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L Cordisco Tsai

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ID44996
NOMBREL Cordisco Tsai
NOMBRESL Cordisco
APELLIDOTsai
FIRMATSAI L C
AFILIACIONESGeorge Mason University
ORCID0000-0003-0089-1459
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS26
TOTAL DE CITAS60
TOTAL COMO AUTOR26
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2014
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H5
  • “In the End, the Success of Other Survivor Leaders is Everyone’s Success”

    L Cordisco Tsai, Carmina Charmaine G Domingo et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2026

    Survivor leadership is essential to transformative anti-trafficking policy and practice, yet little research has examined how survivors themselves define it. This study explores the meaning of survivor leadership among survivors of human trafficking in the Philippines using photovoice. Survivor co-researchers identified seven key themes: valuing lived experience, public recognition, survivor-driven program design, access to professional roles, ca…

  • A Survivor-defined Framework for Economic Empowerment

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2025

    Human trafficking survivors commonly identify financial security as a key priority. While various economic empowerment programs for survivors exist, insufficient research has explored what economic empowerment means to survivors themselves, resulting in programs and policies that may not center survivors’ goals and needs. This manuscript presents a framework for economic empowerment that was defined by survivors of human trafficking and gender-ba…

  • Cultural adaptation of a trauma-informed mind-body intervention for survivors of human trafficking

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Namy et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•2024

    In this Voices from Practice article, we present the process for adapting a 12-week mind-body group mental health intervention from development and implementation in Uganda for implementation with human trafficking survivors in the Philippines. We summarize key steps in the intervention adaptation process, outlining recommendations for other social work practitioners interested in culturally adapting community mental health interventions. This Vo…

  • Photovoice as a psychosocial intervention for survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2023

    This study explores the psychosocial impact of photovoice participation among survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence. Photovoice is a community-based participatory research (CBPR) method grounded in empowerment theory, feminist theory, and documentary photography. While survivors, practitioners, and scholars have increasingly called for survivors to co-produce research pertaining to their own experiences, limited research has ex…

  • Strengthening Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking

    L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2023

    Survivors’ voices have historically been excluded from research on human trafficking. Although research on the importance of survivor voice is growing, minimal research has explored survivors’ own perspectives on their experiences in anti-human trafficking programming and their recommendations for strengthening services. In this manuscript, we share recommendations from survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation for improving direct s…

  • Suicide Prevention Training in the Anti-Human Trafficking Sector

    L Cordisco Tsai, Catherine Carlson et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2023

    Human trafficking survivors report high rates of suicidal ideation and behavior. However, limited training on suicide prevention among anti-human trafficking service providers, stigma, low utilization rates of mental health services, and lack of evidence-based, culturally-congruent interventions create barriers for survivors in receiving needed support. Prior research has identified capacity building in suicide prevention as a critical priority i…

  • Shelter-based services for survivors of human trafficking in Cambodia

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Social Work•2022

    In Southeast Asia, services for survivors of human trafficking have historically been centralized within shelter programs. Minimal research has, however, been conducted regarding trafficking-specific shelters, particularly research that highlights the perspectives of survivors themselves. This manuscript presents the perspectives of survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation on their own experiences pertaining to trafficking-specific …

  • Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work

    Open Access•Susan S Witte, Lyla Sunyoung Yang et al.•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•2022•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 4

    The purpose of this paper is to summarize 15 years of intervention science in combination HIV prevention and microfinance among women engaged in sex work (WESW) in Central Asia, identifying gaps in our understanding and recommendations for future studies. We begin by describing the emergence of HIV/STI risk among WESW in the Central Asia region, specifically Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and bridge to the formative stages of our methodology as well as…

  • All I was Thinking About was Shattered”

    Open Access•Namy, Sophie Namy et al.•ARTICLE•Affilia•2022•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 2

    Human trafficking is an egregious violation of fundamental human rights and a global challenge. The long-term harms to survivors' physical, psychological and social wellbeing are profound and well documented, and yet there are few studies exploring how to best promote resilience and holistic healing. This is especially true within shelter programs (where the majority of anti-trafficking services are provided) and during the transition out of resi…

  • Practitioner Experiences Responding to Suicide Risk for Survivors of Human Trafficking in the Philippines

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Catherine Carlson et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Health Research•2022•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 57

    Human trafficking survivors experience elevated suicide risk in comparison to the general population. Anti-trafficking service providers in the Philippines have identified capacity building in suicide prevention as a critical priority given the insufficient number of trained mental health professionals and lack of culturally adapted evidence-based interventions in the Philippines. We conducted a focused ethnography exploring the experiences of no…

  • Perspectives of boys on their experiences in human trafficking shelter programming in Cambodia

    L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2022•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 30

    Shelter programs are a core component of the service delivery system for youth who have experienced human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Southeast Asia. Limited research, however, exists regarding trafficking-specific shelter-based services. Research and programming in the anti-human trafficking sector has focused heavily on women and girls. The experiences and service needs of boys and men have been understudied. This manuscript explores…

  • They Did Not Pay Attention or Want to Listen When We Spoke”

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Affilia•2021•Citada por: 6•Referencias: 7

    Human trafficking is a global challenge that violates fundamental human rights. While the risk factors and health impacts of human trafficking have been well documented, the potential for survivors’ resilience is far less understood. In Southeast Asia, the majority of trafficking-specific services have historically been concentrated in shelters, and yet evidenced-based protocols for shelter services are lacking. This study aligns with the growing…

  • Experiences of trafficked and sexually exploited boys transitioning from shelter programmes into the community

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Children & Society•2020

    This article explores the perspectives of Cambodian boys who have experienced human trafficking and sexual exploitation on their experiences transitioning out of shelters and re‐entering the community. We used an interpretive phenomenological approach to analyse 81 interviews and narrative summaries of interviews drawn from Chab Dai's 10‐year longitudinal study with survivors in Cambodia ( n = 22). Themes included: minimal involvement in planning…

  • Perspectives of Survivors of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation on Their Relationships with Shelter Staff

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•The British Journal of Social Work•2020•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 19

    Shelter-based services are a core component of the current service delivery system for survivors of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation in Southeast Asia. Limited research exists regarding trafficking-specific shelter-based services in Asia. This article explores the perspectives of survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation on their relationships with shelter staff in Cambodia. In this study, we draw upon data from Chab D…

  • Reflections on Adapting Motivational Interviewing to the Filipino Cultural Context

    L Cordisco Tsai, Ivy F Seballos-Llena•ARTICLE•Practice•2019•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 6

    Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person-centred, humanistic approach to strengthening a person’s motivation for and commitment to change. Although MI has been successfully translated into a variety of languages, cultural adaptation of MI has been limited. Recent research has shown that culturally adapted versions of MI show enhanced effectiveness in comparison to non-culturally adapted MI. The majority of research pertaining to the cultural ad…

  • Conducting Research with Survivors of Sex Trafficking

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•The British Journal of Social Work•2018•Citada por: 6•Referencias: 25

    Human trafficking is a significant human rights issue confronting social workers, and yet rigorous research on human trafficking remains limited, particularly in the social work field. Numerous ethical and methodological challenges arise when researching human trafficking. Few studies have, however, examined the process of conducting research with trafficked persons. This study explored the process of conducting research with survivors of sex tra…

  • Building core skills among adult survivors of human trafficking in a workplace setting in the Philippines

    Open Access•Melinda Gill, L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•International Social Work•2018•Citada por: 2•Referencias: 4

    This article presents the experiences of practitioners supporting survivors of human trafficking in developing core skills in a workplace setting in the Philippines. Safe and supportive workplace environments that use evidence-informed strategies to strengthen core skills can contribute to the healthy reintegration of human trafficking survivors

  • Personal and Financial Risk Typologies Among Women Who Engage in Sex Work in Mongolia

    Open Access•Reid Offringa, L Cordisco Tsai et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2017•Referencias: 47

  • The Process of Managing Family Financial Pressures Upon Community Reentry Among Survivors of Sex Trafficking in the Philippines

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2017•Citada por: 6•Referencias: 29

    Trafficking survivors commonly face substantial economic challenges upon community reentry, including pressure to provide financially for their families. However, no studies have addressed the process of how trafficking survivors manage these family financial pressures upon returning to the community. This grounded theory study explores the process of managing family financial pressures upon reentry among 22 Filipina women who were formerly traff…

  • Family financial roles assumed by sex trafficking survivors upon community re-entry

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2017•Citada por: 10•Referencias: 16

    People who have been trafficked often face substantial financial challenges upon exiting human trafficking and re-entering the community. This article presents findings from a 6-month financial diaries study with the households of 30 women in Cebu City, Philippines, who were trafficked into sex work. Data from 352 interviews with sex trafficking survivors and their family members were utilized to explore the roles that trafficking survivors playe…

  • The impact of a microsavings intervention on reducing violence against women engaged in sex work

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Catherine E Carlson et al.•ARTICLE•BMC International Health and…•2016

    BACKGROUND: Women who engage in sex work are at risk for experiencing violence from numerous perpetrators, including paying partners. Empirical evidence has shown mixed results regarding the impact of participation in microfinance interventions on women's experiences of violence, with some studies demonstrating reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) and others showing heightened risk for IPV. The current study reports on the impact of part…

  • Household Financial Management and Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in the Philippines

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Violence Against Women•2016•Citada por: 4•Referencias: 13

    This study explores the causal impact of independent management of household finances upon women's experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Philippines. Propensity score matching is used to generate a casual estimate of the impact of women's roles as household financial managers on their experiences of IPV. Findings demonstrate that managing household finances independently significantly increased the severity of IPV women experience…

  • Efficacy of a Savings-Led Microfinance Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk for HIV Among Women Engaged in Sex Work

    Susan S Witte, Toivgoo Aira et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2015•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 31

    Objectives. We tested whether a structural intervention combining savings-led microfinance and HIV prevention components would achieve enhanced reductions in sexual risk among women engaging in street-based sex work in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, compared with an HIV prevention intervention alone. Methods. Between November 2011 and August 2012, we randomized 107 eligible women who completed baseline assessments to either a 4-session HIV sexual risk re…

  • Efficacy of a microsavings intervention in increasing income and reducing economic dependence upon sex work among women in Mongolia

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Susan S Witte et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•2015•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 2

    Diversifying options for income generation and employment may enhance health outcomes for women engaged in sex work. This randomized trial tested the efficacy of a microsavings intervention on reductions in economic dependence upon sex work and changes in income among women in Mongolia. Women who attended microfinance plus HIV prevention sessions reported a significantly lower percentage of income from sex work, increased odds of reporting no inc…

  • Risks and resiliency of women engaged in sex work in Mongolia

    Catherine E Carlson, L Cordisco Tsai et al.•CHAPTER•Routledge Handbook of Sexuality…•2014

    Landlocked between Russia and China and comprised of over one-and-a-half million square kilometres, yet with a population of just under three million, Mongolia has the lowest population density of any country in the world. An estimated 4,000 persons, primarily women, engage in sex work in the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. Social stigma often becomes internalised, with women reporting feeling shame and self-loathing. Stigma against women …

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  • Family financial roles assumed by sex trafficking survivors upon community re-entry

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2017•Citada por: 10•Referencias: 16

    People who have been trafficked often face substantial financial challenges upon exiting human trafficking and re-entering the community. This article presents findings from a 6-month financial diaries study with the households of 30 women in Cebu City, Philippines, who were trafficked into sex work. Data from 352 interviews with sex trafficking survivors and their family members were utilized to explore the roles that trafficking survivors playe…

  • They Did Not Pay Attention or Want to Listen When We Spoke”

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Affilia•2021•Citada por: 6•Referencias: 7

    Human trafficking is a global challenge that violates fundamental human rights. While the risk factors and health impacts of human trafficking have been well documented, the potential for survivors’ resilience is far less understood. In Southeast Asia, the majority of trafficking-specific services have historically been concentrated in shelters, and yet evidenced-based protocols for shelter services are lacking. This study aligns with the growing…

  • Conducting Research with Survivors of Sex Trafficking

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•The British Journal of Social Work•2018•Citada por: 6•Referencias: 25

    Human trafficking is a significant human rights issue confronting social workers, and yet rigorous research on human trafficking remains limited, particularly in the social work field. Numerous ethical and methodological challenges arise when researching human trafficking. Few studies have, however, examined the process of conducting research with trafficked persons. This study explored the process of conducting research with survivors of sex tra…

  • The Process of Managing Family Financial Pressures Upon Community Reentry Among Survivors of Sex Trafficking in the Philippines

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2017•Citada por: 6•Referencias: 29

    Trafficking survivors commonly face substantial economic challenges upon community reentry, including pressure to provide financially for their families. However, no studies have addressed the process of how trafficking survivors manage these family financial pressures upon returning to the community. This grounded theory study explores the process of managing family financial pressures upon reentry among 22 Filipina women who were formerly traff…

  • Practitioner Experiences Responding to Suicide Risk for Survivors of Human Trafficking in the Philippines

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Catherine Carlson et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Health Research•2022•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 57

    Human trafficking survivors experience elevated suicide risk in comparison to the general population. Anti-trafficking service providers in the Philippines have identified capacity building in suicide prevention as a critical priority given the insufficient number of trained mental health professionals and lack of culturally adapted evidence-based interventions in the Philippines. We conducted a focused ethnography exploring the experiences of no…

  • Perspectives of boys on their experiences in human trafficking shelter programming in Cambodia

    L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2022•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 30

    Shelter programs are a core component of the service delivery system for youth who have experienced human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Southeast Asia. Limited research, however, exists regarding trafficking-specific shelter-based services. Research and programming in the anti-human trafficking sector has focused heavily on women and girls. The experiences and service needs of boys and men have been understudied. This manuscript explores…

  • Efficacy of a Savings-Led Microfinance Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk for HIV Among Women Engaged in Sex Work

    Susan S Witte, Toivgoo Aira et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2015•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 31

    Objectives. We tested whether a structural intervention combining savings-led microfinance and HIV prevention components would achieve enhanced reductions in sexual risk among women engaging in street-based sex work in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, compared with an HIV prevention intervention alone. Methods. Between November 2011 and August 2012, we randomized 107 eligible women who completed baseline assessments to either a 4-session HIV sexual risk re…

  • Efficacy of a microsavings intervention in increasing income and reducing economic dependence upon sex work among women in Mongolia

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Susan S Witte et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•2015•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 2

    Diversifying options for income generation and employment may enhance health outcomes for women engaged in sex work. This randomized trial tested the efficacy of a microsavings intervention on reductions in economic dependence upon sex work and changes in income among women in Mongolia. Women who attended microfinance plus HIV prevention sessions reported a significantly lower percentage of income from sex work, increased odds of reporting no inc…

  • Household Financial Management and Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in the Philippines

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Violence Against Women•2016•Citada por: 4•Referencias: 13

    This study explores the causal impact of independent management of household finances upon women's experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Philippines. Propensity score matching is used to generate a casual estimate of the impact of women's roles as household financial managers on their experiences of IPV. Findings demonstrate that managing household finances independently significantly increased the severity of IPV women experience…

  • Reflections on Adapting Motivational Interviewing to the Filipino Cultural Context

    L Cordisco Tsai, Ivy F Seballos-Llena•ARTICLE•Practice•2019•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 6

    Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person-centred, humanistic approach to strengthening a person’s motivation for and commitment to change. Although MI has been successfully translated into a variety of languages, cultural adaptation of MI has been limited. Recent research has shown that culturally adapted versions of MI show enhanced effectiveness in comparison to non-culturally adapted MI. The majority of research pertaining to the cultural ad…

  • Building core skills among adult survivors of human trafficking in a workplace setting in the Philippines

    Open Access•Melinda Gill, L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•International Social Work•2018•Citada por: 2•Referencias: 4

    This article presents the experiences of practitioners supporting survivors of human trafficking in developing core skills in a workplace setting in the Philippines. Safe and supportive workplace environments that use evidence-informed strategies to strengthen core skills can contribute to the healthy reintegration of human trafficking survivors

  • Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work

    Open Access•Susan S Witte, Lyla Sunyoung Yang et al.•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•2022•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 4

    The purpose of this paper is to summarize 15 years of intervention science in combination HIV prevention and microfinance among women engaged in sex work (WESW) in Central Asia, identifying gaps in our understanding and recommendations for future studies. We begin by describing the emergence of HIV/STI risk among WESW in the Central Asia region, specifically Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and bridge to the formative stages of our methodology as well as…

  • All I was Thinking About was Shattered”

    Open Access•Namy, Sophie Namy et al.•ARTICLE•Affilia•2022•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 2

    Human trafficking is an egregious violation of fundamental human rights and a global challenge. The long-term harms to survivors' physical, psychological and social wellbeing are profound and well documented, and yet there are few studies exploring how to best promote resilience and holistic healing. This is especially true within shelter programs (where the majority of anti-trafficking services are provided) and during the transition out of resi…

  • Perspectives of Survivors of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation on Their Relationships with Shelter Staff

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•The British Journal of Social Work•2020•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 19

    Shelter-based services are a core component of the current service delivery system for survivors of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation in Southeast Asia. Limited research exists regarding trafficking-specific shelter-based services in Asia. This article explores the perspectives of survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation on their relationships with shelter staff in Cambodia. In this study, we draw upon data from Chab D…

  • Risks and resiliency of women engaged in sex work in Mongolia

    Catherine E Carlson, L Cordisco Tsai et al.•CHAPTER•Routledge Handbook of Sexuality…•2014

    Landlocked between Russia and China and comprised of over one-and-a-half million square kilometres, yet with a population of just under three million, Mongolia has the lowest population density of any country in the world. An estimated 4,000 persons, primarily women, engage in sex work in the capital city of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. Social stigma often becomes internalised, with women reporting feeling shame and self-loathing. Stigma against women …

  • Underage youth trading sex in the Philippines

    Lianne A Urada, Jay G Silverman et al.•ARTICLE•AIDS Care•2014

    This study examines the socio-structural sexual health risks of female youth (aged 14-17) working in bar/spa venues and brothels in the Philippines, compared to their older counterparts. Aside from this study, few female sex work studies have interviewed youth under 18. On four southern Philippines islands, 770 female sex workers (FSWs), aged 14-48, were recruited from bar/spa venues and brothels to participate in a socio-structural HIV preventio…

  • Efficacy of a Savings-Led Microfinance Intervention to Reduce Sexual Risk for HIV Among Women Engaged in Sex Work

    Susan S Witte, Toivgoo Aira et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Public Health•2015•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 31

    Objectives. We tested whether a structural intervention combining savings-led microfinance and HIV prevention components would achieve enhanced reductions in sexual risk among women engaging in street-based sex work in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, compared with an HIV prevention intervention alone. Methods. Between November 2011 and August 2012, we randomized 107 eligible women who completed baseline assessments to either a 4-session HIV sexual risk re…

  • Efficacy of a microsavings intervention in increasing income and reducing economic dependence upon sex work among women in Mongolia

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Susan S Witte et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•2015•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 2

    Diversifying options for income generation and employment may enhance health outcomes for women engaged in sex work. This randomized trial tested the efficacy of a microsavings intervention on reductions in economic dependence upon sex work and changes in income among women in Mongolia. Women who attended microfinance plus HIV prevention sessions reported a significantly lower percentage of income from sex work, increased odds of reporting no inc…

  • The impact of a microsavings intervention on reducing violence against women engaged in sex work

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Catherine E Carlson et al.•ARTICLE•BMC International Health and…•2016

    BACKGROUND: Women who engage in sex work are at risk for experiencing violence from numerous perpetrators, including paying partners. Empirical evidence has shown mixed results regarding the impact of participation in microfinance interventions on women's experiences of violence, with some studies demonstrating reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) and others showing heightened risk for IPV. The current study reports on the impact of part…

  • Household Financial Management and Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence in the Philippines

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Violence Against Women•2016•Citada por: 4•Referencias: 13

    This study explores the causal impact of independent management of household finances upon women's experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the Philippines. Propensity score matching is used to generate a casual estimate of the impact of women's roles as household financial managers on their experiences of IPV. Findings demonstrate that managing household finances independently significantly increased the severity of IPV women experience…

  • Personal and Financial Risk Typologies Among Women Who Engage in Sex Work in Mongolia

    Open Access•Reid Offringa, L Cordisco Tsai et al.•ARTICLE•Archives of Sexual Behavior•2017•Referencias: 47

  • The Process of Managing Family Financial Pressures Upon Community Reentry Among Survivors of Sex Trafficking in the Philippines

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2017•Citada por: 6•Referencias: 29

    Trafficking survivors commonly face substantial economic challenges upon community reentry, including pressure to provide financially for their families. However, no studies have addressed the process of how trafficking survivors manage these family financial pressures upon returning to the community. This grounded theory study explores the process of managing family financial pressures upon reentry among 22 Filipina women who were formerly traff…

  • Family financial roles assumed by sex trafficking survivors upon community re-entry

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2017•Citada por: 10•Referencias: 16

    People who have been trafficked often face substantial financial challenges upon exiting human trafficking and re-entering the community. This article presents findings from a 6-month financial diaries study with the households of 30 women in Cebu City, Philippines, who were trafficked into sex work. Data from 352 interviews with sex trafficking survivors and their family members were utilized to explore the roles that trafficking survivors playe…

  • Conducting Research with Survivors of Sex Trafficking

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•The British Journal of Social Work•2018•Citada por: 6•Referencias: 25

    Human trafficking is a significant human rights issue confronting social workers, and yet rigorous research on human trafficking remains limited, particularly in the social work field. Numerous ethical and methodological challenges arise when researching human trafficking. Few studies have, however, examined the process of conducting research with trafficked persons. This study explored the process of conducting research with survivors of sex tra…

  • Building core skills among adult survivors of human trafficking in a workplace setting in the Philippines

    Open Access•Melinda Gill, L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•International Social Work•2018•Citada por: 2•Referencias: 4

    This article presents the experiences of practitioners supporting survivors of human trafficking in developing core skills in a workplace setting in the Philippines. Safe and supportive workplace environments that use evidence-informed strategies to strengthen core skills can contribute to the healthy reintegration of human trafficking survivors

  • Reflections on Adapting Motivational Interviewing to the Filipino Cultural Context

    L Cordisco Tsai, Ivy F Seballos-Llena•ARTICLE•Practice•2019•Citada por: 3•Referencias: 6

    Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person-centred, humanistic approach to strengthening a person’s motivation for and commitment to change. Although MI has been successfully translated into a variety of languages, cultural adaptation of MI has been limited. Recent research has shown that culturally adapted versions of MI show enhanced effectiveness in comparison to non-culturally adapted MI. The majority of research pertaining to the cultural ad…

  • Experiences of trafficked and sexually exploited boys transitioning from shelter programmes into the community

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Children & Society•2020

    This article explores the perspectives of Cambodian boys who have experienced human trafficking and sexual exploitation on their experiences transitioning out of shelters and re‐entering the community. We used an interpretive phenomenological approach to analyse 81 interviews and narrative summaries of interviews drawn from Chab Dai's 10‐year longitudinal study with survivors in Cambodia ( n = 22). Themes included: minimal involvement in planning…

  • Perspectives of Survivors of Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation on Their Relationships with Shelter Staff

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•The British Journal of Social Work•2020•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 19

    Shelter-based services are a core component of the current service delivery system for survivors of human trafficking and child sexual exploitation in Southeast Asia. Limited research exists regarding trafficking-specific shelter-based services in Asia. This article explores the perspectives of survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation on their relationships with shelter staff in Cambodia. In this study, we draw upon data from Chab D…

  • They Did Not Pay Attention or Want to Listen When We Spoke”

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Affilia•2021•Citada por: 6•Referencias: 7

    Human trafficking is a global challenge that violates fundamental human rights. While the risk factors and health impacts of human trafficking have been well documented, the potential for survivors’ resilience is far less understood. In Southeast Asia, the majority of trafficking-specific services have historically been concentrated in shelters, and yet evidenced-based protocols for shelter services are lacking. This study aligns with the growing…

  • Shelter-based services for survivors of human trafficking in Cambodia

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Social Work•2022

    In Southeast Asia, services for survivors of human trafficking have historically been centralized within shelter programs. Minimal research has, however, been conducted regarding trafficking-specific shelters, particularly research that highlights the perspectives of survivors themselves. This manuscript presents the perspectives of survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation on their own experiences pertaining to trafficking-specific …

  • Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Among Women Engaged in Sex Work

    Open Access•Susan S Witte, Lyla Sunyoung Yang et al.•ARTICLE•Research on Social Work Practice•2022•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 4

    The purpose of this paper is to summarize 15 years of intervention science in combination HIV prevention and microfinance among women engaged in sex work (WESW) in Central Asia, identifying gaps in our understanding and recommendations for future studies. We begin by describing the emergence of HIV/STI risk among WESW in the Central Asia region, specifically Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and bridge to the formative stages of our methodology as well as…

  • All I was Thinking About was Shattered”

    Open Access•Namy, Sophie Namy et al.•ARTICLE•Affilia•2022•Citada por: 1•Referencias: 2

    Human trafficking is an egregious violation of fundamental human rights and a global challenge. The long-term harms to survivors' physical, psychological and social wellbeing are profound and well documented, and yet there are few studies exploring how to best promote resilience and holistic healing. This is especially true within shelter programs (where the majority of anti-trafficking services are provided) and during the transition out of resi…

  • Practitioner Experiences Responding to Suicide Risk for Survivors of Human Trafficking in the Philippines

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Catherine Carlson et al.•ARTICLE•Qualitative Health Research•2022•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 57

    Human trafficking survivors experience elevated suicide risk in comparison to the general population. Anti-trafficking service providers in the Philippines have identified capacity building in suicide prevention as a critical priority given the insufficient number of trained mental health professionals and lack of culturally adapted evidence-based interventions in the Philippines. We conducted a focused ethnography exploring the experiences of no…

  • Perspectives of boys on their experiences in human trafficking shelter programming in Cambodia

    L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2022•Citada por: 5•Referencias: 30

    Shelter programs are a core component of the service delivery system for youth who have experienced human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Southeast Asia. Limited research, however, exists regarding trafficking-specific shelter-based services. Research and programming in the anti-human trafficking sector has focused heavily on women and girls. The experiences and service needs of boys and men have been understudied. This manuscript explores…

  • Photovoice as a psychosocial intervention for survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Behavior in the…•2023

    This study explores the psychosocial impact of photovoice participation among survivors of human trafficking and gender-based violence. Photovoice is a community-based participatory research (CBPR) method grounded in empowerment theory, feminist theory, and documentary photography. While survivors, practitioners, and scholars have increasingly called for survivors to co-produce research pertaining to their own experiences, limited research has ex…

  • Strengthening Services for Survivors of Human Trafficking

    L Cordisco Tsai, Vanntheary Lim et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2023

    Survivors’ voices have historically been excluded from research on human trafficking. Although research on the importance of survivor voice is growing, minimal research has explored survivors’ own perspectives on their experiences in anti-human trafficking programming and their recommendations for strengthening services. In this manuscript, we share recommendations from survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation for improving direct s…

  • Suicide Prevention Training in the Anti-Human Trafficking Sector

    L Cordisco Tsai, Catherine Carlson et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2023

    Human trafficking survivors report high rates of suicidal ideation and behavior. However, limited training on suicide prevention among anti-human trafficking service providers, stigma, low utilization rates of mental health services, and lack of evidence-based, culturally-congruent interventions create barriers for survivors in receiving needed support. Prior research has identified capacity building in suicide prevention as a critical priority i…

  • Cultural adaptation of a trauma-informed mind-body intervention for survivors of human trafficking

    Open Access•L Cordisco Tsai, Namy et al.•ARTICLE•International Social Work•2024

    In this Voices from Practice article, we present the process for adapting a 12-week mind-body group mental health intervention from development and implementation in Uganda for implementation with human trafficking survivors in the Philippines. We summarize key steps in the intervention adaptation process, outlining recommendations for other social work practitioners interested in culturally adapting community mental health interventions. This Vo…

  • A Survivor-defined Framework for Economic Empowerment

    L Cordisco Tsai•ARTICLE•Journal of Human Trafficking•2025

    Human trafficking survivors commonly identify financial security as a key priority. While various economic empowerment programs for survivors exist, insufficient research has explored what economic empowerment means to survivors themselves, resulting in programs and policies that may not center survivors’ goals and needs. This manuscript presents a framework for economic empowerment that was defined by survivors of human trafficking and gender-ba…

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