Meeting the mental health & psychosocial needs of sexually exploited women in the Greater Mekong sub-region: a mixed methods study enhancing the training development of human trafficking aftercare workers
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Title | Meeting the mental health & psychosocial needs of sexually exploited women in the Greater Mekong sub-region: a mixed methods study enhancing the training development of human trafficking aftercare workers |
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Type | Doctorate other than PhD |
Authors | |
Author | Anderson, Suzanne Marie |
Supervisor | van der Laan, Luke |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Qualification Name | Doctor of Professional Studies |
Number of Pages | 477 |
Year | 2016 |
Abstract | Human trafficking, also regarded as modern day slavery, is an international human rights problem. This problem has been acknowledged by 154 countries through their ratification of the UN Trafficking Protocol. The Protocol calls for a comprehensive response to human trafficking including a non-binding or ‘soft’ obligation of Research literature has documented high rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety in trafficked populations. Findings have The purpose of this study was to respond to the mental health and psychosocial aftercare needs of trafficking victims by evaluating their needs and the current A number of aspects related to mental health and psychosocial support needed investigation to support the development of a culturally relevant mental health and Research Question 1: What are the experiences and challenges affecting trafficked and sexually exploited women from the GMS? The following questions were related to the application of the results of Research Questions 1 and 2 to the training of aftercare workers: Research Question 3: What are aftercare workers presently doing to support the mental health and psychosocial needs of trafficked women from GMS? In order to address the research questions, an exploratory, sequential mixed methods design using a pragmatic approach was adopted. The research consisted of two phases: 1) a structured, but open-ended interview, which, in addition to developing a deep understanding of the experiences and challenges of trafficked women, provided data for the development of the next phase; 2) an online survey translated into the five languages of the GMS. The samples included professionals with experience in aftercare settings who would have been in positions to observe the experiences, challenges, and aftercare of sexually exploited trafficked women. A Causal Layered Analysis and a thematic analysis were applied to the qualitative data, and descriptive frequency and correlation analyses were applied to the quantitative data. The results of the research phases were applied to the development of a practice-based solution in the third phase. This involved the development of an enhanced, evidence-based, culturally relevant training curriculum and a concept note. Research findings included the development of a conceptual understanding of the cultural contradictions inherent in the GMS that make women vulnerable to sex trafficking and affect their experiences post-trafficking. The contradictions include the ‘push factors’ of poverty; the obligation of children, especially daughters, to support the family; and the monetary value of sex that make women more vulnerable to trafficking. The ‘rejection factors’ that cause a trafficked woman to be stigmatized Research findings related to the experiences and challenges as well as related to cultural dimensions included: • how trafficked women understand their trafficking experiences and the accompanying violence in terms of ‘meaning making’; Research results related to aftercare workers and their training indicated that while many aftercare workers have regular training and supervision, most have been This study contributed to methodological development of the Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) beyond the futures discipline by applying it to understanding the current context of human trafficking. It increased the reliablity of the CLA Methodologically, the use of a mixed methods design advanced its use in the exploratory research of complex problems and firthered a systematic approach to This study contributed to professional practice through the development of a conceptual framework for the cultural transposition of practice from one cultural Future research is needed in a number of areas related to: a) studies located in associated disciplines related to ‘idioms of distress,’ b) evaluations of mental health |
Keywords | human trafficking; sex trafficking; CLA; Mekong; Thailand; Cambodia; Myanmar; Vietnam; Laos; aftercare; psychosocial |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440902. Counselling, wellbeing and community services |
Byline Affiliations | School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3q2x/meeting-the-mental-health-psychosocial-needs-of-sexually-exploited-women-in-the-greater-mekong-sub-region-a-mixed-methods-study-enhancing-the-training-development-of-human-trafficking-aftercare
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