Citation

McDonald L, Timoshkina N. J. Soc. Work Res. Eval. 2004; 5(2): 169-192.

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(Copyright © 2004, Springer Publishing)

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Abstract

This article provides an overview of the health and social service issues relevant to trafficked women sex workers drawn from a phenomenological study that explored the transition processes of women trafficked into Canada from the former Soviet Union and Eastern and Central Europe. The study interviewed 20 female sex workers, 15 health and social service providers, and 15 key informants. The authors challenge the commonly held principle that trafficked/migrant sex workers should receive specialized services in their own language and within their own community, as the study revealed that women would prefer to use existing generic health and social services. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). (journal abstract)