Combating Teen Dating Violence: Promising Research in Prevention and Intervention for Youth At-Risk

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month. This webinar, sponsored by National Institute of Justice and the Government Innovators Network, highlighted the latest prevention and intervention research.

Topics of discussion included:

• School-based teen dating violence preventive interventions with at-risk youth.
• The results of health-clinic interventions in reducing teen dating violence, birth control sabotage and sexual coercion.
• Links between pregnancy and interpersonal violence; ways of improving the lives of pregnant and parenting teens.
• Exploring ways to prevent teen dating violence and improve the lives of those impacted by teen dating violence.