Landers Monica, McGrath Kimberly, Johnson Melissa H, Armstrong Mary I, Dollard Norin
a Florida Mental Health Institute , University of South Florida , Tampa , Florida.
b Citrus Health Network Inc ., Hialeah , Florida.
J Child Sex Abus. 2017 Aug-Sep;26(6):692-709. doi: 10.1080/10538712.2017.1323814. Epub 2017 Jun 28.
Commercial sexual exploitation of children has emerged as a critical issue within child welfare, but little is currently known about this population or effective treatment approaches to address their unique needs. Children in foster care and runaways are reported to be vulnerable to exploitation because they frequently have unmet needs for family relationships, and they have had inadequate supervision and histories of trauma of which traffickers take advantage. The current article presents data on the demographic characteristics, trauma history, mental and behavioral health needs, physical health needs, and strengths collected on a sample of 87 commercially sexually exploited youth. These youth were served in a specialized treatment program in Miami-Dade County, Florida, for exploited youth involved with the child welfare system. Findings revealed that the youth in this study have high rates of previous sexual abuse (86% of the youth) and other traumatic experiences prior to their exploitation. Youth also exhibited considerable mental and behavioral health needs. Given that few programs emphasize the unique needs of children who have been sexually exploited, recommendations are offered for providing a continuum of specialized housing and treatment services to meet the needs of sexually exploited youth, based on the authors' experiences working with this population.
对儿童的商业性剥削已成为儿童福利领域的一个关键问题，但目前对这一群体以及满足其独特需求的有效治疗方法知之甚少。据报道，寄养儿童和离家出走的儿童容易受到剥削，因为他们对家庭关系的需求常常得不到满足，而且他们受到的监管不足，还存在创伤经历，而 traffickers 会利用这些情况。本文介绍了对87名遭受商业性剥削的青少年样本收集的人口统计学特征、创伤史、心理和行为健康需求、身体健康需求以及优势方面的数据。这些青少年在佛罗里达州迈阿密 - 戴德县的一个专门治疗项目中接受服务，该项目针对涉及儿童福利系统的受剥削青少年。研究结果显示，本研究中的青少年在遭受剥削之前曾遭受性虐待的比例很高（86%的青少年），并且有其他创伤经历。青少年还表现出相当大的心理和行为健康需求。鉴于很少有项目强调遭受性剥削儿童的独特需求，基于作者与这一群体合作的经验，本文提出了提供一系列专门住房和治疗服务以满足性剥削青少年需求的建议。
