American Indian adolescent girls: Vulnerability to sex trafficking, intervention strategies

Date

2012

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Publisher

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research

Abstract

The Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center offers harm reduction programming to at-risk adolescent American Indian girls, including outreach, case management, advocacy, healthy sexuality education, and support groups. To evaluate program impact, participants are assessed at intake and every 6 months afterward for current vulnerability to commercial sexual exploitation, violence, and addiction. Evaluation results indicate frequent exposure to sex traffickers and suggest that harm reduction methods can help girls reduce risk of commercial sexual exploitation. (Author Abstract)

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Keywords

child abuse, youth, prostitution, Native American, teens, program evaluation

Citation

Pierce, A. (2012). American Indian adolescent girls: Vulnerability to sex trafficking, intervention strategies. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 19(1), 37-56.

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