Our Mission
UCLA’s Advocacy, Resilience, & Intersectional Sexual Empowerment (ARISE) Lab is committed to conducting community-driven, innovative research that aims to reduce disparities and increase access and linkage to health and social services for youth and young adults impacted by commercial sexual exploitation (CSE), justice system involvement, or the foster care system. We take a multidisciplinary approach by partnering with local service providers and community members in an effort to create lasting solutions. We are committed to serving a highly vulnerable but promising group of young people through the development and dissemination of meaningful empirical data that meets their self-identified needs.
Our Mission
Tolou-Shams, M., Bath, E., Mcphee, J., Folk, J., Porche, M., and Fortuna, L. Juvenile justice, technology and family separation: A call to prioritize access to family-based telehealth treatment for justice-involved adolescents’ mental health and well-being. Frontiers Digital Health. 2022; 4: 867366. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffdgth.2022.867366
Godoy, S., Thelwell, M., Perris, G., Freeman, O., Eleander, S., & Bath, E. A roadmap to enhancing community based participatory research strategies and collaborative efforts with populations impacted by commercial sexual exploitation. Children and Youth Services Review. 2022; 136: 106427. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106427
Godoy, S., Perris, G., Thelwell, M., Barnert, E., Bacharach, A., Strobel, D., & Bath, E. Systematic review of specialty courts in the U.S. for youth impacted by commercial sexual exploitation. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse. 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/15248380211061403
Anonymous 16 Year Old Youth
"There needs to be more awareness about how or where we can access healthcare. I think that can help me and my friends when we want to see someone."
Anonymous 20 Year Old Youth
"I think what you're doing is really cool and interesting. I like learning new things about my body."