Screening for Victims of Sex Trafficking in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Program

Screening for Victims of Sex Trafficking in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Program

Introduction: Estimates suggest that hundreds of thousands of sex trafficking victims live in the United States. Several screening tools for healthcare professionals to identify sex trafficking victims have been proposed, but the effectiveness of these tools in the emergency department (ED) remains...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Bryn E. Mumma, Marisa E. Scofield, Lydia P. Mendoza, Yalda Toofan, Justin Youngyunpipatkul, Bryan Hernandez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2017-04-01
Series:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:	https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4sk2s43h

Similar Items

Representations of sex trafficking victims in Malaysia
by: Surinderpal Kaur, C.S., et al.
Published: (2016)

Validation of a screening tool for labor and sex trafficking among emergency department patients
by: Makini Chisolm‐Straker, et al.
Published: (2021-10-01)

Labelling the victims of sex trafficking: exploring the borderland between rhetoric and reality
by: Hoyle, C, et al.
Published: (2011)

Victims of Medication trafficking
by: Nematollah Beyranvandi, et al.
Published: (2023-01-01)

Building Environments for Female Sex Trafficking Victims: A Parametric Design Approach
by: Foteini Papadopoulou, et al.
Published: (2024-01-01)

Can Clients Who Pay for Sexual Services Help Victims of Sex Trafficking?
by: Carmen Meneses, et al.
Published: (2018-06-01)

Psychological characteristics of victims of trafficking
by: Larin A.N.
Published: (2015-11-01)

Palermo’s Promise: Victims’ rights and human trafficking
by: Martina E Vandenberg
Published: (2016-05-01)

Wellbeing in Trafficked Victims: An Intervention Study
by: Ananya Dhoundiyal, et al.
Published: (2023-04-01)

Protection of child trafficking victims in UAE
by: Albahhar Alshehhi, Mohammed Ali Abdulla, et al.
Published: (2020)

Trafficking on Trial: The Judge, the Pimp and the Victim
by: Mathilde Darley
Published: (2024-04-01)

Wellbeing in Trafficked Victims: An Intervention Study
by: Ananya Dhoundiyal, et al.
Published: (2023-04-01)

A safe return for victims of trafficking
by: Eline Willemsen
Published: (2006-05-01)

Recognizing the trafficking in human beings victimization
by: Simeunović-Patić Biljana
Published: (2008-01-01)

Safe Harbor Legislation for Juvenile Victims of Sex Trafficking: A Myopic View of Improvements in Practice
by: Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco
Published: (2015-02-01)

“Victims of Trafficking”: The Feminisation of Poverty and Migration in the Gendered Narratives of Human Trafficking
by: Amy M. Russell
Published: (2014-10-01)

Human Trafficking Victims versus Irregular Migrants. Challenges and Guidelines for the Attention and Protection of Foreigners Victims of Human Trafficking in Peru
by: Cristina Blanco, et al.
Published: (2017-06-01)

Challenges in Protecting Trafficking Victims' Rights in Indonesia
by: Muchammad Eko Hidayat, et al.
Published: (2023-12-01)

Traffickers and Victims: Opposite sides of the same coin?
by: Helen Leung, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01)

Victims of trafficking in Spain: the international protection system
by: Begoña Santos Olmeda
Published: (2019-12-01)

Emergency Department Length of Stay Is Associated with Delirium in Older Adults
by: Natalie M Elder, et al.
Published: (2023-05-01)

Shaping the Victim: Borders, security, and human trafficking in Albania
by: James Campbell
Published: (2013-09-01)

The Importance of Strategic, Victim-Centred Human Trafficking Prosecutions
by: Susan French, et al.
Published: (2016-05-01)

Symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in victims of trafficking
by: Skoufalos Nicoletta, et al.
Published: (2006-02-01)

Analysis of International Law on Human Trafficking with Children as The Victims
by: Indriati Noer
Published: (2018-01-01)

Human Trafficking in the Emergency Department
by: Ahn, Roy, et al.
Published: (2010-12-01)

Traffickers’ Use of Substances to Recruit and Control Victims of Domestic Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in the American Midwest
by: Erica Koegler, et al.
Published: (2022-04-01)

Surviving Human Trafficking: A case for Strengthening the Escape Routes Adopted by Victims of Trafficking in Uganda
by: Jacqueline Nakaiza
Published: (2021-12-01)

Legal analysis on human trafficking victims working as sex workers in Malaysia / Alia Nabilla Rizal Affendy … [et al.]
by: Rizal Affendy, Alia Nabilla, et al.
Published: (2014)

Racial Disparities in Opioid Analgesia Administration Among Adult Emergency Department Patients with Abdominal Pain
by: Angela F. Jarman, et al.
Published: (2022-10-01)

Villains and Victims, but No Workers: Why a prosecution-focussed approach to human trafficking fails trafficked persons
by: Inga Thiemann
Published: (2016-05-01)

The return of vulnerable asylum seekers to Italy: protecting victims of trafficking
by: Della Torre, L, et al.
Published: (2020)

Role of Local Governments in Preventing and Treating Victims of Human Trafficking
by: Faisal Fadilla Noorikhsan, et al.
Published: (2022-12-01)

Mental Health problems and psychotherapy in female victims of human trafficking
by: F. S. Ali
Published: (2023-03-01)

In the Eyes of the Beholder: Border enforcement, suspect travellers and trafficking victims
by: Julie Ham, et al.
Published: (2013-09-01)

Legal Protection for Women and Children as Victims of Human Trafficking in Indonesia
by: Ni Putu Rai Yuliartini, et al.
Published: (2022-07-01)

Rewriting the Victim: Dramatization as Research in Thailand’s Anti-Trafficking Movement
by: Adam K. Dedman
Published: (2020-04-01)

Non-Criminalisation of Victims of Trafficking in Persons — Principles, Promises, and Perspectives
by: Andreas Schloenhardt, et al.
Published: (2016-07-01)

Traumatic experiences, psychophysical consequences and needs of human trafficking victims
by: Banović Božidar, et al.
Published: (2012-01-01)

Factors Contributing to Human Trafficking, Contexts of Vulnerability and Patterns of Victimization: The case of stranded victims in Metema, Ethiopia
by: Padmanabham Murugan, et al.
Published: (2014-12-01)