PRIDE BODY PROJECT
Eating Disorder Prevention
The PRIDE Body Project is a dissonance-based eating disorder prevention program for sexual minority men. We are currently testing this program in collaboration with the Body Image, Sexuality, & Health Lab at SDSU, in an R01 funded by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities, compared to an active control condition in Southern California.
BODY DISSATISFACTION & EATING DISORDERS
Factors Affecting Risk in LGBTQ+ folks
Our research in this area has focused on sociocultural factors impacting risk for eating disorders in LGBTQ+ folks, including peer relationships & romantic relationships, and eating disorder treatment outcomes for LGBTQ+ folks.
PROUD TO BE ME
Eating Disorder Prevention
This program is a collaboration with the Dove Self Esteem Project, Anna Ciao & the Eating & Body Image Lab at Western Washington University, & Canvas Arts Action Program. We adapted Dove Self Esteem Programming for LGBTQ2S+ youth in Toronto Canada.
We are currently working on plans to evaluate this program with community partners in Alabama and Washington.