Building a More Resilient and Low-Carbon Caribbean - Report 2: Analysis of the Benefits from Resilient Building Materials and Construction Methods in the Caribbean

Abstract

The Caribbean islands are among the 25 most-vulnerable nations in terms of disasters per-capita or land area, and climate change is only expected to intensify these vulnerabilities. The loss caused by climate events drags the ability of the Caribbean countries to invest in infrastructure and social programs, contributing to slower productivity growth, poorer health outcomes, and lower standards of living. Within this context, building resiliency should become a priority for the Caribbean countries. The series “Building a more resilient and low-carbon Caribbean”, focuses on improving the resiliency, sustainability and decarbonization of the construction industry in the Caribbean.

Spare the rod, spoil the child: measurement and learning from an intervention to shift corporal punishment attitudes and behaviors in Grenada, West Indies

“…Given the high number of participants endorsing and defending corporal punishment, SBG used ACP data from the pilot study to shift emphasis away from physical punishment. Rather, we drew from principles of Conscious Discipline (46) to focus on what was wantedresponsive care-rather than what was not wanted-physical punishment. Interventionists encouraged parents to add new, positive behaviors without challenging existing beliefs or practices.…”

“…The Saving Brains Grenada (SBG) initiative was launched in 2014 in response to concerns about violence against women and children and calls for interventions that address ECD in LMICs (15,43,44). SBG is a physical punishment prevention program that promotes neurodevelopment by fostering social-emotional connections between caregiver and child (45,46). The intervention focuses on teaching and modeling responsive caregiving behaviors under which young children thrive: physical and psychological safety and secure attachment.…”

“…participating or wait-listed in a community-based intervention (St. George's University IRB #14099; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/ NCT04697134). The intervention was based on the Conscious Discipline curriculum (46,49), which aims to build adult caregivers' skills in non-violent child discipline. For implementation, SBG partnered with the Roving Caregiver Program, a home visiting service providing infant stimulation to at-risk Grenadian children ages 0-3 (50).…”