“What do you want to be when you grow up?” “Alive.” Jamaica Integrated Community Development Project.

“What do you want tobe when you grow up?”

“Alive.”

JamaicaIntegrated CommunityDevelopment Project

PROJECT CONTEXT

• Homicide Rate: 41 / 100,000• Since Sunday:

PROJECT CONTEXT

• More prevention methodologies

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PROJECT CONTEXT

MAIN RESEARCH QUESTION

• Does a school-based intervention for 8th graders lower their risk for involvement in criminal or violent activity?

OUTLINE

Population: 8th graders; 14 schools; 7 communities

Intervention:Academic Support + Conflict-Management Skills

Control:8th graders in same school not in programme

Outcome:Lowering Risk Profile for Criminal Involvement(dropout rate, educational attainment, disruptive behaviour)

Time: 1 year; cohort tracked over 4 years

STUDY DESIGN

• Eligibility criteria: Standardised exam results, school grades, attendance, contact with the justice system, disruptive behaviour in school, sex (as a ratio)

• Randomisation (possibly stratified)

MEASUREMENT

• Registration form personal data, parent consent, student assent

• Attendance records• Pre- and post-testing• School grades / rank• Standardised tests: Grade Nine Achievement

Test, CXC-CSEC (O-Level / GCSE equivalent)• Reported fights; remand data

NEXT STEPS

• Collection and, as necessary, computerisation of administrative data

• Use data to identify eligible population• Create/Find and standardise pre- and post-test• Determine curriculum (inc. subjects)• Identify tutor recruitment strategy• Identify student-tutor ratio• Pilot testing?