When providing marriage and relationship education to Hispanic couples, practitioners must be aware of a multitude of cultural components that influence how couples will respond to a curriculum, or if the curriculum will even be effective as a learning device. Adaptations must be made on a variety of issues to ensure that the concepts and […]
Sharing quality time with your family can build stronger relationships and foster a sense of wellbeing for all family members. The family vacation is a traditional part of the American summer and is intended to forge these family bonds in a relaxed environment. We all know that family vacations can often be expensive due to […]
The purpose of this paper is to explore the following question: Could a media campaign approach to marriage education be successful in helping individuals and couples form and sustain healthy marriages? We conclude that media campaigns could be effective. We review what public health communication scholars have learned from evaluations of past media campaigns (e.g., […]
This PowerPoint presentation was used during the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center Webinar Training held on January 23, 2008, and designed to assist grantees with a better understanding of how to apply federal rules entitled “”Equal Treatment for Faith-Based Organizations,”” with a particular emphasis on the standard for determining whether curricula contains inherently religious activities. […]
This fact sheet addresses the challenges facilitators face when trying to recruit participants into their healthy marriage programs. Topics to consider in developing a marketing strategy include identifying your population, marketing methods, crafting your message, cultural sensitivity, appealing to men, and sustaining interest.
This fact sheet outlines how TANF funds can be used to fund programs that develop and maintain healthy marriages/families. (Author abstract)
Research indicates that premarital preparation can be an effective strategy in supporting healthy marriage and reducing divorce. To encourage couples to participate in premarital preparation (commonly referred to as premarital counseling or marriage education) some states have created an incentive in state law. This incentive is a reduction in the marriage license fee for couples […]
This bibliography is a compilation of resources on a variety of topics of interest to marriage and family researchers.
This bibliography is a compilation of resources related to later-life marriage. It is divided into two sections– 1) Scholarly Summaries of Research on Later-Life Marriage and Family Life and 2) A Bibliography of Recent Research on Later-Life Marriage.
This report is an extensive summary of the research on marriage and military service. Topics covered in these studies include marriage and military retention and career orientation; dual-military marriages; women in the military; deployment; prisoners of war; the effects of combat on marriage; potential relationship problems in military marriages; spousal abuse and aggression; divorce rates; […]