Sex-Trafficked Survivor Recovery: Program Evaluation of Transitions Global Cambodian Safe House

Helping Survivors of Human Trafficking: A Systematic Review of Exit and Postexit Interventions

“…Three peer-reviewed articles and three unpublished reports met inclusion criteria. The unpublished reports included two dissertations (Criswell, 2014; Honeycutt, 2012) and one nongovernmental organization (NGO) report (Bass, Bearup, Bolton, Murray, & Skavenski, 2011). The studies spanned three continents including North America, Asia, and Africa.…”

“…Fifty-nine percent of participants received services within an outpatient setting; the remaining 41% received services in a residential setting. Three studies in this review implemented interventions with a trauma-focused framework, two implemented trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) as part of their services (Bass et al, 2011; O’Callaghan et al, 2013), and the third provided a comprehensive program that included counseling services using the Integrative Treatment of Complex Trauma for Adolescents model (Honeycutt, 2012). The other studies implemented services that were not explicitly based on a trauma-informed approach.…”

“…The included studies measured several outcomes, including mental health, community reintegration, social network, legal, and vocational outcomes. Five studies (Bass et al, 2011; Criswell, 2014; Honeycutt, 2012; O’Callaghan et al, 2013; Potocky, 2010) assessed mental health outcomes, often framed around recovery from trauma-related symptoms.…”

“…A variety of measures were used to collect outcome data in the included studies. Most were self-report measures including the Child Exploitation Psychosocial Assessment Tool (Bass et al, 2011), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Reaction Index–Revised (UCLA PTSD RI-R), African Youth Psychosocial Checklist (AYPA; O’Callaghan et al, 2013), Harvard Trauma Questionnaire, Hopkins Symptom Checklist (Honeycutt, 2012), Self-Perception Profile for Adolescents (SPPA), Selection Optimization (SO) and Competency Questionnaire, and the Future Orientation Scale (Criswell, 2014). Crawford and Kaufman (2008) reviewed clinical records to assess for community reintegration and vocational competency.…”

“…Honeycutt’s (2012) dissertation, a single group pre–posttest study, evaluated the Transitions Global Cambodian safe house program, a program founded in 2007 to provide female survivors of sex trafficking with “rehabilitation and reintegration into the community” by “providing comprehensive aftercare services” (p. 7). While the author described the program as including a variety of services, such as social, psychological, education and health services, and job training and placement, the type, modality, duration of interventions, and who delivered the intervention were not reported.…”