CABBAGES AND CONDOMS

Professor Mark Hayter writes:

I attended the international AIDS conference in Amsterdam in 1992 and recall hearing of a organisation heavily involved with HIV prevention in Thailand and South East Asia. They were addressing the alarming rises in HIV infection in the region through a combination of condom awareness, HIV education and community engagement;  Cabbages and Condoms was their curious name.  Over the following decades I have been aware of their continuing work - especially their key role in the remarkable reductions in HIV infections in Thailand. 

As a regular visitor to Asia I was delighted actually to visit their headquarters in Bangkok earlier this year - and even more delighted to discover that these premises incorporate an excellent Thai restaurant. And it all happened by chance. I scheduled a quick meeting with a friend and colleague Alex Aziz of the International Labour Organisation on my way out of Thailand following a writing workshop I facilitated for the Thai Health Ministry. Alex and I met for lunch just outside one of the largest Shopping Malls in Bangkok. Unaware of my previous knowledge of Cabbages and Condoms he suggested we eat there - a wonderful coincidence. 

Mark Hayter and Alex Aziz

The food was excellent but I also enjoyed the ambience: a mix of indoor and outdoor dining surrounded by mannequins decorated in condoms and contraceptive pills. After an excellent meal (thanks Alex) our coffee was served with a signature condom! I quickly and politely put this in my bag and completely forgot about it...until my bag was searched at Terminal 5, London Heathrow. I remain eternally grateful for the discretion the lady searching my bag demonstrated !

On a serious note, HIV in Asia is a profound threat to public health. National governments play their part but resources are always an issue. This means that the role of NGOs is crucial in HIV prevention efforts. Cabbages and Condoms isan excellent example of how a community based organisation can make a sustained impact on reducing HIV and ensuring that many lives are not tragically cut short.To do this and also serve remarkable Thai food is, in my view, an achievement unmatched globally.

Scholarship [December 2012]

The following is a selection of scholarly outputs by members of the Faculty of Health & Social Science:

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Kate Galvin

Kate Galvin

published:

Galvin K, Todres L (2012) Phenomenology as embedded knowledge and sharing: kindling audience participation Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology doi: 10.2989/IPJP.2012.12.1.9.1122

View the Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology online

Todres L, Galvin K (2012) "In the Middle of Everywhere:" A Phenomenological Study of Mobility and Dwelling Amongst Rural Elders Phenomenology and Practice 6: 55-68

view Phenomenology and Practice online

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Mark Hayter

Mark Hayter

published:

Loke AL, Wan MLE, HAyter M (2012) Patients' perspectives - the lived experience of women victims of intimate partner violence Journal of Clinical Nursing 21: 2336-2346

View Journal of Clinical Nursing online

Newbury R, Hayter M, Wylie KR, Riddell J (2012) Sexual fantasy as a clinical intervention Sexual and Relationship Therapy doi:

10.1080/14681994.2012.733816

View Sexual and Relationship Therapy online

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Victoria Hewson

Victoria Hewson

with Jane Wray published:

Hewson V, Wray J (2012) Are the dental health needs of adults with illegal drug dependence being met by current service provision in the United Kingdom? Journal of Addictions Nursing 23: 191-199.

View the Journal of Addictions Nursing online

Jane Wray

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Julie Jomeen

Julie Jomeen

published:

Hammarlund K, Nyström M, Jomeen J (2012) Young women's experiences of managing self-treatment for anogenital warts Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare 3:117-121 doi.org/10.1016/srhc.2012.07.002

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Jomeen J, Redshaw M (2010) Ethnic minorty women's experience of maternity services in England Ethnicity and Health available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2012.730608

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Mary Laurenson with Tracey Heath and Sarah Gribbin published:

Laurenson M, Heath T, Gribbin S (2012) Intervention in health care teams and working relationships Journal of Healthcare Leadership 4: 117-126

View Journal of Healthcare Leadership  online

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Jennifer Loke

Jennifer Loke

published:

Loke JC-F, Colquhoun D, Lee KW (2013) A glimpse into nursing discursive behaviour in interprofessional online learning Journal of Nursing Education and Practice 3: 67-79

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and with Mary Laurenson

Loke J, Laurenson M, Lee KW (2012) Embracing a culture in conducting research requires more than nurses' enthusiasm Nurse Education Today doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.09.006

View Nurse Education Today online
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Amanda Sherratt

Amanda Sherratt

published:

Sherratt A (2012) Antibiotics in ophthalmology International Journal of Ophthalmic Practice 3: 204-208

View the International Journal of Ophthalmic Practice online

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Liz Smith

Liz Smith

published:

Smith L (2012) Opthalmia neonatorum: a modern problem International Journal of Ophthalmic Practice 3: 162-165

View the International Journal of Ophthalmic Practice online


Email Liz


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Jacuqie White
published:

Hemingway S, White J, Baxter H, Smith G, Turner J, McCann T (2012) Implementing a competence framework for administering medication: reporting the experiences of mental health nurses and students in the UK Issues in Mental Health Nursing 33: 657-674

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View  Issues in Mental Health Nursing online

White J, Gray RJ, Swift L, Barton GR, Jones M (2011) The serious mental illness health improvement profile [HIP]: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial Trials 12: 167 doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-167

View Trials online

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Roger Watson

Roger Watson

published:

Watson R, van der Ark LA, Lin L-C, Fieo R, Deary IJ, Meijer RR (2012) Item response theory: How Mokken scaling can be used in clinical practice Journal of Clinical Nursing 21: 2736-2746 

Roger says: this is the paper I have wanted to write for years; an accessible and authoritative piece on my favourite multivariate method, written with some of the leaders in the field.

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Zoe Wilkes

Zoe Wilkes

published:

Wilkes Z (2012) A framework to support practice teachers in the assessment process Community Practitioner 84(12): 24-27

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Jane Wray

Jane Wray

with Jayne Taghzouit published:

Wray J, Aspland J, Taghzouit J, Pace K (2012) Making the nursing curriculum more inclusive for students with specific learning difficulties (SpLD): Embedding specialist study skills into a core module Nurse Education Today doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2012.07.009

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