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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Violence Prevention: Primary Prevention Interventions to Reduce Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Among Youth

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Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: April 2018

Workgroups: Injury and Violence Prevention Workgroup, Mental Health and Mental Disorders Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends primary prevention interventions that focus on preventing or reducing youth's risk of committing intimate partner or sexual violence. These interventions promote healthier relationships and educate on warning signs and outcomes of unhealthy relationships for youth ages 12 to 24.

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Objectives related to this resource (4)

Reduce intimate partner violence — IVP‑D04
Developmental
Reduce contact sexual violence — IVP‑D05
Developmental
Reduce adolescent sexual violence by anyone — IVP‑17
Getting worse
Reduce sexual or physical adolescent dating violence — IVP‑18
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

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Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2002). Violence Prevention: Primary Prevention Interventions to Reduce Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Among Youth. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/violence-prevention-primary-prevention-interventions-reduce-perpetration-intimate-partner-violence-sexual-violence-among-youth