School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Västra Götaland Region Competence Centre on Intimate Partner Violence, Gothenburg, Sweden.
BMC Womens Health. 2024 Feb 29;24(1):149. doi: 10.1186/s12905-024-02992-6.
Men's violence against women, including human trafficking for sexual exploitation, is a severe threat to global health. Healthcare providers are uniquely positioned to identify and care for women subjected to human trafficking for sexual exploitation. They are among the few professionals the women interact with while being exposed to human trafficking for sexual exploitation. This study aims to describe healthcare workers' experience of identifying and caring for women subjected to human trafficking for sexual exploitation seeking women's healthcare.
A qualitative design was chosen and nine qualitative interviews with healthcare providers were conducted and analyzed using the content analysis method.
Three main categories were revealed: (1) the importance of being attentive, (2) the importance of providing safety, and (3) the importance of collaborating, followed by a number of subcategories: behavioral and physical signs, limited time to interact, security measures, value of confidence building, organizational collaboration, essential external network, and information transmission.
As the women subjected to sex trafficking have limited time in healthcare, it is important for healthcare providers to be attentive and act immediately if suspecting human trafficking for sexual exploitation. It may be the only possibility for the healthcare providers to care for these women and reach them. They must endeavor to provide the women with safety due to their vulnerable position at the hospital. However, these women may leave the healthcare setting unidentified and unaided, which highlights the importance of collaboration on multiple levels.
男性对女性的暴力行为，包括人口贩运用于性剥削，是对全球健康的严重威胁。医疗保健提供者处于独特的地位，可以识别和照顾遭受性剥削人口贩运的妇女。他们是与遭受性剥削人口贩运的妇女接触的少数专业人员之一。本研究旨在描述医疗保健工作者在为寻求妇女保健的遭受性剥削人口贩运的妇女提供服务时识别和照顾她们的经验。
选择了定性设计，对 9 名医疗保健提供者进行了 9 次定性访谈，并使用内容分析法进行了分析。
揭示了三个主要类别：（1）保持警惕的重要性，（2）提供安全的重要性，（3）合作的重要性，其次是一些子类别：行为和身体迹象、有限的互动时间、安全措施、建立信任的价值、组织合作、必要的外部网络和信息传递。
由于遭受性贩运的妇女在医疗保健方面的时间有限，医疗保健提供者在怀疑性剥削人口贩运时保持警惕并立即采取行动非常重要。这可能是医疗保健提供者照顾这些妇女并接触到她们的唯一可能性。由于她们在医院的脆弱地位，他们必须努力为妇女提供安全保障。然而，这些妇女可能会在未被识别和未得到帮助的情况下离开医疗保健环境，这突显了在多个层面上进行合作的重要性。
