Community Empowerment & Transformative Learning among Sex Workers

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dc.contributor.authorBenoit, Cecilia
dc.contributor.authorBelle-Isle, Lynne
dc.contributor.authorMichaela, Smith
dc.contributor.authorPhillips, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorShumka, Leah
dc.contributor.authorAtchison, Chris
dc.contributor.authorJansson, Mikael
dc.contributor.authorLoppie, Charlotte
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-28T21:36:28Z
dc.date.available2018-02-28T21:36:28Z
dc.date.copyright2017en_US
dc.date.issued2017-11
dc.description.abstractThis bulletin offers findings from a pilot Peer Health Advocates training program, designed with and for sex workers. It aimed to enhance community empowerment to enable sex workers to shape their practices around health promotion and prevention strategies, and to contribute to improving access to health and social services within their communities. Participants enhanced self-esteem and reduced internalized stigma, increased their critical consciousness, acquired new knowledge from participation and control over the training program, strengthened solidarity with other sex workers, and contributed to increased resource mobilisation in the community. This pilot study, the first of its kind in Canada, was a successful proof of concept and built the foundation for a long-term initiative. Other jurisdictions in Canada could adapt similar programs in their area.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusUnrevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General Stream. We would like to thank our community partners for their contribution to the study design and curriculum, and especially to the local sex worker agency for hosting the program and providing personnel and other resources. Above all, we wish to thank the sex workers who participated in the training and personal interviews. Without their stories, this work would not have been possible.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBenoit, C., Belle-Isle, L., Smith, M., Phillips, R., Shumka, L., Atchison, C., Jansson, M., & Loppie, C. (2017). Community Empowerment and Transformative Learning among Sex Workers: From health educators to health advocates. CISUR Bulletin #17, Victoria, BC: University of Victoria.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/9103
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCanadian Institute for Substance Use Researchen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries17en_US
dc.subjectsex work, community-based research,en_US
dc.titleCommunity Empowerment & Transformative Learning among Sex Workersen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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