HealthWise Presentations and Manuscripts
Papers and Presentations Published or Presented
Caldwell, L.L., & Smith, E.A. (2006). Leisure as a context for youth development and delinquency
prevention. The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 39, 398-418.
Caldwell, L. L., Smith, E. A., Wegner, L., Vergnani, T., Mpofu, E., Flisher, A., & Matthews, C.
(2004). HealthWise South Africa: Developing a life skills curriculum for young adults. World
Leisure Journal, 46(3), 4-17.
Caldwell, L.L., Weichold, K., & Smith, E.A. (2006). Peer influence, substance use, and leisure: A
cross-cultural comparison. Sucht, 52, 265-271.
Mpofu, E., Caldwell, L., Smith, E., Wegner, L., & Vergnani, T. (2005). Rasch modeling of the structure of
health risk behaviors in South African adolescents. Paper presented at the American Psychological
Society convention, Los Angeles, CA.
Palen, L., Smith, E. A., Flisher, A. J., Caldwell, L. L., & Mpofu, E. (2006). Substance use and sexual
risk behavior among South African eighth grade students. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39, 761763.
Palen, L., Caldwell, L.L., Smith, E.A., Flisher, A.J., & Mpofu, E. (2006, May). Perceptions of opportunity
among participants in a leisure-focused intervention trial. Poster presented at the annual meeting of
the Society for Prevention Research, San Antonio, TX.
Palen, L., Smith, E.A., Caldwell, L.L., & Mpofu, E. (2006, March). The co-morbidity of substance use and
risky sexual behavior among South African youth. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
Palen, L., Smith, E.A., & Caldwell, L.L. (2006, November). Transitions to sexual intercourse and substance
use among South African high school students. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the
American Public Health Association, Boston, MA.
Patrick, M., Collins, L., Smith, E., Caldwell, L., Flisher, A., & Wegner, L. (2006, May). Latent transition
analysis of substance use among South African youth. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention
Research, San Antonio, TX.
Smith, E. A., Caldwell, L. L., Dariotis, J., Wegner, L., Flisher, A. J., Vergnani, T., Mathews, C,
Mpofu, E., & Graham, J. (2005, May). Promoting wellbeing in South African Schools: Risk and
Protective Behaviors among At Risk Youth. Poster presented at the Society for Prevention
Research, Baltimore, MD.
Smith, E., Caldwell, L., Flisher, A.J., Vergnani, T., Wegner, L., Mathews, C., Mpofu, E. (2004, May).
Prevention research in South Africa: Developing a culturally appropriate school-based curriculum. Presented at
the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Quebec, Canada.
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Smith, E. A., Caldwell, L. L., Wegner, L., Flisher, A, Vergnani, T., Matthews, C., & Mpofu, E. (2004,
November). Linking schools with community resources to prevent drug use. American Public Health
Association, Washington, D.C..
Wegner, L., Evans, E., September, X., Smith, E., Caldwell, L., Flisher, A.J., Vergnani, T., Dariotis, J.,
Mathews, J., Mpofu, E., Graham, J. (2006, July). “Creating sanity from the madness”: Utilizing leisure as
a youth development strategy in high schools. Presented at the World Federation of Occupational
Therapy Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Wegner, L., Evans, E., September, X., Smith, E., Caldwell, L., Flisher, A.J., Vergnani, T., Dariotis.
(2005, August) Striking a balance: Utilizing leisure as a development strategy with at-risk youth. Presented at
the 4th Occupational Therapy in Africa Region Group (OTARG) Congress, Moshi, Tanzania.
Wegner, L. Flisher, A.J., Vergnani, T., Caldwell, L., Smith, E. (2004, September). Promoting adolescent
health: School-based interventions. Presented at the 7th European Congress of Occupational Therapy,
Athens, Greece.
Wegner, L. Flisher, A.J., Hoosain, N., Vergnani, T., Caldwell, L., Smith, E. (2003, August). How do we
deal with all the problems? Interfacing health and education in high schools. Presented at the 3rd
Occupational Therapy in Africa Region (OTARG) Congress, Mombassa, Kenya,
Wegner, L., Evans, E., September, X., Smith, E., Caldwell, L., Flisher, A.J., Vergnani, T., Dariotis, J.,
Mathews, J., Mpofu, E., Graham, J. (2005, September). Becoming HealthWise: strategies for sustainable
youth development. Presented at the 15th National Congress of the South African Association for
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Durban, South Africa.
Wegner, L. Flisher, A.J., Vergnani, T., Caldwell, L., Smith, E. (2004, May). Growing up healthy: enabling
adolescents to deal with daily challenges. Presented at the 50th Occupational Therapy Association of
South Africa Congress - “Doing things differently: enhancing human potential”. Cape Town,
South Africa.
Wegner, L. Flisher, A.J., Vergnani, T., Caldwell, L., Smith, E. (2003, October). Interfacing health and
education: Multiprofessional challenges. Presented at the 14th National Congress of the South African
Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Health Professions, Port Elizabeth,
South Africa.
Papers and Presentations In Preparation or Under Review
Caldwell, L., Patrick, M. E., Smith, E., Palen, L., & Wegner, L. (2007, May). Changes in
adolescents’ motivation for leisure: Intervention effects of HealthWise South Africa. In E.
Smith & L. Caldwell (Chairs), HealthWise South Africa: Two year results. Symposium
submitted to 2007 annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
Caldwell, L.L., Tibbits, M.K., Smith, E.A. (2006). Effects of the HealthWise South Africa
curriculum on adolescent leisure participation and enjoyment. Manuscript in preparation.
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Palen, L., Caldwell, L. L., Smith, E. A., Wegner, L., Flisher, A., & Mpofu, E. (2006). Profiles of leisure
motivation and substance use in the HealthWise South Africa research trial. Paper submitted to the
2007 annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C..
Palen, L., Smith, E. A., Collins, L., & Caldwell, L. L. (2006). Transitions to substance use and sexual
intercourse among South African high school students. Manuscript in preparation.
Patrick, M.E., Collins, L.M., Smith, E.A., Caldwell, L.L., Flisher, A., Wegner, L. (under review).
A prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among South African adolescents. Manuscript
submitted to Substance Use and Misuse.
Patrick, M. E., Collins, L., Smith, E., Caldwell, L., Flisher, A., & Wegner, L. (2007, May). A
prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among South African adolescents:
Gender differences. In B. C. Bray & B. L. Rhoades (Chairs). Modeling risky behaviors with
latent class and latent transition analysis: New applications and innovative approaches.
Poster Symposium submitted to 2007 annual meeting of the Society for Prevention
Research, Washington, D.C.
Smith, E.A. & Caldwell, L. L. (accepted). Adapting evidence-based programs to new contexts: What
needs to be changed? Journal of Rural Health.
Tibbits, M.K., Caldwell, L.L., Smith, E.A., Wegner, L., & Vergnani, T. (2007, May). Associations
between South African adolescents’ free time experiences and substance use. Poster submitted to 2007
annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
Wegner, L., Flisher, A.J., Caldwell, L., Smith, E., Vergnani, T. (2006). HealthWise South Africa:
Cultural adaptation of a school-based risk prevention program. Manuscript in preparation.