Teen dating violence is a major public health problem that affects all strata of society and all major social institutions, icluding the medical and mental health care, social services, economic and criminal justice systems. The specific aims of this study are to describe the implementation and drivers of implementation of the Safe Dates program (implementation evaluation): to evaluate its impact on desired outcomes, including prevention of and reduction in dating violence victimization and prepetraion (including psychological abuse, stalking, physical violence, and sexual violence) among ninth-grade students (experimental effectiveness evaluation): and to evaluate its cost-effectiveness, including cost-utility (cost evaluation).
US Code:
42 USC 301
Name of Law: Public Health Service Act
This is a revision of a currently approved ICR. The proposed information collection will add focus groups with students and interviews with teachers in schools with a new interview guide.
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(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
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