Role of Occupational Therapy in Combating Human Trafficking

Gorman, Kathleen W.; Hatkevich, Beth Ann

doi:10.5014/ajot.2016.016782

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“…Publication of articles discussing opportunities for intervention has been relatively consistent over time, while knowledge articles were more prevalent in the early 2000s and intervention articles have become more prevalent in the last 10 years ( Figure 2 ). Most articles focused on IPV survivors (89%, n = 39), with a small minority focusing on sex trafficking (11%, n = 5 ( Cerny, 2016 ; Cerny et al, 2019 ; Gorman & Hatkevich, 2016 ; Mangum et al, 2019 ; Thompson et al, 2020 )). Most of the literature, and all articles focusing on sex trafficking, focused on the role of OTs in supporting survivors.…”

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Exploring the Relationships Between Rehabilitation and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review

Toccalino,

Asare,

Fleming

et al. 2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health crisis affecting one in three women and one in ten men in their lifetimes. Rehabilitation professionals are highly likely to encounter survivors of IPV in their practice; yet, there exists no formal review assessing the relationship between IPV and rehabilitation. Our objective was to understand the types and contexts of rehabilitation care currently available for survivors of IPV, opportunities identified in the literature for rehabilitation care, and IPV awareness and education among rehabilitation providers. A search strategy related to IPV and four rehabilitation professionals of interest (occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech-language pathology/therapy, and physiatry) was developed across 10 databases and complemented by a gray literature search. Two reviewers independently assessed articles for inclusion. In all, 44 articles met inclusion criteria, ranging from primary research articles (48%) to clinical newsletters. Included articles predominantly focused on opportunities for rehabilitation care (68%) and occupational therapists as a profession (68%). A minority of studies examined specific interventions for IPV survivors (18%) or assessed for knowledge and attitudes about IPV (16%) among rehabilitation professionals. To our knowledge, this is the first scoping review exploring the rehabilitation literature for IPV survivors. These findings show an awareness of IPV among rehabilitation professionals, the importance of identifying IPV in clients, and the ways in which rehabilitation professionals are uniquely situated to support survivors of IPV. There remains an opportunity to explore interventions designed specifically for IPV survivors.

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Exploring the Relationships Between Rehabilitation and Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: A Scoping Review

Toccalino,

Asare,

Fleming

et al. 2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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“…Furthermore, a South African occupational therapist noted that leisure boredom plays a role in delinquency and urged the promotion of healthful play activities for youth (Wegner, 2011). In the United States (US), recent articles discuss the role of occupational therapists in addressing the occupational needs of youth victimized by human trafficking and youth involved in the justice system (Gorman & Hatkevich, 2016;Shea & Siu, 2016).…”

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Serving High-Risk Youth in Context: Perspectives from Hong Kong

Shea¹,

Jackson²,

Haworth³

2019

The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Background: High-risk youth are often defined in occupational therapy terminology as adolescents and young adults who experience personal, contextual, or environmental barriers to effective participation in healthy, age-appropriate occupations. Without assistance for participation, these youth may acquiesce to daily routines of unhealthy risk-taking or isolation, failing to achieve developmental milestones needed for successful transition to adulthood. There are known therapeutic services targeting this population, but occupational therapy involvements have been sparsely documented. Method: Having been affiliated with a community-based occupational therapy program serving high-risk youth for many years in the US, the principal investigator of the study used a sabbatical opportunity to explore services provided to high-risk youth in Hong Kong (HK). This paper reports preliminary findings obtained from an exploratory study of analyzing transcripts of 13 one-on-one interviews with service providers in HK. Results: Two major themes are discussed in this paper: the prevalent behavioral risks among high-risk youth as perceived by the service providers and the intervention approaches used by the service providers with the high-risk youth population in HK. Conclusion: Reflecting on the preliminary outcome of the study, the authors suggest that occupational therapy may contribute to mitigating youths' risk factors through ecological occupational engagement. Comments The authors report that they have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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