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The Health Of Human Trafficking Victims In San Diego, California: A Retrospective Study, Noelle Lipkin Leveque
The Health Of Human Trafficking Victims In San Diego, California: A Retrospective Study, Noelle Lipkin Leveque
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Background/Purposes/ Aims: Human trafficking (HT) is a threat to human rights globally. Studies indicate between 28% and 87% of HT victims encountered a health care professional during their trafficking period. Nonetheless, little is known about the health care needs of victims of HT. The purpose of this study was to examine the health care needs of a self-identified group of trafficked women in San Diego County, California.
Conceptual Basis: The Model of Human Trafficking and Health by Zimmerman et al. (2011) was used to identify multiple determinates of health following the trafficking period including demographic factors (age at assessment, age …