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Regional Sustainable Economic Development in the Caribbean? A Discursive Inquiry
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Caribbean region is governed by several regional bodies. Among the more important organizations for small island states, where coral reefs and ocean conservation are paramount, is the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Currently, the region is going through critical environmental changes that bring important vulnerabilities.
Peter J. Jacques, Audrey Copeland
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Corner Stores: The Perspective of Urban Youth
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2015We examined the perspectives of low-income, urban youth about the corner store experience to inform the development of corner store interventions.Focus groups were conducted to understand youth perceptions regarding their early shopping experiences, the process of store selection, reasons for shopping in a corner store, parental guidance about corner ...
Gary Foster
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Urban Youth Building Community
Journal of Community Practice, 2006SUMMARY “Urban” youth-a euphemism for underserved, poor, marginalized, ethnic minority youth-can be active participants in community change. Countering the predominant image of these youth as disengaged or troubled, this article describes three projects that engage urban youth in community change through participatory research.
Kysa Nygreen +2 more
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2021
Both theoretically informed and empirically rich, Youth Urban Worlds explores how urban cultures affect political action amongst youth. Argues that urban cultures challenge the very meaning and contours of the political process. Includes ethnographies, delving into the perspectives and knowledges of racialized youth, urban farmers, and “voluntary risk ...
Julie‐Anne Boudreau +2 more
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Both theoretically informed and empirically rich, Youth Urban Worlds explores how urban cultures affect political action amongst youth. Argues that urban cultures challenge the very meaning and contours of the political process. Includes ethnographies, delving into the perspectives and knowledges of racialized youth, urban farmers, and “voluntary risk ...
Julie‐Anne Boudreau +2 more
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2023
Making up 65 percent of Africa's population, young people between the ages of 18 and 35 play a key role in politics, yet they live in an environment of rapid urbanization, high unemployment rates and poor state services. Drawing from extensive fieldwork in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, this book investigates how Africa's urban youth cultivate a sense of ...
Amy S. Patterson +2 more
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Making up 65 percent of Africa's population, young people between the ages of 18 and 35 play a key role in politics, yet they live in an environment of rapid urbanization, high unemployment rates and poor state services. Drawing from extensive fieldwork in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, this book investigates how Africa's urban youth cultivate a sense of ...
Amy S. Patterson +2 more
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Abstinence Education for Urban Youth
Journal of Community Health, 2000Teen sexual problems in the U.S. are reaching enormous proportions. Attempts to prevent common problems, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, are underway through the persistent efforts of community, health, academic and government organizations. Abstinence education is one of the current attempts.
L, Carter-Jessop +4 more
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Assessing Exposure to Violence in Urban Youth
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1998This study reports on the development of a structured interview, My Exposure to Violence (My ETV), that was designed to assess child and youth exposure to violence. Eighty participants between the ages of 9 and 24 were assessed. Data from My ETV were fit to a Rasch model for rating scales, a technique that generates interval level measures and allows ...
M B, Selner-O'Hagan +4 more
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Endangered Youth? Youth, gender and sexualities in urban Botswana
Gender, Place & Culture, 2004Age is now recognised as a significant social cleavage in research on youth in the South. Using participatory urban appraisal methodologies, this article explores constructions of sexualities among urban youth in Botswana, a country that is currently experiencing an HIV/AIDS epidemic and high levels of teenage pregnancy.
McIlwaine, Cathy, Datta, Kavita
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Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, 2007
Although postsecondary employment outcomes for transition-age youth with disabilities have improved over the past decade, minority youth with disabilities continue to lag behind their peers in achieving a job. This study of predominantly minority youth participating in the Marriott Foundation's Bridges From School to Work Program from 2000 to 2005 ...
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Although postsecondary employment outcomes for transition-age youth with disabilities have improved over the past decade, minority youth with disabilities continue to lag behind their peers in achieving a job. This study of predominantly minority youth participating in the Marriott Foundation's Bridges From School to Work Program from 2000 to 2005 ...
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Developing Self-Esteem in urban youth
Community Mental Health Journal, 1984A group of Black, urban, teenage males from the Central Detroit catchment area were certified through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act's (CETA) Summer Youth Employment Program to participate in a Youth and Self-Esteem project. The project's objective was to expose the participants to older Black males who have made significant ...
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