Dating Matters™: Strategies to Promote Healthy Teen Relationships is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new teen dating violence prevention initiative based on three important facts.
To address the gaps, CDC has developed Dating Matters™, a comprehensive teen dating violence prevention initiative based on the current evidence about what works in prevention. Dating Matters™ focuses on 11– to 14–year–olds in high-risk, urban communities. It includes preventive strategies for individuals, peers, families, schools, and neighborhoods. Over the next five years, Dating Matters™ will be implemented in middle schools and neighborhoods in four urban areas.