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Guide to Informing Policy
The Guide to Informing Policy provides a framework for understanding and informing policies related to teen dating violence. The guide provides an overview of teen dating violence prevention policy approaches, important considerations for informing policy, guidance for developing a policy plan, and tools and resources to support policy development.
Community efforts to prevent teen dating violence should ensure that the best available data, evidence, and practices inform policy development, program implementation, and evaluation.
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HeaRT is a comprehensive model to prevent teen dating violence. It consists of four areas: Community, Community and Relationship, Relationship, and Individual. Components of the HeaRT Toolkit under Community include the Capacity Assessment and Planning Tool, Guide to Using Indicator Data, and Guide to Informing Policy. Under Community Relations components include Training for Educators and i2i What R U Looking 4? - Youth Communications Program. The Relationships area of the model includes Parent Programs-- which consists of Families for Safe Dates - 8th Grade, HeaRT for Parents - 7th Grade, and Parents Matter! for HeaRT - 6th Grade. The Individual area of the model includes Youth Programs-- which consists of HeaRT - 6th Grade, HeaRT - 7th Grade, and Safe Dates - 8th Grade.
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