Creating Space for Adolescents and Families With Lived Experience of Homelessness to Build Familial Empathy, Communication, and Emotional Regulation : A Qualitative Study of Facilitators of Implementation

Youth experiencing homelessness are vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation (CSE). Structural racism disproportionately entraps marginalized youth into CSE while simultaneously obscuring their identification as victims. Adaptation and tailoring of effective interventions to mitigate associated sequelae and inequities is warranted. Support To Reunite, Involve, and Value Each Other (STRIVE) is a strengths-based dyadic intervention with demonstrated efficacy in reducing delinquency, substance use, and high-risk sexual behaviors among marginalized adolescents experiencing homelessness. The adapted STRIVE+ was piloted to explore potential for reducing youth risk factors for CSE. The current article reports findings from interviews exploring participants' experiences with STRIVE+. Youth and caregivers reported increased empathy, communication, and emotional regulation post-STRIVE+ and found relevance and meaning through participating in the adapted intervention. Feasibility of recruitment, engagement, and retention of minoritized adolescents and their caregivers were also demonstrated. Findings warrant larger scale implementation trials of STRIVE+ among minoritized youth at highest risk for CSE. [Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 62(1), 27-35.].

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:62

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Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services - 62(2024), 1 vom: 19. Jan., Seite 27-35

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Englisch

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Bounds, Dawn T [VerfasserIn]
Rodrigues, Sarah M [VerfasserIn]
Balsam, Donna [VerfasserIn]
Lennan, Nia [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Karen Reyes [VerfasserIn]
Milburn, Norweeta G [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 08.01.2024

Date Revised 08.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.3928/02793695-20230622-01

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NLM358804213