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SPARK stands for Sharing Practical Adolescent Resources and Knowledge. SPARK is the Iowa Community Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention media and communications campaign. We aim to promote adolescent health and well-being by raising awareness to relevant topics and sharing resources for both adolescents and the adults that support them. Our goal is to empower you for your best tomorrow. The four topics of the campaign are self-advocacy, healthy relationships, healthy technology, and health and wellbeing. 

Dec-Feb Topic: Healthy Relationships

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Red, Yellow, and Green Light Behaviors

Recognizing the differences between healthy, unhealthy, and dangerous behaviors is vital for building safe, healthy relationships. This red, green, and yellow light activity can help you understand what your personal boundaries are when it comes to relationship behaviors.

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Red, Yellow, and Green Light Behaviors

This behavior has crossed the line and is unsafe. Get help from a resource or trusted adult.

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Red, Yellow, and Green Light Behaviors

This behavior is unhealthy and worrisome. Consider using healthy communication skills or talking to a trusted adult.

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Red, Yellow, and Green Light Behaviors

Keep up this healthy behavior.

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Red, Yellow, and Green Light Behaviors

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What is Love

We all deserve relationships that make us feel safe, comfortable, and respected. Understanding the difference between healthy and unhealthy love is key to nurturing connections that truly uplift us.

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What is Love

We all deserve relationships that make us feel safe, comfortable, and respected. Understanding the difference between healthy and unhealthy love is key to nurturing connections that truly uplift us.

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What is Love

We all deserve relationships that make us feel safe, comfortable, and respected. Understanding the difference between healthy and unhealthy love is key to nurturing connections that truly uplift us.

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Things to observe in a relationship

Taking time to pause and reflect on your relationship can help you identify if the relationship is healthy or not. Consider these questions to gain clarity and insight.

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Things to observe in a relationship

Taking time to pause and reflect on your relationship can help you identify if the relationship is healthy or not. Consider these questions to gain clarity and insight.

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Love Better Plan

Love is a conscious choice to nurture healthy behaviors in our relationships. While no relationship is perfect, we can all strive to love better by focusing on ways to show healthy love in our relationship. The love better plan is a tool you can use to identify a healthy characteristic you want to improve and identify actions you can take.

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Love Better Plan

The Love Better Plan is a valuable tool to help you identify characteristics you want to improve on in your relationships and actionable steps to make it happen.

The SPARK program is funded through a partnership between Iowa State University and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.