Abstract
Purpose - To provide tools to empower adolescents, and equip them with the skills needed to recognize warning signs and protective factors of dating violence, to establish healthy relationships and diminish levels of IPV acceptance. Implications/Relevance for Public Health - Creating educational and research projects with nursing students and faculty from two counties in their local community helps them understand the needs of target-groups, allowing for planning an intervention to measure the outcomes and evaluate the impact is imperative. Partnerships with schools are an important strategy to increase community health literacy.