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Our initiative is a public health incubator, designed to cultivate novel insights and strategies for prevention. We introduce trainees to a rich array of disciplinary perspectives, methodologies, and theories and provide them with opportunities to join crosscutting collaborative teams.

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Teaching Cases

Working with professional case writer Eric Weinberger, the STRIPED team has developed a series of new teaching cases designed to engage students in real-world dilemmas, problem-solving, and teamwork to tackle current, high-impact issues in eating disorders prevention. The complete list of STRIPED teaching cases are below. All STRIPED teaching cases are free to download for teachers to use in their classrooms. Learn more about the different Teaching Cases we offer, and read about our unique training strategy.

Beauty and the Breast: Mobilizing Community Action to Take on the Beauty Industry

Colouring the Narrative: How to Use Storytelling to Create Social Change in Skin Shade Ideals in India (e-course)

Colouring the Narrative: How to Use Storytelling to Create Social Change in Skin Shade Ideals in Malaysia (e-course)

Coloring the Narrative: How to Use Storytelling to Create Social Change in Skin Tone Ideals in the US

Full of Surprises: Dietary Supplements and the Gym, or, a Tale of Corporate Social Responsibility

“The Governor Is Very Interested:” Or, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for School Health Screenings

Patina of Glamour: Forging Alliances to Investigate the Underside of the Fashion Industry

“Retweet Does Not Imply Endorsement:” The Logic of Cyberbullying in Schools

Some Skin in the Game: Negotiating the End of a Campus Health Menace

Weighing the Evidence: One University Takes a Hard Look at Disordered Eating Among Athletes

Who’s Calling Me Fat? Or, How Columbia Got Its Obesity Prevention Campaign Back on Track