Journal article
Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors: Medical Student and Physician Awareness
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Vol.30(1), pp.102-108
02/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2015.05.006
PMID: 26341745
Abstract
Our aim was to assess: (1) medical trainee and practicing physician awareness about domestic sex trafficking of minors; and (2) whether respondents believe that awareness of trafficking is important to their practice. We designed an anonymous electronic survey, and a convenience sample was collected from June through October 2013. Voluntary participants were 1648 medical students, residents, and practicing physicians throughout the United States. Data were analyzed for correlations between study cohort characteristics and: (1) agreement with the statement: “knowing about sex trafficking in my state is important to my profession”; (2) knowledge of national statistics regarding the sex trafficking of minors; and (3) knowledge of appropriate responses to encountering a trafficked victim. More practicing physicians than residents or medical students: (1) agreed or strongly agreed that knowledge about human trafficking was important to their practice (80.6%, 71.1%, and 69.2%, respectively; P = .0008); (2) correctly estimated the number of US trafficked youth according to the US Department of State data (16.1%, 11.7%, and 7.9%, respectively; P = .0011); and (3) were more likely to report an appropriate response to a trafficked victim (40.4%, 20.4%, and 8.9%, respectively; P = .0001). Although most medical trainees and physicians place importance on knowing about human trafficking, they lack knowledge about the scope of the problem, and most would not know where to turn if they encountered a trafficking victim. There exists a need for standardized trafficking education for physicians, residents, and medical students.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Domestic Sex Trafficking of Minors: Medical Student and Physician Awareness
- Creators
- Kanani E Titchen - Division of General Pediatrics, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DelawareDyani Loo - Department of Psychiatry, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New MexicoElizabeth Berdan - Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MinnesotaMary Becker Rysavy - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WisconsinJessica J Ng - San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CaliforniaIman Sharif - Division of General Pediatrics, Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology, Vol.30(1), pp.102-108
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jpag.2015.05.006
- PMID
- 26341745
- ISSN
- 1083-3188
- eISSN
- 1873-4332
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/2017
- Academic Unit
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Record Identifier
- 9983930912202771
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