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A Quality Improvement Project To Facilitate A Human Trafficking Screening Protocol At A Maternal Resource Center, Jessica Mcdow
A Quality Improvement Project To Facilitate A Human Trafficking Screening Protocol At A Maternal Resource Center, Jessica Mcdow
Doctor of Nursing Practice
Human trafficking is a global, criminal industry that negatively impacts the health of victims. Most U.S. victims of human trafficking are young females. Many female sex trafficking victims will seek health care services for unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. Healthcare professionals fail to identify human trafficking victims due to lack of standardized screening. The aim of the project was to initiate a sustainable, standardized human trafficking screening protocol at a Maternal Resource Center in order to improve human trafficking identification.
This 10-week quality improvement project provided the staff and volunteers at a Maternal Resource Center with the necessary tools …