Black women’s accounts of living with an eating disorder: Experiences of recovery

About the study

This study aims to interview 15 women from the Black community, who have an eating disorder. The interviews will focus on your experiences of accessing treatment and recovering from an eating disorder. You will also be invited to supplement 6 photographs that represent your experiences.

What will it involve?

We are inviting you to take part in an interview lasting about sixty minutes in which Katie will ask you some questions about your experience of receiving treatment and recovering from an eating disorder. Interviews will take place online, via Skype, Microsoft teams or over telephone. The interviews will be audiotaped to produce a word-for-word transcript.

The interview may arouse some emotions. Katie will aim to ask questions sensitively and compassionately and you have the right to decline to discuss any issue that you are asked about. However, if you do find participating in the interview a little upsetting at any point you might like to take a break, or if you prefer, you can decide to end your participation and withdraw from the study at that point. Equally, as long as time permits, we can reschedule the interview if you are willing to do so. You will be provided with helpline numbers for Beat and other related services in the Post-Study information document that you will be given at the close of the interview.

You will also be asked to take photographs of anything which you feel identifies, represents, explains and/or is meaningful to you regarding your experiences of living with an eating disorder. You will then talk over some of these photographs with the researcher as part of our interview. Please remember that taking part in the aspect of the study is entirely optional. If you prefer just to be interviewed that is fine. We are grateful for your involvement regardless of how you chose to participate. We will always ensure that you have at least 48 hours minimum to decide if you would
like to take part in the photo-voice component.

If after reflection you are happy to take part in the photo-voice component we would ask you to take at least six photographs in the weeks before the interview. We will provide you with a disposable camera if you like or it is fine to use your camera or smartphone, whichever you prefer.

If you are interested in taking part in the study, please email Katie ([email protected]).