Health wise South Africa: Development of a life skills curriculum for young adults

Linda Caldwell; Edward Smith; Lisa Wegner; Tania Vergnani; Elias Mpofu; Alan J. Flisher; Catherine Mathews

doi:10.1080/04419057.2004.9674362

Health wise South Africa: Development of a life skills curriculum for young adults

Linda Caldwell, Edward Smith, Lisa Wegner, Tania Vergnani, Elias Mpofu, Alan J. Flisher, Catherine Mathews

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4-17
Number of pages	14
Journal	World Leisure Journal
Volume	46
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/04419057.2004.9674362
Publication status	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Adolescents
Comprehensive health curriculum
Leisure
Prevention

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Social Psychology
Cultural Studies
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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