Jamaica: Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC), Consortium for Social Development and Research, University of the West Indies

The Caribbean Child Development Centre's (CCDC's) vision is to be the premiere Caribbean academic centre dedicated to the improvement of the quality of life for our children. CCDC's mission is to provide support for holistic development for Caribbean children through collaborative research to inform policy and program development, information management and dissemination, training and public service and advocacy

Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC), University of the West Indies, Open Campus

Examples of research projects

Violence Prevention Programme
HIV Intervention Programme
Children and Aggression
Children and Gangs

Contact details:

Caribbean Child Development

Centre Consortium for Social Development and Research

University of the West Indies, Open Campus

P.O. Box 141

Kingston 7

Jamaica W.I.

Telephone: (876) 927-1618

Telephone: (876) 977-6982

Fax: (876) 977-7433

Contact Name: Prof. Julie Meeks-Gardner

E-mail: ccdc [at] open.uwi.edu

Tags: Education, Health, technology, Violence, Child poverty, Children's rights, disabilities, Child development, Children in care, fostering and adoption, Child research methodology development, Early childhood, Family related issues, Gender issues, Sexual exploitation of children, Sexual behaviour and sexual health, Social exclusion and marginalisation, Youth, HIV/AIDS

Published Jul 10, 2008 04:20 PM - Last modified Apr 17, 2013 02:57 PM