Start Strong communities are implementing activities that educate and engage teen influencers (peers and adults) to help them gain the skills to support the creation of safe and respectful youth relationships; increase public attention to this issue; and incorporate healthy relationship concepts into their own relationships.

Some examples of promising approaches include: working with teachers and coaches to incorporate healthy relationship skill building into class curricula and sports programs; integrating relationship violence prevention into parenting classes and in social settings where parents congregate (religious institutions, sports functions, online parenting communities); and engaging teens as mentors and mediators to support healthy relationships.