Department of Social Work, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America.
Danger Assessment Training and Technical Assistance Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2022 Jun 29;17(6):e0270103. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0270103. eCollection 2022.
Thousands of youth are sexually trafficked each year worldwide. Increased public attention to the commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) of children has resulted in the rapid deployment of hybrid community public health and social service programs for these vulnerable youth. Research on the effectiveness of these advocacy programs is lacking, particularly whether they decrease psychosocial distress and increase readiness to leave CSE.
Cisgender girls under age 18 at the time of CSE, and who were identified as at-risk for sex trafficking revictimization, were included in an evaluation of an anti-trafficking advocacy program in the North Texas region of the United States. The program includes crisis response, case management, referral, and mentoring services in collaboration with multi-disciplinary team (MDT) responses to identified youth sex trafficking. Case management notes, needs assessments and individualized treatment plans were collected at intake and every 30 days until study conclusion. Standardized surveys, including the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS), the Coping Self-Efficacy Scale, and the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA) were collected at intake and every 180 days until the study concluded. Analyses included descriptive statistics, paired t-tests, chi-square, multivariate linear and logistic regressions, Poisson regressions, and latent profile analysis.
This study was approved by the Texas Christian University's Institutional Review Board (IRB). Results of this study will be presented to the scientific community at conferences and in peer-reviewed journals and non-scholarly outlets such as public health and social service conferences.
全球每年有成千上万的年轻人遭受性贩卖。公众对儿童商业性剥削（CSE）的关注度不断提高，导致针对这些弱势青年的混合社区公共卫生和社会服务计划迅速部署。关于这些宣传计划的有效性的研究很少，特别是它们是否能减少社会心理困扰并增加离开 CSE 的准备。
在 CSE 时年龄在 18 岁以下的跨性别女孩，以及被确定为性贩卖再次受害风险高的女孩，被纳入美国北德克萨斯地区反贩卖宣传计划的评估中。该计划包括危机应对、个案管理、转介和指导服务，与多学科团队（MDT）合作，对已确定的青年性贩卖进行应对。在入组时和每 30 天收集一次个案管理记录、需求评估和个性化治疗计划，直到研究结束。在入组时和每 180 天收集一次标准化调查，包括多维感知社会支持量表（MSPSS）、应对自我效能感量表和罗得岛大学变化评估（URICA）。分析包括描述性统计、配对 t 检验、卡方检验、多元线性和逻辑回归、泊松回归和潜在剖面分析。
本研究得到了德克萨斯基督教大学机构审查委员会（IRB）的批准。该研究的结果将在会议上、同行评议期刊上以及公共卫生和社会服务会议等非学术渠道上向科学界报告。
