1. "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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Sitter, Kathleen C., Grittner, Alison, Pabia, Mica R., and Jarvis, Heather
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SEX workers , *CANADIAN provinces , *FRAMES (Social sciences) , *COMMUNITIES , *SELF - Abstract
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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