Youth Support Library

Timetable ‘Restoring Youth to Harmony’

Daily Early Morning Sessions  Wednesday; Thursday; Friday  Open to All -  On Lawn in humanities area

6am to 6.45am Introduction to Zen meditation – Diana Birch 

6.45am-7.30  Introduction to  Chi Kung Basic introduction to a 4000 year old health classic. -Harvey Ransom UK

7.30am - 8.15 Introduction to Self Protection – Nick Collins UK Optional additional practice

 

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Day One Wednesday 18th August 2004

 

 

SSLT  9.30-10am Welcome and introduction– ‘Restoring Youth to Harmony’  -  Diana Birch

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10am-10.45 K1 Keynote "Adolescents, Drugs, and the Media." Victor Strasburger, New Mexico

 

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10.45 coffee / stretch break

 

 

Social Sciences Lecture Theatre SSLT 11am - 1pm Plenary  P1 – Early Pregnancy and Parenthood

 

Chairs  Veronica Coates San Paolo Brazil and  Victor Strasburger  New Mexico USA

 

 

A Longitudinal Study of Teenage Parenthood – Youth Support

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Mortality in Teenage Pregnancies: A Challenge to the Medical Profession in Jamaica’ Joseph St.E Hall

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Teen Parenting - Beryl Weir –Women’s Centres of Jamaica Foundation

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Young Fathers and Domestic Violence –  Edwin Ballasteros Los Angeles

 

 

PPP Parenting Programme – Protective Factors and Resilience- Kim Scott Fisher - USAID and Jamaica

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The Critical Period of Male Development During Adolescence - Martti Siimes Finland

 

 

Adolescent Development - Male Gynaecomastia  - Hatim Omar - University of Kentucky

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N1 Neville Hall   Y1  Youth Forum Seminar  (Youth Activities N2 Dance /N3 Drama /N4 Art & Sculpture /N5 Music & Computing/ Story Telling group)

 

 

Part 1 -  11-11.45 Eating disorders – Gail Slap;  work on body image   ¥ ♫

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Part 2 -  11.45-12.30 Youth and Drug Culture – Mike Ryan (Canada) – “Straight Talk”¥ ♫

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Part 3  Teen Pregnancy Prevention Noha Gracia and Monica Hernandez   Los Angeles

 

 

 

 

 

11am – 1pm  Workshops A

 

 

New hormonal contraceptive methods for the sexually active adolescent" Harel Zeev USA

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LUNCH SESSIONS 1- 2.30   Additional Sessions  - 1.00 -2.00 Self Protection Lawn Humanities

 

 

Body awareness SR4  based on the method of Jacques Dropsy and Gertrud Roxendal.  Siv Ostman – Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

Social Sciences Lecture Theatre SSLT 2.30-4.30 PLENARY P3 –  Sexuality and Sexual Expression

 

Chairs Jose A Gutierrez Muniz Cuba & Barbara Huberman USA

 

Factors Influencing  Sexual Behaviour of 14 -15 years old in Kingston,  Yasmin Williams – Jamaica

 

 

Reaching Male Adolescents with Reproductive Health Information Hylton Grace

 

 

Urban / Rural differences In Sexual and Reproductive Health Knowledge L Gibbs  – Youth Now Jamaica

 

 

UNICEF Jamaica’s Right to Know Initiative

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Child Cohort Studies – UK Studies Replicated Worldwide – Neville Butler Bristol UK

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Jamaican Youth Survey ; How Jamaican Adolescents Form Romantic Relationships. Maureen Samms-Vaughan U Atkinson, M. Jackson, D. Ashley  University Hospital WI Jamaica

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N1 Neville Hall    Y2  Youth Forum Seminar (Youth Activities N2 Dance /N3 Drama /N4 Art & Sculpture /N5 Music & Computing/ Story Telling group)

 

Youth working with Youth- Common problems and experiences Gustavo Gracia, Mayra Soriano, Carlos Aguilar – Jovenes Sin Fronteras  - with Omar Richards and Melesia Beckford  Youth Support  Jamaica ¥ ♫

 

 

Emergency Contraception Bernardo Estrada Noha Gracia  YSLA

 

 

 

 

 

SSLT   4.45-5.30 K2 KEY NOTE  - Gail Slap Cincinnati   Introduced by  Diana Birch

 

 

 

 

 

6pm Reception Mona Lodge with 6.15pm Health Issues Affecting Jamaican Youth - John Junor Minister of Health

 

 

7pm Conference Dinner Mona Visitors Centre Gold Room

 

 

Day Two Thursday 19th August  2004

 

 

 

 

 

SSLT   9am  Welcome  and introduction    9.10am Dr Donald Rhodd Minister of State Ministry of Education

 

 

9.30-10  K2 Gail Slap Cincinnati

 

 

10- 10.30K3 KEYNOTE -Health Status of Adolescents in Latin America Matilde Maddaleno PAHO & Chile

 

 

10.45 stretch break

 

 

SSLT  10.45am – 1.30pm Plenary 

 

 

Part One   10.45-12    Education, Vocations and Futures 

 

 

Chairs Evelyn Eisenstein Brazil  and Hatim Omar Kentucky 

 

 

Young Women and futures – Through the glass ceiling Thelora Reynolds UWI 

 

 

The Jamaican Youth Service -  Lincoln Williams UWI

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A Democratic Approach to Children's Rights  Siv Östman – Orebro Sweden

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Unity Magazine – Health Education Messages -  Danny Gracia and Noha Gracia  Los Angeles

 

 

Education for Behaviour Change   Pauline Russell Brown Youth Now Jamaica

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12 .-1.30 Part Two  Youth on the Edge Homeless High Risk Youth

 

 

12.-12.30 "High Risk Youth - Changing Solutions into Problems" Richard MacKenzie  

 

 

12.30- 12.45  A plan of action for orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in Jamaica UNICEF

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12.-1.30pm Panel Discussion  Arlene Martinez  Donnie Juarez Edwin Olmedo and Monica Hernandez  Lex Steppling

 

 

Achieving positive development outcomes through involvement in sports" Percival Palmer & Pauline Russell-Brown

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 AIDS in Africa - contributions from Dabesaki Mac-Ikemenjima our African representative who was unable to come in person.

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N1 Neville Hall    Youth Forum Seminar (Youth Activities N2 Dance /N3 Drama /N4 Art & Sculpture /N5 Music & Computing/ Story Telling group)

 

 

 

LUNCH SESSIONS 1.- 2.30

 

 

SEMINAR in SSLT  2-2.30  ♫ Multi-disciplinary prenatal care-a protecting factor in teenage pregnancy Veronica Coates Brazil

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SSLT  2.30- 4.30 PLENARY P6 –  Youth Violence and Crime

 

Chairs –  Richard MacKenzie Los Angeles and Sheila Campbell Forrester

 

Clean Scene - A Canadian Web-Based Drug and Crime Prevention Program for Youth. Mike Ryan

 

 

Gang Violence and Prevention Donny Juarez    Los Angeles

 

 

Epidemic of Violence: Interventions to mitigate the Impact on Jamaican Youth. Elizabeth Ward

 

 

Corporal punishment experiences of Jamaica's 15-16 year olds (U Atkinson, M Samms-Vaughan, M. Jackson, D. Ashley) UWI

 

 

Panel Discussion –  with N Heywood Deputy Superintendent Police Corporate Strategy;

 

 

 

 

 

7pm   Evening show – ‘@The Ruins’ with Barbecue ‘Jerk’ Dinner

 

Day Three Friday 20th August 2004

 

 

SSLT  9am- Welcome Hatim Omar

 

 

9.10-9.45 Experiences and Expectations for Native American Youth – Dana and Caroline Russell

 

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10-10.30 K5  KEYNOTEs  " Media, Messages and Miracles,Incorporating Rights. Respect. Responsibility. into TV"  Barbara Huberman Washington

 

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Malnutrion and Poverty – Influence on World Youth - Evelyn Eisenstein  Rio de Janeiro  Brazil

 

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SSLT   10.45 – 1 Plenary P7   Social Issues, Substance Abuse and Mental Health

 

 

Chairs – Richard MacKenzie and Matilde Maddaleno PAHO

 

 

Drug Abuse in Jamaica Michael Tucker Executive Director National Council for Drug Abuse

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Working with Families - Bula Grizzle Hibiscus Jamaica

 Background  article 'Working with Women' from UK prisons service

 

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Working with Youth – Ashe Project – Joseph Robinson

 

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Program of Prevention of Integral Health of Adolescents- Monica Becker Brazil

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Adolescent's perceptions of health professionals and sexual health care provision in a diverse community in East London Michelle Ellis  City University

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N1 Neville Hall    Youth Forum Seminar     (Youth Activities N2 Dance /N3 Drama /N4 Art & Sculpture /N5 Music & Computing/ Story Telling group) Activities ONLY

 

 

 

 

 

1- 2.30 LUNCH SESSIONS

 

 

Seminar 1.30-2 SSLT Drugs and Youth in LA  - Edwin Olmedo Jessica Nolasco   Los Angeles

 

 

Seminar   SSLT  2-2.30 Sexuality and sexual orientation Arlene Martinez  Monica Hernandez and Edward Campos  ¥ ♫

 

 

 

 

 

Additional Sessions  - Self Protection –  Lawn area

 

 

Additional Sessions  - Body Awareness 1.30 -2.30 based on the method of Jacques Dropsy and Gertrud Roxendal.  Siv Ostman – Sweden. O3

 

 

 

 

 

2.45 – 3.15 Youth Seminar  Sexually Transmitted Infections & Teenage Pregnancy Paula  Marcello  Kim Dunne  USA In SSLT

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3.15- 3.45 Keynote – Youth and Bereavement – Hatim Omar

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SSLT   4pm -5.15pm  Y6  P9  Conference Plenary and Youth Forum Seminar –

Putting the world to rights♫ - Chaired by Diana Birch and Youth Leaders- Presented by Youth Delegates

 

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SSLT  5.15 – 5.30 closing Diana Birch

 

 

7pm onwards Post Conference Party at the Student’s Union  with St Elizabeth Style Barbecue Roast Fish and Bammie