[…]to take part in the research study? If you decide to take part, you will be asked to complete an online survey. The survey includes questions on your knowledge of eating disorders and their causes, your impressions of individuals with eating disorders, and your own eating attitudes and takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. Prior to completing the survey you will be asked to read and complete the online consent form. How will you protect my privacy? All the information you provide will be anonymous. The research team will not collect any information that can identify you either from Bodywhys […]
[…]always someone willing to listen- Reach out to others and be there for one another. For online counselling please visit Turn2Me. In the registration process, there is a question about ‘referral pathway’, in this section you can put in ‘USI’, then they can identify you coming via USI. USI Mental Health Directory For a list of college support services please visit: […]
The USI website gets quite a bit of traffic – we pull in around 94% of our viewers from Ireland and the UK (mostly from Northern Ireland). We’re fairly extensively linked to and we attract an enormous amount of spam. All of this makes developing and managing the site somewhat complex – but rewarding when viewership increases due to changes to the site. We’re already seeing some small evidence of that today. The new design aims to put the stories we think will interest the rest of the world in our work – we have an external readership focus for 80% […]
[…]year between January 10th and February 15th 2013 with over 2,750 third level students responding online. The participants were of mixed gender and sexuality. The report focused on the following areas; Unwanted Sexual Experiences, Physical Mistreatment, Harassment, Obsessive Behaviour and Information on Campus. Some of the key findings highlighted in the report include: 16% of respondents experienced some form of unwanted sexual experience while at their current educational institution 1 in 5 women surveyed experienced some form of unwanted sexual experience, with 11% experiencing unwanted sexual contact Just 3% of respondents who had an unwanted sexual experience reported it to the Gardaí […]
ProYouth offers online, anonymous supports to those 3rd and 4th level students struggling with eating and body issues. Screening tests to identify your personal risk of developing an eating disorder. These tests can be repeated weekly, to allow you to track your progress over time. Join ProYouth to self test yourself. The website has articles and a blog with information and inspiration to cope with issues relating to self-esteem, mental and physical health, body dissatisfaction, and media influences on eating and body issues. There is message boards with a variety of topics relevant to eating and body issues, where students and […]
