Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1011 South Drive, Indiana, PA 15705, United States.
J Prof Nurs. 2023 Jul-Aug;47:35-45. doi: 10.1016/j.profnurs.2023.04.002. Epub 2023 May 2.
Delivering human trafficking education to nursing students may improve graduates' ability to identify and assist persons victimized by trafficking. A paucity of research has examined human trafficking as a content area in academic nursing programs as well as nurse educators' understanding and teaching practices of human trafficking.
This study sought to (a) describe nurse educators' perceived knowledge, actual knowledge, attitudes, instructional beliefs, and instructional practices of human trafficking; (b) determine if differences in actual knowledge, attitudes, and instructional beliefs of human trafficking exist among nurse educators who have experience teaching about human trafficking compared to nurse educators who have never taught about human trafficking; and (c) determine if differences in actual knowledge, attitudes, and instructional beliefs exist among nurse educators who have received human trafficking training compared to nurse educators who have not received human trafficking training.
A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted using survey methodology. A nationwide sample of 332 academic nurse educators was analyzed.
Findings among nurse educators included low perceived knowledge levels and strong actual knowledge levels about human trafficking. Participants held awareness they may encounter trafficked individuals in the workplace and expressed responsibility to respond to suspected cases. However, participants reported having received insufficient training on the topic and low confidence responding to trafficking situations. While nurse educators find relevance and value in teaching students about human trafficking, most do not have personal experience teaching about human trafficking or feel confident teaching on the topic.
This study provides preliminary knowledge of nurse educators' understanding and teaching practices of human trafficking. Findings from this study offer implications for nurse educators and program administrators to improve human trafficking training among nursing faculty and integrate human trafficking education into curricula.
向护理专业学生传授人口贩运教育可能会提高毕业生识别和帮助人口贩运受害者的能力。然而,对于学术护理项目中是否将人口贩运作为一个内容领域,以及护士教育者对人口贩运的理解和教学实践,研究还很少。
本研究旨在:(a)描述护士教育者对人口贩运的感知知识、实际知识、态度、教学信念和教学实践;(b)确定与从未教授过人口贩运的护士教育者相比,有教授人口贩运经验的护士教育者在人口贩运的实际知识、态度和教学信念方面是否存在差异;(c)确定接受过人口贩运培训的护士教育者与未接受过人口贩运培训的护士教育者在人口贩运的实际知识、态度和教学信念方面是否存在差异。
采用描述性、横断面研究方法,对全国范围内的 332 名学术护理教育者进行了调查。
研究结果表明,护士教育者对人口贩运的感知知识水平较低,实际知识水平较高。参与者意识到他们可能在工作场所遇到被贩运的个人,并表示有责任对疑似案件作出回应。然而,参与者报告说,他们在这个主题上的培训不足,对处理贩运情况的信心不足。虽然护士教育者认为向学生传授人口贩运知识具有相关性和价值,但大多数人没有教授人口贩运的个人经验,也不自信能够教授这个主题。
本研究初步了解了护士教育者对人口贩运的理解和教学实践。本研究的结果为护士教育者和项目管理人员提供了启示,以提高护理教师的人口贩运培训,并将人口贩运教育纳入课程。