We Knew No One Else Had Our Back except Us

Recommendations for Creating an Accountability Care Framework with Sex Workers in Eastern Canada

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ID5933748
AutoresK C Sitter (0000-0002-2479-279X, University of Calgary, autor correspondente), Alison L Grittner (0000-0002-3824-6618, University of Calgary), Alison Grittner, Mica R Pabia, Mica Pabia (University of Calgary), Heather Jarvis (0000-0001-6376-5949, Independent Researcher, Halifax, NS B3K 5Z7, Canada)
Ano2022
Volume11
Fascículo8
Páginas366
Data de publicação2022-08-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2076-0760 • E-ISSN: 2076-0760
EditoraMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/socsci11080366
OpenAlexW4293065918
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas24

The authors report findings from a 15-month project that focused on the experiences of sex workers who live and work in an Eastern Canadian province. As part of a larger multi-phased study, 15 adults who identified as women, transgender, or non-binary, and received money or goods for sexual services, participated in photo-elicitation interviews. Drawing on a critical framing analysis, findings indicated supports-as identified and experienced by sex workers-encompassed three categories of care: self, community, and collective. These categories are described, with a particular focus on the latter two. Continuing with the care-based framework, recommendations to structure interventions draw on the role of accountability care in identifying how best to operationalize policies that promote health, well-being, and dignity of Canadian sex workers. The paper begins with a brief overview of the Canadian context and the role of supports. It follows with a discussion on the materials and methods and the results. It concludes with recommendations, limitations, and future considerations

Accountability · Context (archaeology · Dignity · Family medicine · Focus group · Framing (construction · Operationalization · Political science · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sex work · Sociology · Transgender · Gender Studies · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology