Caribbean Youth Development : Issues and Policy Directions
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This report examines youth development
in the Caribbean today. The objectives of the report are
threefold, it aims to 1) identify the risk and protective
factor and determinats of youth behaviors and development,
2) demonstrate that the negative behaviors of youth are
costly, not only to the youth themselves but to society as a
whole, and 3) identifies key intervention points for youth
development, taking into account identified risk and
protective factors for the Caribbean. For the purpose of the
study, youth is defined as spanning the adolescent period
from 10 to 24 years of age. Youth or adolescent development
thus refers to the physical, social, and emotional processes
of maturation from childhood to adulthood, with biological
processes riving the initiation of adolescence and social
factors largely determining the initiation of adulthood. The
study uses an "ecological" framework to
demonstrate the linkages between a) the under-lying risk and
protective factors of youth behaviors, b) youth outcomes,
and c) subsequent adult outcomes. It is termed
"ecological" because the framework shows the
relationship between the individual adolescent and his or
her environment. Risk factors are those factors that
increase the likelihood of experiencing negative outcomes.
Protective factors counterbalance the risk factors.
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YOUTH RESEARCH, YOUTH SOCIAL CONDITIONS, ADOLESCENTS, ADULTS, PREGNANCY, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, UNEMPLOYMENT, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, VIOLENCE, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY, HIV INFECTIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT ABUSE OF CHILDREN, ADOLESCENCE, ADOLESCENT, ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR, ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT, ADOLESCENT HEALTH, ADOLESCENT MALES, ADOLESCENT MOTHERS, ADOLESCENT PERIOD, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCIES, ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY, ADOLESCENTS, ALCOHOL, CHILDBEARING, CHILDHOOD, CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD, CITIZENS, CIVIL SOCIETY, COMMERCIAL SEX, COMMERCIAL SEX WORK, COURTS, CRIME, CULTURAL VALUES, DATA COLLECTION, DRUG TRAFFICKING, DRUG USE, DRUGS, EARLY PREGNANCY, EARLY SEXUAL DEBUT, EARLY SEXUAL EXPERIENCES, EARLY SEXUAL INITIATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, FAMILIES, GIRLS, HEALTHY BEHAVIORS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, HUMAN RIGHTS, IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME, INCOME, INEQUALITY, INFECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, JUVENILE DETENTION, LEARNING, LIVING STANDARDS, MALE STUDENTS, MASS MEDIA, MEDIA, MENTAL HEALTH, MORAL GUIDANCE, MULTIPURPOSE YOUTH, NATIONAL LEVEL, NATIONAL YOUTH COUNCILS, ORPHANS, PARENTS, PEER REVIEW, PHYSICAL ABUSE, PREGNANCY, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PROSTITUTION, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC POLICY, RISK BEHAVIOR, RISK FACTORS, RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ROLE IN SOCIETY, ROLE MODELS, SCHOOL LEAVERS, SCHOOLS, SEX, SEXUAL ABUSE, SEXUAL ACTIVITY, SEXUALITY, SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL MARKETING, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL SKILLS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE, TEEN PREGNANCY, TEENAGE PREGNANCY, TEENAGERS, UNEMPLOYMENT, VIOLENCE, YOUNG ADULT, YOUNG GIRLS, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG PERSON, YOUTH, YOUTH COUNCIL, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, YOUTH GROUPS, YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, YOUTH POLICIES, YOUTH POLICY, YOUTH PROGRAMME, YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES, YOUTH SERVICES, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH VIOLENCE