Health Care and Human Trafficking: We are Seeing the Unseen

被引：82

作者：

Chisolm-Straker, Makini ^{[1
]}

Baldwin, Susie ^{[2
]}

Gaigbe-Togbe, Bertille ^{[3
,4
]}

Ndukwe, Nneka ^{[5
,6
]}

Johnson, Pauline N. ^{[7
]}

Richardson, Lynne D. ^{[3
,8
]}

机构：

[1] Icahn Sch Med Mt Sinai, Dept Emergency Med Mt Sinai Brooklyn, Nyc, NY 10029 USA

[2] Los Angeles Cty Dept Publ Hlth, Los Angeles, CA USA

[3] Icahn Sch Med Mt Sinai, Nyc, NY 10029 USA

[4] Mt Sinai Med Ctr, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, New York, NY USA

[5] Yeshiva Univ Albert Einstein Coll Med, Bronx, NY USA

[6] Montefiore Hosp, Dept Emergency Med, Bronx, NY USA

[7] NYU, Sch Med, Dept Emergency Med, Div Res, New York, NY 10003 USA

[8] Mt Sinai Med Ctr, Dept Emergency Med, New York, NY USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED | 2016年 / 27卷 / 03期

关键词：

Vulnerable; human trafficking; emergency medicine; slavery;

D O I：

10.1353/hpu.2016.0131

中图分类号：

R19 [保健组织与事业（卫生事业管理）];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Objectives. This study aimed to build the evidence base around human trafficking (HT) and health in the U.S. by employing a quantitative approach to exploring the notion that health care providers encounter this population. Furthermore, this study sought to describe the health care settings most frequented by victims of human trafficking. Methods. This was an anonymous, retrospective study of survivors of U.S.-based human trafficking. Results. One hundred and seventy-three participants who endured U.S.-based human trafficking were surveyed. The majority (68%, n=117) of participants were seen by a health care provider while being trafficked. Respondents most frequently reported visiting emergency/urgent care practitioners (56%), followed by primary care providers, dentists, and obstetricians/gynecologists (OB/GYNs). Conclusions. While health care providers are serving this patient population, they do not consistently identify them as victims of human trafficking.

引用

页码：1220 / 1233

页数：14

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