Reap Valerie J
SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York.
Adv Emerg Nurs J. 2019 Apr/Jun;41(2):183-188. doi: 10.1097/TME.0000000000000236.
As the ever-increasing demands of health care evolve in their complexities, so too shall the role of health care providers. In 2016, the International Labour Organization announced that there were approximately 40.3 million victims of human trafficking worldwide, with 4.8 million enslaved in sexual exploitation and 15.4 million in forced marriages (). Human trafficking has rapidly proliferated in recent years and is now considered the second most lucrative criminal activity in the world, with sex trafficking accounting for approximately 80 percent of this industry (UNODC, 2009). Recent data from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (2017) estimates that one out of every seven runaways reported in 2017 was likely a victim of child sex trafficking, with the average age of victimization being fifteen years of age. According to , an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 youths are at risk for sex trafficking annually within the United States alone. Sadly, found that approximately 87 percent of sex trafficking victims had sought care during their captivity, predominantly in emergency departments. This data has been corroborated by several other researchers, prompting proposals for the introduction of human trafficking education among emergency medicine providers. The concept and operational definition of sex trafficking however remains ambiguous and unclear, with some apparent variation among professions. This article is intended to provide clarification on the concept distinctly specific to victims of sex trafficking.
随着医疗保健需求的日益增长及其复杂性的不断演变，医疗保健提供者的角色也将随之改变。2016年，国际劳工组织宣布，全球约有4030万人成为人口贩运的受害者，其中480万人遭受性剥削奴役，1540万人被迫结婚（）。近年来，人口贩运迅速蔓延，现已被视为世界上第二大利润丰厚的犯罪活动，其中性交易约占该行业的80%（联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室，2009年）。美国失踪与受剥削儿童国家中心（2017年）的最新数据估计，2017年报告的每七名离家出走者中就有一人可能是儿童性交易的受害者，受害者的平均年龄为15岁。据估计，仅在美国，每年就有10万至30万年轻人面临性交易风险。可悲的是，发现约87%的性交易受害者在被囚禁期间曾寻求医疗护理，主要是在急诊科。其他几位研究人员也证实了这一数据，这促使人们提议在急诊医学提供者中开展人口贩运教育。然而，性交易的概念和操作定义仍然模糊不清，不同职业之间存在一些明显差异。本文旨在明确阐释针对性交易受害者的特定概念。
