The Office of Adolescent Health has identified a comprehensive range of federal resources on adolescent healthy relationships.

Below, find adolescent healthy relationship resources on the following topics:

• What's New
• Dating Violence
• LGBTQ
• Maltreatment and Exploitation
• Parenting Supports
• Youth Violence
• Survey and Prevalence Reports

What's New

• First Premarital Cohabitation in the United States: 2006–2010 National Survey of Family Growth (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics)
• Healthy People eLearning (HHS, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
• Survey of Youth in Residential Placement (SYRP) 2003 (DOJ, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
• Tips for Helping Kids Socialize Online (OnGuardOnline.gov)
• Understanding Evidence (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Dating Violence

The Basics

• Understanding Teen Dating Violence: Fact Sheet (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
• 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)
• National Domestic Violence Hotline: Help in 170+ Languages (National Domestic Violence Hotline)

Survey and Prevalence Reports

• 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)
• Prevent Domestic Violence in Your Community (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Sexual Assault Fact Sheet (HHS, Office on Women’s Health)

LGBTQ

The Basics

• Serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth With Open Arms (HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Children and Families)
• The Economic Well-Being of LGB Youth Transitioning Out of Foster Care (HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation)
• Health Risks Among Sexual Minority Youth (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health Report (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Survey and Prevalence Reports

• 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)
• 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)

Maltreatment and Exploitation

• Child Exploitation and Obscenity (Department of Justice)
• Child Maltreatment 2011 (HHS, Administration for Children and Families, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Children’s Bureau)
• Essentials for Childhood – Steps to Create Safe, Stable, and Nurturing Relationships: Preventing Child Maltreatment (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Parenting Supports

• 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)
• Positive Parenting Tips (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Protect Kids Online (OnGuardOnline.gov)

Youth Violence

The Basics

• Issues, Evidence & Public Health Implications of Protective Factors for Youth Violence Perpetration (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Understanding Youth Violence (HHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control)
• 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)

Prevention

• Preventing Youth Violence (National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention and findyouthinfo.gov)
• Safe and Supportive Schools: Engagement, Safety, Environment (Department of Education)

Resources for Victims

• 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)
• Help Series for Crime Victims (DOJ, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime)
• National Survey of Children Exposed to Violence (DOJ, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention)
• Teen Action Toolkit: Building a Youth-led Response to Teen Victimization (DOJ)

Survey and Prevalence Reports

• Violent Crime Against Youth, 1994–2010 (DOJ, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics)

Survey and Prevalence Reports

• 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)
• 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)
• Violent Crime Against Youth, 1994–2010 (DOJ, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics)