is still an
unmet need.
In an effort to improve eating disorder–
related services, respondents indicated
they would like to learn the following
from professionals at other colleges
and universities:
• How they are funding their services and
programs colleagues, visit the College Survey Project
homepage of the NEDA website, www.myneda.org.
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