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    CARICOM Multi-Agency Health Family Life Education Project: Regional Report of Needs Assessment Study
    (School of Education, UWI, 1998-07) The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, School of Education
    The HFLE Needs Assessment Study was carried out to obtain data on student knowledge and views about health lifestyles, a range of psycho-social issues affecting youth, and some aspects of the modus operandi of the existing HFLE curriculum. It also sought to explore the problems, concerns, and values of young people; possible goals, outcomes, and teaching and assessment methods in HFLE; and factors affecting the teaching of HFLE. The intended respondents were students in primary and secondary schools, and their teachers, principals and parents. This report summarizes and discusses the findings described in the various country reports – Antigua, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. The analysis is organized by HFLE issue and within each issue by respondent group.
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    CARICOM Multi-Agency Health Family Life Education Project: Summary Report of Trinidad and Tobago Needs Assessment Study (Principals)
    (School of Education, UWI, 1997-10) The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, School of Education
    The HFLE Needs Assessment Study was carried out to obtain data on student knowledge and views about health lifestyles, a range of psycho-social issues affecting youth, and some aspects of the modus-operandi of the existing HFLE curriculum. It also sought to explore the problems, concerns, and values of young people; possible goals, outcomes and teaching and assessment methods of HFLE; and factors affecting the teaching of HFLE. The intended respondents were students in primary and secondary schools, and their teachers, principals and parents. This report summarizes and discusses the responses of principals. The majority of principals felt that the teaching of HFLE should start in Grade 1. They identified the most frequently encountered sources of problems in the delivery of HFLE as a lack of resource materials, untrained teachers, and parents. The most popular choice of delivery mode was a combination of infusion into existing subjects and as a separate subject. The principals were evenly divided on the question of whether HFLE should be an examinable subject.
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    CARICOM Multi-Agency Health Family Life Education Project: Summary Report of Trinidad and Tobago Needs Assessment Study (Students 11-13 Years Old)
    (School of Education, UWI, 1997-10) The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, School of Education
    The HFLE Needs Assessment Study was carried out to obtain data on student knowledge and views about health lifestyles, a range of psycho-social issues affecting youth, and some aspects of the modus-operandi of the existing HFLE curriculum. It also sought to explore the problems, concerns, and values of young people; possible goals, outcomes and teaching and assessment methods of HFLE; and factors affecting the teaching of HFLE. The intended respondents were students in primary and secondary schools, and their teachers, principals and parents. This report summarizes and discusses the responses of Trinidadian secondary school students 11-13 years old. These responses suggested that a high percentage of these students would like to see more time allocated to the teaching of HFLE topics, and 51 percent wanted to have examinations on them. In terms of topics that could be included in HFLE and topics that they wished treated in greater depth, matters dealing with personal and emotional growth and development were most prominent. Parents, followed by teachers appeared to be the major sources of information and advice, with clinic/doctor a distant third, and religious leaders ranked lowest. Only a small proportion of students thought that AIDS could be caught by normal classroom contact. Students at this level prefer to be taught in mixed-sex groups and to engage in a lot of teacher-student discussion on topics. The major problems affecting the youth, as perceived by this age group are: drug abuse, lack of jobs, AIDS and STDs, lack of education, and sexual abuse.
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    CARICOM Multi-Agency Health Family Life Education Project: Summary Report of Trinidad and Tobago Needs Assessment Study (Students 15+ Years Old)
    (School of Education, UWI, 1997-10) The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, School of Education
    The HFLE Needs Assessment Study was carried out to obtain data on student knowledge and views about health lifestyles, a range of psycho-social issues affecting youth, and some aspects of the modus-operandi of the existing HFLE curriculum. It also sought to explore the problems, concerns, and values of young people; possible goals, outcomes and teaching and assessment methods of HFLE; and factors affecting the teaching of HFLE. The intended respondents were students in primary and secondary schools, and their teachers, principals and parents. This report summarizes and discusses the responses of Trinidadian secondary school students 15 years and over. For this age group the major sources of help/advice are friends, parents, doctor/nurse, counsellors and teachers, in that order. Religious leaders were not chosen as an important source of help/advice. The students felt the need for more information on such topics as parenting, managing stress, their physical growth, and decision-making. In terms of the teaching of HFLE, there was a clear preference for, a) the teaching of life skills, b) single sex classes; 2) field trips, reading and interacting with resource persons; and d) greater use of audio-visual materials in HFLE classes. They did not want HFLE to be an examinable subject in school of Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) examinations. They saw the major problems facing young people as lack of jobs, drug abuse, violence, lack of understanding by adults, and sexual abuse. Few students thought that any of the social agencies was doing enough for young people.
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    CARICOM Multi-Agency Health Family Life Education Project: Summary Report of Trinidad and Tobago Needs Assessment Study (Students 7-9 Years Old)
    (School of Education, UWI, 1997-10) The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, School of Education
    The HFLE Needs Assessment Study was carried out to obtain data on student knowledge and views about health lifestyles, a range of psycho-social issues affecting youth, and some aspects of the modus-operandi of the existing HFLE curriculum. It also sought to explore the problems, concerns, and values of young people; possible goals, outcomes and teaching and assessment methods of HFLE; and factors affecting the teaching of HFLE. The intended respondents were students in primary and secondary schools, and their teachers, principals and parents. This report summarizes and discusses the responses of Trinidadian primary schools students 7-9 years old. These responses suggested that the students were quite aware of what are generally regarded as “good” foods, even though their own preferences were often in the direction of “junk” foods. The order of choice suggested that health-related topics were more popular than those involving interpersonal relationships. The main need was for assistance with homework. Many also required help with talking to parents, suggesting that there is a serious problem with family relationships supportive to education.
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    CARICOM Multi-Agency Health Family Life Education Project: Summary Report of Trinidad and Tobago Needs Assessment Study (Students 9-11 Years Old)
    (School of Education, UWI, 1997) The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, School of Education
    The HFLE Needs Assessment Study was carried out to obtain data on student knowledge and views about health lifestyles, a range of psycho-social issues affecting youth, and some aspects of the modus-operandi of the existing HFLE curriculum. It also sought to explore the problems, concerns, and values of young people; possible goals, outcomes and teaching and assessment methods of HFLE; and factors affecting the teaching of HFLE. The intended respondents were students in primary and secondary schools, and their teachers, principals and parents. This report summarizes and discusses the responses of Trinidadian primary school students 9-11 years old. The students in this age group appear to have interpreted health as more than physical well-being. The majority of them thought that they could catch AIDS from normal classroom contact. The problems seen as causing the most hardships were unemployment, drug abuse, lack of education, and AIDS and STDs, in that order.
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    CARICOM Multi-Agency Health Family Life Education Project: Summary Report of Trinidad and Tobago Needs Assessment Study (Teachers)
    (School of Education, UWI, 1997-10) The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, School of Education
    The HFLE Needs Assessment Study was carried out to obtain data on student knowledge and views about health lifestyles, a range of psycho-social issues affecting youth, and some aspects of the modus-operandi of the existing HFLE curriculum. It also sought to explore the problems, concerns, and values of young people; possible goals, outcomes and teaching and assessment methods of HFLE; and factors affecting the teaching of HFLE. The intended respondents were students in primary and secondary schools, and their teachers, principals and parents. This report summarizes and discusses the responses of teachers. The proportion of teachers teaching HFLE was significantly greater that the proportion trained for it. The teacher felt generally inadequate in the areas of the information techniques and material and resources across all the skill areas. There was relatively close adherence to teacher-centred instruction strategies.