Browsing Faculty of Community and Health Sciences by Author "Wegner, Lisa"
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Adolescent substance use: a prospective longitudinal model of substance use onset among South African adolescents
Patrick, Megan E.; Collins, Linda M.; Smith, Edward A.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Flisher, Alan J.; Wegner, Lisa (Informa Healthcare, 2009)Substance use onset among Colored adolescents between eighth and ninth grades in an urban area of Cape Town, South Africa was examined using latent transition analysis. Longitudinal self-report data regarding substance use ... -
Boys are victims, too: the influence of perpetrators’ age and gender in sexual coercion against boys
Miller, Jacqueline A.; Smith, Edward A.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Mathews, Catherine; Wegner, Lisa (SAGE Publications, 2018)Sexual coercion among adolescent boys in South Africa is an underresearched topic despite the frequency of such events. Although quantitative research has illuminated the prevalence of sexual coercion toward boys, it has ... -
Boys Are Victims, Too: The Influence of Perpetrators’ Age and Gender in Sexual Coercion Against Boys
Miller, Jacqueline A.; Smith, Edward A.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Mathews, Catherine; Wegner, Lisa (SAGE Journal, 2021-04)Sexual coercion among adolescent boys in South Africa is an underresearched topic despite the frequency of such events. Although quantitative research has illuminated the prevalence of sexual coercion toward boys, it has ... -
Clients' perceptions of an occupational therapy intervention at a substance use rehabilitation centre in the Western Cape
Bell, Teneil; Wegner, Lisa; Blake, Lauren; Jupp, Leigh; Nyabenda, Fides; Turner, Tamryn (Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa (OTASA), 2015)Substance use among adolescents is a significant health and social problem and affects occupational performance. While occupational therapy interventions are available at substance use rehabilitation centres in the Western ... -
A cross-sectional descriptive study of occupational therapy students’ perceptions and attitudes towards spirituality and spiritual care in occupational therapy education
Mthembu, Thuli Godfrey; Roman, Nicolette V.; Wegner, Lisa (Springer, 2016)Spirituality and spiritual care both have received increased attention over the course of this past decade from different disciplines. However, for many years, in the occupational therapy profession, the importance of ... -
Curriculum transformation: a proposed route to reflect a political consciousness in occupational therapy education
De Jongh, Jo-Celene; Hess-April, Lucia; Wegner, Lisa (Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2012)Introduction: Curriculum review is an ongoing, dynamic, long-term process that forms part of occupational therapy education. The Department of Occupational Therapy, University of the Western Cape (UWC) recently responded ... -
Doing a leisure activity because there is nothing else to do: Related outcomes and intervention effects for adolescents
Motamedi, Mojdeh; Caldwell, Linda L.; Weybright, Elisabeth H.; Jones, Damon; Wegner, Lisa; Smith, Edward A. (Taylor & Francis, 2019)This study examined whether a leisure-focused intervention, HealthWise, was related to reduced youth polysubstance use and delayed sexual debut via reducing how often youth did leisure activities because there was nothing ... -
Educators’ and students’ needs regarding teaching and learning strategies for integrating spirituality and spiritual care in occupational therapy education
Mthembu, Thuli G.; Wegner, Lisa; Roman, Nicolette V. (Sabinet, 2018)Spirituality and spiritual care are both generating considerable interest as part of holistic and client-centred approaches of the profession of Occupational Therapy. Concerns have been raised regarding the teaching and ... -
An exploratory factor analysis into the applicability of the Spirituality Care-Giving Scale, the Spirituality and Spiritual Care Rating Scale and the Spirituality in Occupational Therapy Scale to the South African context
Mthembu, Thuli G.; Roman, Nicolette V.; Wegner, Lisa (Occupational Therapy Association of South Africa, 2016)Spirituality and spiritual care are both considered as important elements of health sciences education; however, limited research has been conducted with occupational therapy students using spirituality scales. Therefore, ... -
Exploring occupational therapy students' perceptions of spirituality in occupational therapy groups: a qualitative study
Mthembu, Thuli G.; Wegner, Lisa; Roman, Nicolette V. (Taylor & Francis, 2017)An exploratory-descriptive qualitative research approach explored occupational therapy students' perceptions of spirituality in occupational therapy groups during the group fieldwork process. Four focus group discussions ... -
Forced sexual experiences and sexual situation self-efficacy among South African youth
Miller, Jacqueline A.; Smith, Edward A.; Coffman, Donna; Mathews, Catherine; Wegner, Lisa (Wiley, 2015)Nearly 20% of South African youth experience forced or coerced sexual intercourse. Understanding the factors associated with forced sex is important for informing prevention programs aimed at reducing sexual violence and ... -
Frameworks describing the transition to open labour employment for persons with mild and moderate intellectual disability: a scoping review protocol
du Toit, Taryn Lynne; Soeker, Mogammad Shaheed; Wegner, Lisa (BMJ Open, 2024)Introduction Persons with mild and moderate intellectual disability (MMID) have the right to participate in all aspects of society and be afforded equal opportunities to realise their full potential. However, it is a ... -
Guidelines to integrate spirituality and spiritual care in occupational therapy education: A modified Delphi study
Mthembu, Thuli G.; Wegner, Lisa; Roman, Nicolette V. (Taylor & Francis, 2018)This modified Delphi study aimed to develop educational guidelines for integrating spirituality and spiritual care into occupational therapy education. The first round comprised a self-administered questionnaire, the second ... -
Healthwise South Africa: cultural adaptation of a school-based risk prevention programme
Wegner, Lisa; Flisher, Alan J.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Vergnani, Tania; Smith, Edward A. (Oxford University Press, 2008)There is a need for effective prevention programmes aimed at reducing risk behaviour among South African adolescents. Health Wise South Africa is a school-based programme designed to reduce sexual and substance use risk ... -
Inconsistent reports of sexual intercourse among South African high school students
Palen, Lori-Ann; Smith, Edward A.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Flisher, Alan J.; Wegner, Lisa; Vergnani, Tania (Elsevier, 2008)Purpose: This study aims to describe patterns of inconsistent reports of sexual intercourse among a sample of South African adolescents. Methods: Consistency of reported lifetime sexual intercourse was assessed using five ... -
Interventions for out-of-school contexts
Wegner, Lisa; Caldwell, Linda L. (UCT Press, 2012)Introduction: Violence has become part of normal,everyday life for many young South Africans. -
Leisure boredom and adolescent risk behaviour: a systematic literature review
Wegner, Lisa; Flisher, Alan J. (Taylor & Francis, 2009)There has been very little research investigating leisure boredom and risk behaviour among adolescents in South Africa. A systematic review of literature was conducted to synthesise current knowledge within the field of ... -
Leisure boredom and high school dropout in Cape Town, South Africa
Wegner, Lisa; Flisher, Alan J.; Chikobvu, Perpetual; Lombard, Carl; King, Gary (Elsevier, 2008)This prospective cohort study investigated whether leisure boredom predicts high school dropout. Leisure boredom is the perception that leisure experiences do not satisfy the need for optimal arousal. Participants completed ... -
Leisure constraints for adolescents in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study
Palen, Lori-Ann; Patrick, Megan E.; Gleeson, Sarah; Caldwell, Linda L.; Smith, Edward A.; Wegner, Lisa; Flisher, Alan J. (Taylor and Francis, 2010)This study identified leisure constraints, constraints negotiation strategies, and their relative frequencies among 114 high school students from one under-resourced area of South Africa. Through focus group discussions, ... -
Linking Life Skills and Norms with adolescent substance use and delinquency in South Africa
Lai, Mary H.; Graham, John W.; Caldwell, Linda L.; Smith, Edward A.; Bradley, Stephanie A.; Mathews, Catherine; Vergnani, Tania; Wegner, Lisa (National Institute of Health, 2013)We examined factors targeted in two popular prevention approaches with adolescent drug use and delinquency in South Africa. We hypothesized adolescent life skills to be inversely related, and perceived norms to be directly ...