Ep. 203: Protecting Teens from Digital Dating Violence

Well Beyond Medicine: The Nemours Children's Health Podcast

Teen relationships have changed dramatically in the digital age. Today, connections often develop through social media, text messages, video chats and location-sharing apps, creating new opportunities for communication – but also new risks for coercion, control and abuse.

Dianne M. Alvarez, DO, Researcher and Resident Physician, Nationwide Children's Hospital, and Emily Egbert, MAT, MPH, ScM, Researcher, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, explore the growing issue of teen digital dating violence, how common it is and what parents, clinicians, educators and communities can do to help young people recognize unhealthy behaviors and build safe, healthy relationships.

Watch the episode on YouTube.

Featuring:
Dianne M. Alvarez, DO, Researcher and Resident Physician, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Emily Egbert, MAT, MPH, ScM, Researcher, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar



Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

Subscribe, review or let your voice be heard at NemoursWellBeyond.org.

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Teen relationships have changed dramatically in the digital age. Today, connections often develop through social media, text messages, video chats and location-sharing apps, creating new opportunities for communication – but also new risks for coercion, control and abuse.

Dianne M. Alvarez, DO, Researcher and Resident Physician, Nationwide Children's Hospital, and Emily Egbert, MAT, MPH, ScM, Researcher, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, explore the growing issue of teen digital dating violence, how common it is and what parents, clinicians, educators and communities can do to help young people recognize unhealthy behaviors and build safe, healthy relationships.

Watch the episode on YouTube.

Featuring:
Dianne M. Alvarez, DO, Researcher and Resident Physician, Nationwide Children's Hospital
Emily Egbert, MAT, MPH, ScM, Researcher, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Host/Producer: Carol Vassar



Views expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the views of the host or management. 

Subscribe, review or let your voice be heard at NemoursWellBeyond.org.

2026-07-13 25 min Transcript
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