O-19 The Youth Resilience, Inclusion, and Empowerment Program: Using the Public Health Approach for the Prevention of Crime and Violence in the Eastern Caribbean

Methods: Using a mixed-methods research design, Y-RIE surveyed 4,694 respondents 10–17 and 18–29, with 1,613 from Saint Lucia, 1,601 from Grenada, and 1,480 from Guyana. The results were used to measure the relationship between exposure to risk factors and participation in problem behaviour. We also interviewed 74 justice-involved youth to better understand how young people experience risk factors that shape their life trajectories towards crime and violence. They also completed the survey to compare their responses with those of the general population.

Results: The sample size allowed for a result in a margin of error (MOE) of ±3.5% on a 50/50% indicator with a 95% level of confidence. The findings isolated risk factors with the largest feect on self-reported problem behaviour. Using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, Y-RIE  developed a risk assessment tool usign seven identified risk factors. Y-RIE will apply this Youth Social anf Family Environment (Y-SAFE) tool to determine young people who are "at-risk" and eligible for programming. 

Conclusion: self-reported problem behaviour. Using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis, Y-RIE  developed that buids specific resilience and protective factors. Y-RIE's programming will offer soft and other skills and integrate principles recommended to build protective factors and prevent violence across one or more risk levels. Y-RIE will continue to document lessons from the Y-SAFE roll-out and dedicated risk-reduction programming to enhance Caribbean knowledge and practice for stronger evidence-based youth violence prevention.