Perceived Health Needs of Inner-City Street Prostitutes: A Preliminary Study

Valera, Roberto J.; Sawyer, Robin G.; Schiraldi, Glenn R.

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“…Heterosexually identified young men may have sex with men for a variety of reasons. In most, or at least some, cases, this sexual activity takes place for pay, typically as an economic survival strategy, and is an oftentimes stressful or traumatic and occasionally risky activity (Farley, Baral, Kiremire, & Sezgin, 1998;Rietmeijer, Wolitski, Fishbein, Corby, & Cohn, 1998;Valera, Sawyer, & Schiraldi, 2001). Although youth who identify as bisexual have received less attention in the literature than gay-identified individuals, these findings suggest that they may be similar to heterosexual YMSM in some respects.…”

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Resilience among young men who have sex with men in New York City

Gwadz

Clatts

et al. 2006

Sex Res Soc Policy

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This article describes a study of resilience among young men who have sex with men (YMSM). Resilience is defined as positive adaptation in the context of hardship. Using targeted sampling to capture the diversity and range of this hidden population, we recruited 569 YMSM ages 17-28 years old and examined a subset of 134 YMSM who had experienced severe childhood adversity, as indicated by placement in foster care. Most of the YMSM in this subset were from racial or ethnic minority backgrounds and fewer than half identified as gay or homosexual (46.3 percent). More than half (58.3 percent) exhibited positive outcomes on four of seven indicators of adaptive functioning. YMSM who identified as either bisexual or heterosexual exhibited lower rates of resilience. Structural-as well as individual-level factors appear to be implicated in resilience among YMSM. Findings underscore the importance of fostering stable sexual identity as a means of building resilience.Keywords sexual identity; homosexual; bisexual; transgender; adaptation; foster careCorrespondence to: Steve Lankenau. & Stueve, 2002;Thiede et al., 2003;Valleroy et al., 2000). Among YMSM, those who do not identify as gay or homosexual and those who consider themselves transgender appear to be at greatest jeopardy for adverse outcomes (Agronick et al., 2004;Cooper, 1999;Hughes & Eliason, 2002). Overall, YMSM are a hidden and hard-to-reach population, mainly because of stigma and often because of their involvement in illegal activities (MacKellar, Valleroy, Karon, Lemp, & Janssen, 1996;Muhib et al., 2001). In particular, YMSM who are involved in the street economy, have substance abuse problems, are from low socioeconomic status backgrounds, do not identify as gay, are younger, and/or are from racial/ethnic minority backgrounds may be more difficult to access for treatment and research than their peers (Barendregt, van der Poel, & van de Mheen, 2005;Muhib et al., 2001;Van Ness, Davis, & Johnson, 2004) and therefore may be viewed as hidden subpopulations. As a result, these young men are understudied and underrepresented in clinical settings since few targeted outreach efforts have focused on them (Clatts, Davis, & Atillasoy, 1995). NIH Public Access Resilience in Populations at RiskWhile multiple unfavorable outcomes exhibited by YMSM have been well documented in the literature, there is also growing interest in better understanding resilience in populations at risk (Anderson, 1998;Russell, 2005;Savin-Williams, 1990). Resilience is conceptualized as a process of positive adaptation in the context of significant adversity (Luthar, Cicchetti, & Becker, 2000). Resilience is typically inferred by examining the functioning of individuals who have experienced hardship in their early upbringings in various domains later in life. Those who exhibit both early hardship and later positive outcomes are considered resilient (Masten, 2001;Rutter, 1985). For instance, McGloin and Widom (2001) studied adults with past substantiated cases of childhood sexual abuse or n...

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Resilience among young men who have sex with men in New York City

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“…In addition, adolescents who run away from home are at increased risk for being exploited and coerced by pimps/traffickers (Williamson & Cluse-Tolar, 2002), and may engage in and become victim to violence, including sexual or physical assault (Valera, Sawyer & Schiraldi, 2001). For adolescents who are addicted to drugs, sex work can quickly become a means to support their habit (Logan & Leukfeld, 2000).…”

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“…The risks associated with selling or trading sex can lead to chronic and serious mental health problems including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) (Farley & Barkan, 1998;Valera, et al, 2001), depression, anxiety, hostility, and paranoid ideations (El-Bassell, et al, 1997). Physical health problems associated with selling or trading sex include Hepatitis B and C (Harcourt, Beek, Heslop, McMahon, & Donovan, 2001), -Bassel, et al, 1997;Flowers, 2001), and other sexually transmitted infections (Jeal & Salisbury, 2004).…”

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Putting the Pieces Back Together: A Group Intervention for Sexually Exploited Adolescent Girls

Hickle

Roe‐Sepowitz

2014

Social Work with Groups

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Article (Unspecified) http://sro.sussex.ac.uk Hickle, Kristine E and Roe-Sepowitz, Dominique E (2014) Putting the pieces back together: a group intervention for sexually exploited adolescent girls. Social Work With Groups, 37 (2). pp. [99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113] This version is available from Sussex Research Online: http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/49718/ This document is made available in accordance with publisher policies and may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the URL above for details on accessing the published version. Copyright and reuse:Sussex Research Online is a digital repository of the research output of the University.Copyright and all moral rights to the version of the paper presented here belong to the individual author(s) and/or other copyright owners. To the extent reasonable and practicable, the material made available in SRO has been checked for eligibility before being made available.Copies of full text items generally can be reproduced, displayed or performed and given to third parties in any format or medium for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-profit purposes without prior permission or charge, provided that the authors, title and full bibliographic details are credited, a hyperlink and/or URL is given for the original metadata page and the content is not changed in any way. Running head: PUTTING THE PIECES BACK TOGETHER Putting the Pieces Back Together: A Group Intervention for SexuallyExploited Adolescent Girls KRISTINE E. HICKLE and DOMINIQUE E. ROE-SEPOWITZ Arizona State University, School of Social Work, Phoenix, AZ, USA Domestic minor sex trafficking (DMST) is an emerging problem affecting adolescents, families, and communities throughout the United States. Despite a growing awareness of the problem, information regarding treatment is limited. This paper describes a pilot group intervention created for use with DMST victims, focusing specifically on areas that were critical to the development and life of the group: 1) providing education about DMST, 2) reducing shame and addressing stigma, 3) mutual aid, and 4) managing strong emotions through the development of new coping skills. Process examples are given to illustrate this pilot intervention, and recommendations for research and practice are discussed.

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“…MTF sex workers are also exposed to infection through engaging in unprotected sex and injection drug use with customers who offer additional financial incentives; having unprotected sex with primary partners as a way of differentiating intimacy from work; and using injection drugs to help them cope with stigma, survival sex work, and life stress (Kurtz, Surratt, Kiley, & Inciardi, 2005;Nemoto et al, 1999;Nemoto, Operario, Keatley, & Villegas, 2004;Nuttbrock, Rosenblum, Magura, Villano, & Wallace, 2004;Weiner, 1996;Yahne, Miller, Irvin-Vitela, & Tonigan, 2002). Life stress is often extremely high for sex workers: One study (Valera, Sawyer, & Schiraldi, 2001), which included MTF sex workers, nontransgender female sex workers, and 4 In this article, we use the terms nontransgender women and nontransgender men (rather than the designations women and men) to distinguish them from transgender women and men. A nontransgender woman is defined as someone who was assigned female at birth, grew up as a girl, and now identifies as a woman.…”

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Sex workers, fem queens, and cross-dressers: Differential marginalizations and HIV vulnerabilities among three ethnocultural male-to-female transgender communities in New York City

Hwahng

Nuttbrock

2007

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This article describes 3 distinct ethnocultural male-to-female transgender communities in New York City: the low-income African American/Black1 and Latina(o) House Ball community; lowincome, often undocumented immigrant Asian sex workers; and middle-class White crossdressers. These communities are highly socially isolated from each other and are more connected to their ethnocultural contexts than to an abstract and shared transgender identity. Whereas previous research either has viewed male-to-female transgender people as one monolithic group or has separated them into abstract racial categories unconnected to their communities and lifestyles, this article positions them within specific social networks, cultures, neighborhoods, and lifestyles. With regard to HIV vulnerabilities, violence, and rape, House Ball community members seemed to engage in the riskiest form of survival sex work, whereas Asian sex workers seemed to engage in moderate-risk survival sex work. White cross-dressers seemed to engage in very low-risk recreational sex work.2 Keywords sex work; House Ball community; Asian immigrants; social networks; ethnocultural community contexts; transgender This article charts new territory by mapping ethnocultural communities and connecting HIV risk behaviors within a nexus of racial, ethnic, cultural, social, and economic factors. Findings from our study of three ethno-cultural transgender communities demonstrate the fundamental roles of economics and marginalization in determining identities and HIV risk behaviors.Male-to-female (MTF) transgender people make up a population that is especially hidden, difficult to reach, and marginalized from the general population

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Perceived Health Needs of Inner-City Street Prostitutes: A Preliminary Study

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Resilience among young men who have sex with men in New York City

Resilience among young men who have sex with men in New York City

Putting the Pieces Back Together: A Group Intervention for Sexually Exploited Adolescent Girls

Sex workers, fem queens, and cross-dressers: Differential marginalizations and HIV vulnerabilities among three ethnocultural male-to-female transgender communities in New York City

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