Relationship abuse and sexual violence are important societal and public health concerns that begin in adolescence, with behaviors and consequences continuing across the life span. They include physical, sexual, and psychological abuse by a current or former partner in same-sex and opposite-sex couples and occurs across all racial/ethnic groups and socioeconomic statuses. All sexes are identified as survivors and perpetrators of relationship abuse and sexual violence.¹ However, women and girls are more likely to be survivors and men and boys more likely to be perpetrators.^2,3 While not as well studied, gender-nonconforming youths of all identities are more likely than their gender-conforming peers to be targets of physical and sexual violence.⁴ Overall, female-identified individuals endure the most injury. Intimate partner violence (IPV) is the leading cause of injury in women aged 16 to 24 years. Femicide is the third leading cause of death in that age group, of which IPV accounts for at least half.⁵ Relationship abuse and sexual violence can result in a range of physical and psychological health needs that increase health care utilization and costs. The combined medical, mental health, and lost productivity costs of IPV against women are estimated to exceed $8.3 billion per year.⁶

关系虐待和性暴力是重要的社会和公共健康问题，始于青春期，其行为和后果在整个生命周期中持续存在。它们包括同性和异性夫妇的现任或前任伴侣在身体，性和心理上的虐待，并且遍及所有种族/族裔群体和社会经济地位。所有性别均被确定为恋爱和性暴力的幸存者和犯罪者。¹但是，妇女和女童更有可能成为幸存者，而男子和男孩则更有可能成为犯罪者。^{2 ，3}虽然没有很好的研究，所有身份的性别不合格青少年更有可能比他们的性别符合同龄人是肉体和性暴力的对象。⁴总体而言，女性身份个体遭受的伤害最大。亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）是16至24岁女性受伤的主要原因。在该年龄段中，杀害妇女是第三大死亡原因，其中IPV至少占一半。⁵人际关系虐待和性暴力会导致一系列身心健康需求，从而增加医疗保健的利用和成本。每年针对女性的IPV的医疗，心理健康和生产力损失成本合计超过83亿美元。⁶