Lalen Simeon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1214083 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lalen Simeon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lalen |
| FAMILY NAME | Simeon |
| SIGNATURE | SIMEON L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pacific Adventist University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Showing our story our way
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), smallholder farmers, particularly women and girls, are the backbone of food production and food security; therefore, engaging these farmers in learning and development programs is key. We present and analyse a project that developed a story-telling digital video for farmers with low literacy as a learning tool in the sensitive area of gender equity. Although the video was a cross cultural collaboration between PNG and A…
Sexual health and wellbeing training with women in Pacific Island Countries and Territories
BACKGROUND: Women who are spouses of students at a faith-based university in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are afforded proximal power. These women are perceived as leaders and regularly approached by members in their communities to provide advice on sexual and reproductive health matters. Women leaders therefore need access to sexual health information and training to provide appropriate advice. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to review the charact…
Balancing it out
Providing care to women following stillbirth affects the well-being of midwifery staff. In this grounded theory study, the authors used focus groups and individual interviews to explore the experiences of midwifery students at a faith-based university in Papua New Guinea. Balancing it Out is the process students used to balance social, cultural and professional factors to achieve their aim of providing the best possible care to women following st…
The ‘Maria’ books
This article describes the development and uptake of two dual-language, culturally relevant picture books in five primary schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The purpose of the books was to disseminate agricultural and livelihood messages both at school and at home. Schools were provided with big-book versions as permanent school resources and asked to send small-book versions home to families to both support children’s reading and encourage the u…
Children's right to play in Papua New Guinea
This paper describes children’s participation in and perceptions of a redeveloped playground in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The playground was a partnership between three western early childhood education academics and a teacher education faculty at the Pacific Adventist University (PAU), PNG to promote children’s right to play. Children in PNG are typically deterred from playing during school lunch and recess and school playgrounds mostly consist of…
Local Context Matters
There are high levels of family and sexual violence (FSV) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Many businesses in PNG, like an increasing number of organizations worldwide, want to address the effects of FSV on their employees and operations to minimize human suffering and to maximize productivity. To date, a range of workplace strategies designed to address related forms of violence (FSV, domestic and family violence, sexual violence, intimate partner vio…
The ‘Maria’ books
This article describes the development and uptake of two dual-language, culturally relevant picture books in five primary schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The purpose of the books was to disseminate agricultural and livelihood messages both at school and at home. Schools were provided with big-book versions as permanent school resources and asked to send small-book versions home to families to both support children’s reading and encourage the u…
Local Context Matters
There are high levels of family and sexual violence (FSV) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Many businesses in PNG, like an increasing number of organizations worldwide, want to address the effects of FSV on their employees and operations to minimize human suffering and to maximize productivity. To date, a range of workplace strategies designed to address related forms of violence (FSV, domestic and family violence, sexual violence, intimate partner vio…
The ‘Maria’ books
This article describes the development and uptake of two dual-language, culturally relevant picture books in five primary schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The purpose of the books was to disseminate agricultural and livelihood messages both at school and at home. Schools were provided with big-book versions as permanent school resources and asked to send small-book versions home to families to both support children’s reading and encourage the u…
Children's right to play in Papua New Guinea
This paper describes children’s participation in and perceptions of a redeveloped playground in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The playground was a partnership between three western early childhood education academics and a teacher education faculty at the Pacific Adventist University (PAU), PNG to promote children’s right to play. Children in PNG are typically deterred from playing during school lunch and recess and school playgrounds mostly consist of…
Sexual health and wellbeing training with women in Pacific Island Countries and Territories
BACKGROUND: Women who are spouses of students at a faith-based university in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are afforded proximal power. These women are perceived as leaders and regularly approached by members in their communities to provide advice on sexual and reproductive health matters. Women leaders therefore need access to sexual health information and training to provide appropriate advice. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to review the charact…
Balancing it out
Providing care to women following stillbirth affects the well-being of midwifery staff. In this grounded theory study, the authors used focus groups and individual interviews to explore the experiences of midwifery students at a faith-based university in Papua New Guinea. Balancing it Out is the process students used to balance social, cultural and professional factors to achieve their aim of providing the best possible care to women following st…
Showing our story our way
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), smallholder farmers, particularly women and girls, are the backbone of food production and food security; therefore, engaging these farmers in learning and development programs is key. We present and analyse a project that developed a story-telling digital video for farmers with low literacy as a learning tool in the sensitive area of gender equity. Although the video was a cross cultural collaboration between PNG and A…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · New guinea (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (2 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (2 works) · Public relations (2 works)