Human Trafficking – Role of the Nurse as Advocate
Definition of Human Trafficking Human trafficking, also called as the modern form of slavery, is defined as activities involved when one person obtains or holds another person in compelled service for the purpose of financial gain with categories including sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and trafficking in child soldiers (Sabella, 2011). According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) (2016), human trafficking is defined as “an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receipting of person through a use of force, threat, coercion, abduction, or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them”. These exploitations happen usually without the consent …show more content…
The first step is for the health care professional to follow the victim of child abuse or domestic violence depending on the patient 's age and separate the victim from the controlling person, if such is present. The second step is to interview the patient depending on his/her nationality status. The third step is mandatory reporting, if assessment questions receive at least one answer “yes” for the person under 18, or notifying law enforcement for the victim 18 and over, or notifying FBI, if the patient is a foreign nationality. The fourth step is in case if the victim does not want to notify law enforcement. This step consists of few options like notifying either local emergency, or National Trafficking Hotline, or providing assistance if reporting is not …show more content…
It has to be interdisciplinary and collaborative effort to implement such policy.
Educational program for the identification and screening of human trafficking victims
As for now, my hospital does not provide any education on human trafficking. However, the Ascension Health, that the hospital is part of, provides a four hours educational program in other hospitals focused on detection of the victims and follow-ups. It is a pioneering program to engage healthcare providers in the fight to end human trafficking. This program will be part of a mandatory annual education as soon as necessary resources will be available.
Clinical Experience with a victim of human
Definition of Human Trafficking Human trafficking, also called as the modern form of slavery, is defined as activities involved when one person obtains or holds another person in compelled service for the purpose of financial gain with categories including sex trafficking, labor trafficking, and trafficking in child soldiers (Sabella, 2011). According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) (2016), human trafficking is defined as “an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receipting of person through a use of force, threat, coercion, abduction, or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them”. These exploitations happen usually without the consent …show more content…
The first step is for the health care professional to follow the victim of child abuse or domestic violence depending on the patient 's age and separate the victim from the controlling person, if such is present. The second step is to interview the patient depending on his/her nationality status. The third step is mandatory reporting, if assessment questions receive at least one answer “yes” for the person under 18, or notifying law enforcement for the victim 18 and over, or notifying FBI, if the patient is a foreign nationality. The fourth step is in case if the victim does not want to notify law enforcement. This step consists of few options like notifying either local emergency, or National Trafficking Hotline, or providing assistance if reporting is not …show more content…
It has to be interdisciplinary and collaborative effort to implement such policy.
Educational program for the identification and screening of human trafficking victims
As for now, my hospital does not provide any education on human trafficking. However, the Ascension Health, that the hospital is part of, provides a four hours educational program in other hospitals focused on detection of the victims and follow-ups. It is a pioneering program to engage healthcare providers in the fight to end human trafficking. This program will be part of a mandatory annual education as soon as necessary resources will be available.
Clinical Experience with a victim of human