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. 2023 Nov 1;35(11):717-724.
doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000913.

A simulated pedagogical intervention to educate nurse practitioner students about human trafficking

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A simulated pedagogical intervention to educate nurse practitioner students about human trafficking

Beatriz Valdes et al. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. .

Abstract

Human trafficking (HT) affects an estimated 40.3 million people globally with 24.9 million people affected in forced labor and 4.8 million in forced sexual exploitation. An estimated 18,000 people are trafficked yearly into the United States. Reports suggest that between 63% and 87% of trafficked persons were seen by health care professionals and were unrecognized while in captivity. The authors designed and implemented an innovative pedagogical intervention for nurse practitioner (NP) students using a 10-min simulation-based education encounter with a standardized patient depicting a potential sex or labor HT clinical presentation. Results demonstrated that simulation-based education is a feasible way to provide HT education to NP students. It is imperative that future NPs receive education/training about HT to recognize potential victims and promote access to appropriate resources.

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Competing interests: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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