School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Community Studies and Public Safety, London, ON, Canada.
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, School of Health Studies, Faculty of Health Sciences, FIMS/Nursing Building (FNB), Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Soc Work Public Health. 2020 Jan 2;35(1-2):33-46. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2020.1733163. Epub 2020 Mar 10.
A community-based participatory research design informed the development and conduct of a needs assessment with street-level sex workers within a mid-sized city in Ontario, Canada. The research question was: What would help street-level sex workers to live with enhanced safety and dignity within their community? Twenty-four women who accessed a peer-driven drop-in center (SafeSpace) participated in in-depth interviews. Observational data of items requested by women who accessed SafeSpace were also documented over a 6-month time period. The overarching theme of relationships was identified as vital to participants' ability to live and work with enhanced safety and dignity in their community. Subthemes included: : Relationships to public space(s); : Relationships with/in community services; and : Relationships in a peer-driven drop-in center for/with/by sex workers. Our findings demonstrate how central relationships are, particularly peer, to enhancing or diminishing sex workers' sense of dignity, self-worth, safety, and enhanced their access to services.
本研究采用社区参与式研究设计，在加拿大安大略省一个中等规模城市中对街头性工作者进行了一项需求评估。研究问题是：什么能帮助街头性工作者在社区中获得更高的安全性和尊严？24 名曾在一个由同行管理的临时收容所（SafeSpace）接受服务的女性参与了深入访谈。此外，在 6 个月的时间内还记录了在 SafeSpace 寻求服务的女性所要求的物品的观察数据。研究确定，关系是参与者在社区中获得更高的安全性和尊严的生活和工作的关键，这是一个总体主题。子主题包括：公共空间的关系；与社区服务的关系；以及在由性工作者管理的同行临时收容所中建立的关系。我们的研究结果表明，关系尤其是与同行的关系，对于增强或削弱性工作者的尊严感、自我价值感、安全感以及增强他们获得服务的机会至关重要。
