| Program Name | Safe Dates |
Safe Dates is a combined primary and secondary prevention program that aims to prevent dating violence and abusive relationships. Primary prevention is carried out through a curriculum and other school activities. Secondary prevention is administered in both the school and surrounding community. The program aims to change students’ norms about acceptable dating behaviors, increase conflict management skills, encourage help-seeking behaviors, and improve community resources for victims and perpetrators of dating violence. Safe Dates is highlighted in the Drug Strategies publication Safe Schools, Safe Students: A Guide to Violence Prevention Strategies, and in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine’s Youth Violence Prevention: Descriptions and Baseline Data from 13 Evaluation Projects (supported by funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). It is also featured in the 1998 Annual Report on School Safety.
Target Population
- Grade Level: from Seventh grade to Eighth grade
Target Behaviors
- Social competency/life skills
- Violence-related behaviors
Significant Effects
- Violence-related behaviors
- Other behaviors
- Associated factors
Contact
Dr. Vangie Foshee University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health
Campus Box 7400
Chapel Hill , NC 27599-7400
Phone: 919-966-6353
Fax: 919-966-2921
E-Mail: vfoshee@sph.unc.edu
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