American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
Volume 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-56

American Indian adolescent girls: Vulnerability to sex trafficking, intervention strategies (Article) (Open Access)

Pierce A.*
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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.

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Index Keywords

Vulnerable Populations vulnerable population Indians, North American psychological aspect methodology Follow-Up Studies follow up human risk assessment statistics violence Minnesota ethnology American Indian United States harm reduction Humans Adolescent female risk factor Risk Factors prostitution Article program evaluation health education health care quality

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DOI: 10.5820/aian.1901.2012.37
ISSN: 08935394
Cited by: 11
Original Language: English