Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships
National Program
Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships is an innovative approach to preventing teen dating violence and abuse by teaching 11 to 4 year-olds about healthy relationships.
Behavior Change
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Patients Benefit from Interventions to Change Their Behaviors
August 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Center for the Advancement of Health conducted a study of the availability and integration of health behavior change programs in managed care.
Caring School Community Program Goes National with Focuses on Community Building to Promote Healthy Behaviors
September 26, 2007 | Program Result
The Developmental Studies Center conducted a trial of an elementary school reform initiative which attempted to build a sense of connectedness to school, and thereby promote healthy behaviors in adolescence.
Parental Influence on Substance Use in Adolescent Social Networks
December 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Adolescents benefit from having a friend whose parents are authoritative, even if their own are not.
Building Healthy Teen Relationships
Video
As this video illustrates, Start Strong is promoting healthy relationships as the way to prevent teen dating violence and abuse before it starts.
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas
September 18, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Addiction by Design: Machine Gambling in Las Vegas examines the ways that the gambling industry has designed gambling machines that encourage addiction.
Defining and Promoting Positive Youth Development
January 24, 2012 | Story
Travis built his New Connections research project on a data set from the 1997–2002 evaluation of the Health Link Program.
Active for Life: Increasing Physical Activity Levels in Adults Age 50 and Older
April 15, 2011 | Story
A profile of the evaluator, Sara Wilcox, PhD.
Youth Relationships Survey Instrument
January 1, 2011 | Survey/Poll
On March 29, 2012, Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships announced new data on teen dating violence behaviors and associated risk factors among middle school students.
Frank Chaloupka: Informing the Best Policies With the Best Science
November 29, 2010 | Story
"During the time obesity has emerged as a significant health problem, we have seen dramatic decreases in prices of sugar-sweetened beverages, and increases in prices of fresh foods and vegetables."