Interventions that Foster Healing Among Sexually Exploited Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

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dc.contributor.authorMoynihan, M., Pitcher, C., & Saewyc, E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-13T15:03:40Z
dc.date.available2018-06-13T15:03:40Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractSexual exploitation of children and adolescents is a pressing, yet largely under-recognized form of child abuse. The goals of this review were to identify interventions that have been implemented with sexually exploited children and adolescents and to better understand their effectiveness for fostering healing with this population. Our systematic search generated 4,358 publications of which 21 met our inclusion criteria. Based on their objectives and delivery, we organized the interventions into five categories: (a) focused health and/or social services, (b) intensive case management models, (c) psychoeducational therapy groups, (d) residential programs, and (e) other. Most programs were gender-specific, targeting girls and young women with just one being for boys and young men only. Studies reported on a range of outcomes including psychosocial outcomes, risky behaviors, trauma responses, mental health, protective factors, and public health outcomes. Despite differences in delivery, most of the interventions did, to some degree, appear to foster healing among sexually exploited children and adolescents. Findings from this review have implications for researchers, policy and program developers, and frontline practitioners who, through partnerships with one another, can advocate for the creation of evidence-informed, purpose-built, and thoughtfully delivered interventions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMoynihan, M., Pitcher, C., & Saewyc, E. (2018). Interventions that Foster Healing Among Sexually Exploited Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2018.1477220en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10538712.2018.1477220
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/3861
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of child sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectsexual exploitationen_US
dc.subjectadolescentsen_US
dc.subjectinterventionen_US
dc.subjectSystematic reviewen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectInternational Resourcesen_US
dc.titleInterventions that Foster Healing Among Sexually Exploited Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Reviewen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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