Pimpawun Boonmongkon
Biographic Data
| ID | 159211 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pimpawun Boonmongkon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pimpawun |
| FAMILY NAME | Boonmongkon |
| SIGNATURE | BOONMONGKON P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mahidol University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8117-8171 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Bodily Practices and Subjectivities of Lao Migrant Female Sex Workers in a Thai Border Town
This study examines the bodily practices of Lao female sex workers in a Thai border town, focusing on how these practices are shaped by subjectivity and negotiated within a context of transnational mobility and legal ambiguity. Employing a qualitative research methodology, the study draws on in-depth and narrative interviews, as well as participant observation, with 20 Lao women. Findings show that bodily practices—such as cosmetic surgery, skin …
Picturing sexuality education in Thailand
Visual research methods are increasingly utilised in educational research and scholars have used them to develop accounts of sexuality in schooling contexts. This article advances this work with an analysis of secondary students’ drawings of their experiences with sexuality education. We performed a thematic analysis on 150 drawings created during participatory focus group discussions (FGDs) among students in 30 Thai general secondary and vocatio…
Kids these days pretend to be grownups” (dekkaedaet)
Comprehensive sexuality education is needed and should be based on the respect for human dignity and sexual and reproductive rights
Defining Mental Health Practitioners’ LGBTIQ Cultural Competence in Thailand
This study investigated what competencies are crucial for mental health practitioners’ culturally competent practice with LGBTIQ clients in Thailand. The study used two-round Delphi methodology to aggregate views of mental health practitioners with expertise on LGBTIQ issues (n = 14), and of LGBTIQ individuals who had used mental health services (n = 13). Participants proposed competencies in Round 1 through interviews or an online questionnaire,…
Peer victimisation and depression among gender conforming and non-conforming Thai adolescents
Like most low- and middle-income countries, Thailand is facing an increasing burden of depressive disorders among adolescents, but research and services for them are largely neglected. This study explored the association between types of peer victimisation, gender non-conformity, health risk behaviours, and depressive symptoms among Thai students aged 13-18 years. Overall, prevalence of depressive symptoms was 14.7% (95% CI: 12.6-15.6), 12.2% (95…
Revisiting the ‘Thai gay paradise’
School settings are volatile and often violent for LGBT teens who are first coming to terms with their sexuality. We explored the attitudes of LGBT students in Thai secondary schools towards homosexuality. Students aged 12-19 years were surveyed in 393 public institutions providing secondary-school education in six regions of Thailand, selected by a multistage cluster sampling. Among 1088 LGBT-identified students, 378 (35%) reported negative atti…
Ice parties among young men who have sex with men in Thailand
It's an ordinary matter’
This qualitative study focuses on youth perceptions of cyberbullying (definition, causes, consequences, and management). We also articulate how perceptions of cyberbullying among Thai youth are influenced by Thai culture, including Thai youth culture. Data were collected from 15 to 24 year-olds in Central Thailand through 22 focus group discussions (FGDs) with 4–6 participants each, as well as 26 in-depth interviews (IDIs), totaling 136 participa…
Hu Hong’ (bad thing)
Vietnamese parents in general have negative views of sex and sexuality education for their teenage children. Recognizing that many Vietnamese teenagers have unsafe sex before marriage, parents need to change their perceptions and understand the importance of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), which are included in UNESCO, UNFPA and UNICEF-developed CSE tools
Yauk gyar mann yin (Be a man!)
Betel quid chewing is associated with various oral cancers and other health concerns, including reproductive health issues. Nevertheless, the practice is widespread in Myanmar, especially among men. This qualitative study elucidates the gendered aspects of betel quid chewing by examining how it links with masculine ideology among male betel quid chewers in Mandalay, Myanmar. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, focus-group discussions…
‘For me… it's a miracle’
Investigating online harassment and offline violence among young people in Thailand
Violence in the physical (offline) world is a well-documented health and social issue among young people worldwide. In Southeast Asia, online harassment (defined as intentional behaviours to harm others through the Internet or through mobile devices) is less well documented. In this paper, we describe and critically discuss the mixed-methods data collection approach we used to build a contextualised understanding of offline violence and online ha…
She met her (boy)friend online’
This paper focuses on the experiences of women 15-24 years old living in one suburban district in Bangkok. Its objectives are to analyse processes of building and negotiating social identity and femininity in online spaces by young women; the ways in which young women express their sexuality using online technologies; connections between the 'online' and 'offline' worlds in terms of emotions as well as social and sexual networks; and traditional …
Mot Luuk problems in northeast Thailand
Emerging fears of cervical cancer in Northeast Thailand
The rate of cervical cancer in Thailand is 28 cases per 100,000 women. However, interviews with women in Northeast Thailand revealed a perceived rate of nine to 16 cases per 100 women. What are the causes and consequences of this gross misperception of risk? When women experience a wide range of symptoms locally classified as mot luuk ('uterus') problems, they fear that these problems will ‘turn into’ cervical cancer, a perception inadvertently p…
Mot Luuk problems in northeast Thailand
Emerging fears of cervical cancer in Northeast Thailand
The rate of cervical cancer in Thailand is 28 cases per 100,000 women. However, interviews with women in Northeast Thailand revealed a perceived rate of nine to 16 cases per 100 women. What are the causes and consequences of this gross misperception of risk? When women experience a wide range of symptoms locally classified as mot luuk ('uterus') problems, they fear that these problems will ‘turn into’ cervical cancer, a perception inadvertently p…
It's an ordinary matter’
This qualitative study focuses on youth perceptions of cyberbullying (definition, causes, consequences, and management). We also articulate how perceptions of cyberbullying among Thai youth are influenced by Thai culture, including Thai youth culture. Data were collected from 15 to 24 year-olds in Central Thailand through 22 focus group discussions (FGDs) with 4–6 participants each, as well as 26 in-depth interviews (IDIs), totaling 136 participa…
Emerging fears of cervical cancer in Northeast Thailand
The rate of cervical cancer in Thailand is 28 cases per 100,000 women. However, interviews with women in Northeast Thailand revealed a perceived rate of nine to 16 cases per 100 women. What are the causes and consequences of this gross misperception of risk? When women experience a wide range of symptoms locally classified as mot luuk ('uterus') problems, they fear that these problems will ‘turn into’ cervical cancer, a perception inadvertently p…
Mot Luuk problems in northeast Thailand
She met her (boy)friend online’
This paper focuses on the experiences of women 15-24 years old living in one suburban district in Bangkok. Its objectives are to analyse processes of building and negotiating social identity and femininity in online spaces by young women; the ways in which young women express their sexuality using online technologies; connections between the 'online' and 'offline' worlds in terms of emotions as well as social and sexual networks; and traditional …
‘For me… it's a miracle’
Investigating online harassment and offline violence among young people in Thailand
Violence in the physical (offline) world is a well-documented health and social issue among young people worldwide. In Southeast Asia, online harassment (defined as intentional behaviours to harm others through the Internet or through mobile devices) is less well documented. In this paper, we describe and critically discuss the mixed-methods data collection approach we used to build a contextualised understanding of offline violence and online ha…
Yauk gyar mann yin (Be a man!)
Betel quid chewing is associated with various oral cancers and other health concerns, including reproductive health issues. Nevertheless, the practice is widespread in Myanmar, especially among men. This qualitative study elucidates the gendered aspects of betel quid chewing by examining how it links with masculine ideology among male betel quid chewers in Mandalay, Myanmar. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, focus-group discussions…
Hu Hong’ (bad thing)
Vietnamese parents in general have negative views of sex and sexuality education for their teenage children. Recognizing that many Vietnamese teenagers have unsafe sex before marriage, parents need to change their perceptions and understand the importance of comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), which are included in UNESCO, UNFPA and UNICEF-developed CSE tools
Ice parties among young men who have sex with men in Thailand
It's an ordinary matter’
This qualitative study focuses on youth perceptions of cyberbullying (definition, causes, consequences, and management). We also articulate how perceptions of cyberbullying among Thai youth are influenced by Thai culture, including Thai youth culture. Data were collected from 15 to 24 year-olds in Central Thailand through 22 focus group discussions (FGDs) with 4–6 participants each, as well as 26 in-depth interviews (IDIs), totaling 136 participa…
Revisiting the ‘Thai gay paradise’
School settings are volatile and often violent for LGBT teens who are first coming to terms with their sexuality. We explored the attitudes of LGBT students in Thai secondary schools towards homosexuality. Students aged 12-19 years were surveyed in 393 public institutions providing secondary-school education in six regions of Thailand, selected by a multistage cluster sampling. Among 1088 LGBT-identified students, 378 (35%) reported negative atti…
Defining Mental Health Practitioners’ LGBTIQ Cultural Competence in Thailand
This study investigated what competencies are crucial for mental health practitioners’ culturally competent practice with LGBTIQ clients in Thailand. The study used two-round Delphi methodology to aggregate views of mental health practitioners with expertise on LGBTIQ issues (n = 14), and of LGBTIQ individuals who had used mental health services (n = 13). Participants proposed competencies in Round 1 through interviews or an online questionnaire,…
Peer victimisation and depression among gender conforming and non-conforming Thai adolescents
Like most low- and middle-income countries, Thailand is facing an increasing burden of depressive disorders among adolescents, but research and services for them are largely neglected. This study explored the association between types of peer victimisation, gender non-conformity, health risk behaviours, and depressive symptoms among Thai students aged 13-18 years. Overall, prevalence of depressive symptoms was 14.7% (95% CI: 12.6-15.6), 12.2% (95…
Kids these days pretend to be grownups” (dekkaedaet)
Comprehensive sexuality education is needed and should be based on the respect for human dignity and sexual and reproductive rights
Bodily Practices and Subjectivities of Lao Migrant Female Sex Workers in a Thai Border Town
This study examines the bodily practices of Lao female sex workers in a Thai border town, focusing on how these practices are shaped by subjectivity and negotiated within a context of transnational mobility and legal ambiguity. Employing a qualitative research methodology, the study draws on in-depth and narrative interviews, as well as participant observation, with 20 Lao women. Findings show that bodily practices—such as cosmetic surgery, skin …
Picturing sexuality education in Thailand
Visual research methods are increasingly utilised in educational research and scholars have used them to develop accounts of sexuality in schooling contexts. This article advances this work with an analysis of secondary students’ drawings of their experiences with sexuality education. We performed a thematic analysis on 150 drawings created during participatory focus group discussions (FGDs) among students in 30 Thai general secondary and vocatio…
Psychology (12 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Human sexuality (6 works) · Sex work and related issues (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Art (4 works)