title: Advancing adolescent sexual and reproductive health by promoting healthy relationships.
abstract: The field of public health faces a challenge in preventing adverse sexual and reproductive health outcomes such as sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancy, and dating and sexual violence among adolescents. Innovative approaches are needed to better address these issues. Focusing on healthy relationships is an emerging approach that may be used to promote adolescent sexual and reproductive health. In this report, we discuss the need for innovative and efficient strategies for adolescent sexual and reproductive health, the benefits of a healthy relationships approach, describe the need for a science-based conceptual framework on healthy relationships, and provide some considerations for developing a conceptual framework of healthy relationships in order to move the field of public health forward.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Atlanta, Georgia .
authors.forename: Andra Teten
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Tharp
authors.forename: Marion
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: Amy M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fasula
authors.forename: Kendra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatfield-Timajchy
authors.forename: Paula E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Jayne
authors.forename: Natasha E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Latzman
authors.forename: Jennine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kinsey
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D002648:Child; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D060728:Reproductive Health; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D055815:Young Adult