Creating New Career Pathways to Reduce Poverty, Illiteracy and Health Risks, while Transforming and Empowering Cambodian Womens Lives

Helen Lee; Gabe Pollock; Ian Lubek; Stacey Niemi; Katie O'Brien; Michelle Green; Sabina Bashir; Ellyn Braun; Sarath Kros; Virakboth Huot; Vanna Ma; Neela Griffiths; Brett Dickson; Noeun Pring; Kros Huon-Ribeil; Natalie Lim; Jasmin Turner; Chris Winkler; Mee Wong; Tiny Merode; Bun Dy; Sophiap Prem; Roel Idema

doi:10.1177/1359105310371703

Creating New Career Pathways to Reduce Poverty, Illiteracy and Health Risks, while Transforming and Empowering Cambodian Womens Lives

Helen Lee
, Gabe Pollock
, Ian Lubek
, Stacey Niemi
, Katie O'Brien
, Michelle Green
, Sabina Bashir
, Ellyn Braun
, Sarath Kros
, Virakboth Huot
, Vanna Ma
, Neela Griffiths
, Brett Dickson
, Noeun Pring
, Kros Huon-Ribeil
, Natalie Lim
, Jasmin Turner
, Chris Winkler
, Mee Wong
, Tiny Merode

Bun Dy, Sophiap Prem, Roel Idema

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	982-992
Number of pages	11
Journal	Journal of Health Psychology
Volume	15
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105310371703
Publication status	Published - Oct 2010

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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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., Huon-Ribeil, K., Lim, N., Turner, J., Winkler, C., Wong, M., ... Idema, R. (2010). Creating New Career Pathways to Reduce Poverty, Illiteracy and Health Risks, while Transforming and Empowering Cambodian Womens Lives. Journal of Health Psychology, 15(7), 982-992. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105310371703

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