Citation

Pottinger AM. West Indian Med. J. 2012; 61(4): 369-371.

Affiliation

Department of Child and Adolescent Health, The University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica. audrey.pottinger@uwimona.edu.jm

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, University of The West Indies)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

23240471

Abstract

Many children in Jamaica are exposed to violence of various forms in settings where they should be protected, namely, their homes, schools and communities. Schools in particular which were once seen as safe havens have been in the media with reports of student on student violence, student on teacher violence, teacher on student violence and community on school violence. This paper presents research findings over the last 15 years out of The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, Jamaica on the nature and prevalence of violence exposure, outcomes and associated risk and protective factors. It also highlights psychologically-driven interventions and policy papers addressing violence exposure coming out of the Department of Child and Adolescent Health, UWI, Mona, during the past decade.

Language: en