Forging help relationships with commercially sexually exploited youth: Perspectives of Israeli help providers.
Child Abuse Negl
; 143: 106253, 2023 09.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37267761
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Previous research points to the many challenges that help providers who support commercially sexually exploited youth encounter in their professional work-yet little is known about how they overcome these challenges, particularly with regard to youth of diverse social backgrounds.OBJECTIVE:
The present study applied the conceptual frameworks of help-seeking and intersectionality to explore the professional practices that help providers employ when forging a help relationship with commercially sexually exploited youth. PARTICIPANTS ANDSETTING:
Israeli help providers who work with commercially sexually exploited youth at various social services.METHOD:
In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted, and analyzed using constructivist grounded theory approach.FINDINGS:
We identified six major guiding principles that support the participants' processes of forging a help relationship with commercially sexually exploited youth Do not assume that the youth view their involvement in commercial sexual exploitation as problematic; Continuously attempt to gain the youth's trust; Start from the point where the youth are; Be available at all times, and maintain a steady long-term relationship; Treat commercially sexually exploited youth as agentic individuals and encourage them to lead the process of establishing a help relationship; Similarity in social backgrounds of help providers and commercially sexually exploited youth promotes youth's engagement in the help relationship.CONCLUSIONS:
Assuming the co-existence of benefit and harm in commercial sexual exploitation is essential to forging a help relationship with the youth. Applying the intersectional lens to practice in this field can help preserve the delicate balance between victimhood and agency, thereby enhancing help processes.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Professional-Patient Relations
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Sex Work
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Child Abuse, Sexual
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Vulnerable Populations
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Sex Workers
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Help-Seeking Behavior
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Child Abuse Negl
Year:
2023
Document type:
Article