Key Adolescent Health Issue Area 2:
Injury, Violence and Safety
(Refer to the Strategic and Operational Plans for more details.)
Goal 3: Adolescents will engage in healthy relationships.
Goal 4: Injuries and deaths in adolescents associated with motor vehicles will decline.
Goal 5: Decrease the incidents and consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in adolescents.
Goal 3: Adolescents will engage in healthy relationships.
- Objective 3.1: Decrease the incidence of teen relationship violence and sexual assault.
- Objective 3.2: Decrease the rate of adolescents who engage in or are subjected to bullying, cyberbullying, sexual harassment, and violence including gender based violence.
- Objective 3.3: Decrease the number of completed and attempted suicides.
- Objective 3.4: Decrease the incidences of assault-related hospitalizations and homicide-related deaths.
Goal 4: Injuries and deaths in adolescents associated with motor vehicles will decline.
- Objective 4.1: Increase programs and policies to educate teen drivers, their parents and decision-makers on the importance of safe teen driving behaviors.
Goal 5: Decrease the incidents and consequences of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in adolescents.
- Objective 5.1: Increase the percentage of adolescents using protective equipment when participating in sports and recreational activities.
- Objective 5.2: Increase the percentage of coaches utilizing safe practices in contact sports.
- Objective 5.3: Increase education for health care providers, coaches, sporting officials, parents, and adolescents about identification and treatment of TBI.
- Objective 5.4: Increase the number of adolescents with suspected TBI who are evaluated and treated by appriopriately trained professionals.
