Recognizing and responding to sex-trafficked minors in the healthcare setting. Issue 9 (September 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Quincy, Brenda L.; Falteisek, Kylie; Johnston, Jennifer
• Is Part Of: JAAPA. Volume 33:Issue 9(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-09
• Subjects: sex-trafficking -- trauma-informed -- wraparound services -- minors -- at-risk youth -- survivor-centered; Medicine -- Periodicals; Physicians' assistants -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Physician Assistants -- Periodicals; Medicine; Physicians' assistants; Periodicals; 610.7372069
• DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000694972.27395.74
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0893-7400

Abstract

Abstract : ABSTRACT: Nearly 6, 100 reports of sex trafficking were made to the United States Human Trafficking Hotline in 2017; 29% of those reports involved minors. Physician assistants (PAs), especially those working in emergency medicine and primary care, are among the few frequently accessed healthcare providers who have the opportunity for a private conversation with a sex trafficking victim or survivor. PAs must be able to recognize the risk factors and signs of trafficking and respond in a trauma-informed, survivor-centered manner. Connecting trafficking victims, survivors, and at-risk youth with wraparound services is critical to their well-being.