Caribbean Youth Development : Issues and Policy Directions

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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2003-05
Subjects:	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, 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, 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, TEEN PREGNANCY, TEENAGE PREGNANCY, TEENAGERS, 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,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2357422/caribbean-youth-development-issues-policy-directions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15165
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