HIV/AIDS, beersellers and critical community health psychology in Cambodia: a case study.
This case study illustrates a participatory framework for confronting critical community health issues using 'grass-roots' research-guided community-defined interventions. Ongoing work in Cambodia has culturally adapted research, theory and practice for particular, local health-promotion responses to HIV/AIDS, alcohol abuse and other challenges in the community of Siem Reap. For resource-poor communities in Cambodia, we recycle such 'older' concepts as 'empowerment' and 'action research'. We re-imagine community health psychology, when confronted with 'critical', life-and-death issues, as adjusting its research and practices to local, particular ontological and epistemological urgencies of trauma, morbidity and mortality.
University of Guelph, Canada; SiRCHESI NGO, Cambodia.
Ian
I
Lubek
Helen
H
Lee
Sarath
S
Kros
Mee Lian
ML
Wong
Tiny
T
Van Merode
James
J
Liu
Tim
T
McCreanor
Roel
R
Idema
Catherine
C
Campbell
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D002160:Cambodia; D003256:Community Participation / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012111:Residence Characteristics
Cambodia; HIV/AIDS; community health; critical; empowerment