Young Women’s Perspectives of Their Adolescent Treatment Programs: A Qualitative Study

The perspectives of at-risk adolescent clients can play an important role in informing treatment services. The current study examines qualitative interview data from 15 young women with histories of maltreatment. Using a semi-structured qualitative interview approach, we asked the women to think ret...

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Autores principales: Clark, Miriam, Buchanan, Rohanna, Leve, Leslie D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5858442/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29470424
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020373
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description The perspectives of at-risk adolescent clients can play an important role in informing treatment services. The current study examines qualitative interview data from 15 young women with histories of maltreatment. Using a semi-structured qualitative interview approach, we asked the women to think retrospectively about their treatment experiences as adolescent girls. Results highlight the need for providing adolescent girls with reliable and practical information about risky sexual behavior and drug use from relatable and trustworthy helping professionals. We discuss strategies for developing and maintaining trust and delivering specific content.
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spelling pubmed-58584422018-03-19 Young Women’s Perspectives of Their Adolescent Treatment Programs: A Qualitative Study Clark, Miriam Buchanan, Rohanna Leve, Leslie D. Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The perspectives of at-risk adolescent clients can play an important role in informing treatment services. The current study examines qualitative interview data from 15 young women with histories of maltreatment. Using a semi-structured qualitative interview approach, we asked the women to think retrospectively about their treatment experiences as adolescent girls. Results highlight the need for providing adolescent girls with reliable and practical information about risky sexual behavior and drug use from relatable and trustworthy helping professionals. We discuss strategies for developing and maintaining trust and delivering specific content. MDPI 2018-02-22 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5858442/ /pubmed/29470424 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15020373 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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