1. Creating new career pathways to reduce poverty, illiteracy and health risks, while transforming and empowering Cambodian women's lives
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Lee, H, Pollock, G, Lubek, I, Niemi, S, O'Brien, K, Green, M, Bashir, S, Braun, E, Kros, S, Huot, V, Ma, V, Griffiths, N, Dickson, B, Pring, N, Sphkurst Huon-Ribeil, K, Lim, N, Turner, J, Winkler, C, Wong, ML, Van Merode, T, Dy, BC, Prem, S, Idema, R, Lee, H, Pollock, G, Lubek, I, Niemi, S, O'Brien, K, Green, M, Bashir, S, Braun, E, Kros, S, Huot, V, Ma, V, Griffiths, N, Dickson, B, Pring, N, Sphkurst Huon-Ribeil, K, Lim, N, Turner, J, Winkler, C, Wong, ML, Van Merode, T, Dy, BC, Prem, S, and Idema, R
- Abstract
Community health psychology provides a framework for local citizens themselves to systematically affect change in health and social inequalities, particularly through Participatory Action Research (PAR). The Cambodian NGO SiRCHESI launched a 24-month Hotel Apprenticeship Program (HAP) in 2006 to provide literacy, English, social skills, health education, hotel skills-training, work experience and a living wage to women formerly selling beer in restaurants; there they had faced workplace risks including HIV/AIDS, alcohol overuse, violence and sexual coercion. Quantitative and qualitative analyses indicate changes in health-related knowledge, behaviour, self-image and empowerment, as HAP trainees were monitored and evaluated within their new career trajectories. Copyright © 2010 SAGE Publications Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC.
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- 2010