Dating violence prevention in middle school and high school youth.
OBJECTIVE
Dating violence and interpersonal abuse among middle school and high school students.


OBJECTIVE
To review the current literature and evaluate the need of conducting further study in order to create early interventions for the prevention of relationship abuse.


METHODS
Case report and review of the literature.


CONCLUSIONS
Dating violence among middle school and high school youth must be addressed by screening risk and offering anticipatory guidance during each health maintenance visit in order to prevent victimization of youth in dating and attraction relationships.
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Sharron M
SM
NYU/Bellevue Department of Pediatrics, New York, NY, USA. smc184@columbiu.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002649:Child Abuse / Q000523:psychology; D003376:Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration; D003380:Courtship / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D011209:Power, Psychological; D015995:Prevalence; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D011634:Public Health; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data