The Office of Adolescent Health has identified the following resources on Healthy Relationships. Please click below to learn more:

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General

• BAM! Guide to Getting Along (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (DOJ)
• Child Maltreatment 2011 (HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau)
• Coping with Violence and Traumatic Events: Resources (HHS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Choose Your Path (HHS, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse)
• Educational Resource Toolkit: A Reconnecting Families and Dads Initiative (Department of Housing and Urban Development)
• Engaged Parents Have Healthier Adolescents (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Essentials for Childhood – Steps to Create Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships: Preventing Child Maltreatment (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Helping Youth and Children Recover From Traumatic Events (Department of Education)
• The Intern Chronicles: A Young Man’s On-the-Job Training (HHS, Administration for Children and Families, National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth)
• National Runaway Safeline
• Positive Parenting Tips (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Protect Kids Online (OnGuardOnline.gov)
• SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (HHS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• StopBullying.gov (HHS)
• StopBullying.gov (in Spanish) (HHS)
• Teen Survival Guide: Healthy Relationships (HHS, Office on Women’s Health)
• Tips for Helping Adolescents after Disaster (HHS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Tips for Talking with and Helping Children and Youth Cope After a Disaster or Traumatic Event (HHS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• Traumatic Events and Children (HHS, National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Library of Medicine)
• Youth Transitioning from Foster Care: Background and Federal Programs (Congressional Research Service)

Dating and Sexual Relationships

• 1 is 2 Many (White House)
• Dating Matters (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Dating Violence Information and Resources (DOJ, Office on Violence Against Women)
• Parents, Speak Up! Guide for Discussing Relationships and Waiting to Have Sex (HHS)
• Prevent Domestic Violence in Your Community (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Sexual Assault Fact Sheet (HHS, Office on Women’s Health)

LGBT

• The Economic Well-Being of LGB Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care (HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation)
• Ensuring Safe Schools for LGBT Youth (Department of Education)
• Health Risks Among Sexual Minority Youth (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• How to Serve LGBTQ Youth Who are Homeless (HHS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
• It Gets Better Project (It Gets Better Project)
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Report (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• LGBTQI Juveniles (DOJ, National Institute of Corrections)
• The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
• Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth With Open Arms (HHS, Administration for Children and Families, National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth)
• Sexual Attraction and Orientation (HHS, Office on Women’s Health, GirlsHealth.gov)
• Sexual Behavior, Sexual Attraction, and Sexual Identity in the United States: Data from the 2006-2008 National Survey of Family Growth (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)

Dating Violence

• Bright Idea: Using Literature to Prevent Relationship Violence (HHS, Administration for Children and Families, National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth)
• Dating Matters (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Dating Violence Information and Resources (DOJ, Office on Violence Against Women)
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Help in 170+ Languages (National Domestic Violence Hotline)
• The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
• The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey: 2010 Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
• Understanding Teen Dating Violence: Fact Sheet (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)

Youth Violence

• Child and Youth Victimization Known to Police, School, and Medical Authorities (DOJ, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
• Defending Childhood: Protect, Heal, Thrive (DOJ)
• Defending Childhood: Protect, Heal, Thrive: Report of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence (DOJ)
• Disproportionate Minority Contact (DOJ, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
• Help Series for Crime Victims (DOJ, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime)
• Issues, Evidence & Public Health Implications of Protective Factors for Youth Violence Perpetration (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• National Survey of Children Exposed to Violence (DOJ, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
• Now is the Time: The President's plan to protect our children and our communities by reducing gun violence (White House)
• Preventing Violent Deaths in America (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Preventing Youth Violence (National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention and findyouthinfo.gov)
• Safe and Supportive Schools: Engagement, Safety, Environment (Department of Education)
• Safe Start Center (DOJ, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
• Seeing My World through a Safer Lens Video Contest (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Teen Action Toolkit: Building a Youth-led Response to Teen Victimization (DOJ)
• Understanding Youth Violence (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
• VetoViolence (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Violent Crime Against Youth, 1994–2010 (DOJ, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics)
• Youth Violence: Facts at A Glance (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)