The Effects of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Youth

Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) programs for youth aim to improve young people’s understanding of romantic relationships and prepare them to form and maintain healthy romantic relationships in adolescence and adulthood. This Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation brief summarizes the impact literature on these programs by highlighting:

• Types of services HMRE programs for youth offer, how they are structured, and the populations they serve,
• What is known about the effectiveness of these programs, and
• Implications for future research on HMRE programs for youth.