State-level Teen Dating Violence Education Laws and Teen Dating Violence Victimization in the United States: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of 36 States

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• Alternative Title:
  Inj Prev
• Personal Author:
  Harland, Karisa K. ; Vakkalanka, J. Priyanka ; Peek-Asa, Corinne ; Saftlas, Audrey F.
• Description:
  BACKGROUND:
  
  Approximately 10% of teens report experiencing sexual dating violence (SDV) or physical dating violence (PDV), collectively represented as teen dating violence (TDV). This study examines the association between laws incorporating TDV education in schools on TDV prevalence.
  
  METHODS:
  
  TDV prevalence was estimated using data contributed by 36 states that participated in the 2015 Youth Risk Behavioral Surveillance Survey (YRBS). Presence of TDV laws was determined using Westlaw®, a legal search engine. The adjusted odds of TDV victimization was estimated by the presence or absence of a state law and length of time the law was in effect using hierarchical regression modeling, clustering on state, controlling for individual- and state-level covariates and incorporating the YRBS weighted survey design.
  
  RESULTS:
  
  After controlling for individual- and state-level covariates, presence of a law was not associated with TDV (aOR: 0.98; 95%CI: 0.87–1.09), PDV (aOR: 1.05; 95%CI: 0.86–1.29) or SDV (aOR: 1.03; 95%CI: 0.90–1.17). These odds did not differ across the length of time the policies were in effect.
  
  CONCLUSIONS:
  
  This study suggest that just the presence of a law incorporating TDV education in schools is not associated with reduced TDV victimization but further research is needed to understand the association of the content of these laws and their implementation on TDV victimization.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Health Article Dating Violence Health Policies
• Source:
  Inj Prev.
• Pubmed ID:
  32299839
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC8080304
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R49 CE001167/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R49 CE002108/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9a5fcc2cde572441c12510dd286138551c34c90bed4ec8670daf9bc977048f7f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/106263/cdc_106263_DS1.pdf
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