TY - JOUR
T1 - Health wise South Africa
T2 - Development of a life skills curriculum for young adults
AU - Caldwell, Linda
AU - Smith, Edward
AU - Wegner, Lisa
AU - Vergnani, Tania
AU - Mpofu, Elias
AU - Flisher, Alan J.
AU - Mathews, Catherine
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of an international collaborative effort that aims to reduce risky behavior (e.g., substance use, risky sexual behavior) that leads to outcomes such as HIV/AIDs, pregnancy, and addictions among a sample of South African youth. Because many of these risky behaviors occur in free time, a major part of the effort was leisure education to promote positive use of free time. The program described has been pilot tested and is currently underway as a larger-scale, randomized trial in the Province of the Western Cape in South Africa. This paper describes the conceptualization and revision of the HealthWise curriculum, working with the Western Cape Education Department, and the on-going randomized trial.
AB - The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of an international collaborative effort that aims to reduce risky behavior (e.g., substance use, risky sexual behavior) that leads to outcomes such as HIV/AIDs, pregnancy, and addictions among a sample of South African youth. Because many of these risky behaviors occur in free time, a major part of the effort was leisure education to promote positive use of free time. The program described has been pilot tested and is currently underway as a larger-scale, randomized trial in the Province of the Western Cape in South Africa. This paper describes the conceptualization and revision of the HealthWise curriculum, working with the Western Cape Education Department, and the on-going randomized trial.
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U2 - 10.1080/04419057.2004.9674362
DO - 10.1080/04419057.2004.9674362
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84962784210
SN - 1607-8055
VL - 46
SP - 4
EP - 17
JO - World Leisure Journal
JF - World Leisure Journal
IS - 3
ER -