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Building Individual and Institutional Capacity of an Urban Academic Health System to Serve Local Sex Trafficking Victims

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: Every day, there are unrecognized sex trafficked victims visiting urban academic health systems in the United State, victims who are perhaps hoping against hope that a frontline provider, student, or staff member would ask that one question that would identify them as enslaved or otherwise trapped in an unthinkable situation. Health care providers’ lack of awareness of the relatively hidden population of sex trafficked victims causes missed opportunities to improve public health. Training healthcare providers to recognize and serve sex trafficked victims is critical, but such training will likely be less effective without addressing the institutional capacity of urban academic health systems. Indeed, local sex trafficking industries can thrive in the shadow of urban health systems, many associated with world class universities. This exploratory study aimed to assess and enhance the institutional capacity of an urban academic health system in the United States, and that of its employees, to appropriately serve victims of sex trafficking.

Source: JCSCORE

DOI: 10.15763/issn.2642-2387.2017.3.2.62-96

Authors: John Murray-Garcia, Kupiri W. Ackerman-Barger, Ellen Goldstein, Jerry John Nutor

Institutions: United States Department of Education, United States Department of Justice, United States Department of State, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of California System, Drexel University, University of California, Davis

Language: English

Topic: Sex work and related issues

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities, Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Gender equality

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2943706012

FWCI: 0.502

Cites: 22

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10