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Nurses' Ability to Identify Human Trafficking Victims.

Manjit Rani Sangha, Lorri Birkholz

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|October 7, 2021

Summary

Nurses often miss human trafficking victims due to lack of knowledge and assumptions. A focused education program significantly improved nurses

Area of Science:

Nursing
Public Health
Human Trafficking Studies

Background:

Nurses in acute care settings frequently encounter victims of human trafficking.
Lack of experience, knowledge, or ingrained assumptions hinders nurses' ability to identify victims.
Recognizing and responding to human trafficking is a critical nursing responsibility.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify common assumptions held by nurses regarding human trafficking victims.
To assess the impact of a targeted human trafficking education program on nurses' knowledge and self-efficacy.
To improve nurses' capacity to recognize and support victims of human trafficking in acute care.

Main Methods:

A study was conducted to explore nurses' assumptions about human trafficking.

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A focused education program on human trafficking was implemented.

Nurses' knowledge and self-efficacy were measured before and after the educational intervention.

Main Results:

The study identified specific, prevalent assumptions nurses held about human trafficking victims.
The focused education program led to a demonstrable improvement in nurses' knowledge of human trafficking.
Nurses reported increased self-efficacy in identifying and assisting human trafficking victims post-education.

Conclusions:

Addressing nurses' assumptions is crucial for improving victim identification.
Targeted human trafficking education is effective in enhancing nurses' knowledge and confidence.
Enhanced nursing recognition can improve outcomes for human trafficking survivors in acute care settings.