The Health of Trafficked Women: A Survey of Women Entering Posttrafficking Services in Europe

Zimmerman, Cathy; Hossain, Mazeda; Yun, Katherine; Gajdadziev, Vasil; Guzun, Natalia; Tchomarova, María; Ciarrocchi, Rosa Ángela; Johansson, Ada; Kefurtova, Anna; Scodanibbio, Stefania; Motus, María Nenette; Roche, Brenda; Morison, Linda; Watts, Charlotte

doi:10.2105/ajph.2006.108357

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“…Often, perpetrators bring about terror through inconsistent and unpredictable outbursts of violence towards their victims (Shigekane, 2007). Such violence can result in fractures; complications related to forced abortions, gastrointestinal problems, and unhealthy weight loss, ultimately, can lead to alcoholism and drug addiction (US DOS, 2006;Zimmerman et al, 2008). It is not uncommon for perpetrators to employ a combination of abusive methods, including torture, to establish and maintain control over their victims (Perilla, 1999).…”

Section: Effects Of Human Traffickingmentioning

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Evidence-Based Practice: Developing a Trauma-Informed Lens to Case Management for Victims of Human Trafficking

Heffernan

Blythe

2014

Glob Soc Welf

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate program adherence, process factors, and success of human trafficking case management services in an agency providing services to international human trafficking victims as there is a lack of research on the effectiveness of services for this population; however, using a trauma-informed lens has been suggested by other researchers (see Mary & Johns, 2011). As such, this paper describes services provided to international victims of human trafficking in an upstate New York facility and outlines the use of a trauma-informed lens in conjunction with a clientcentered approach to delivering case management to persons who have experienced human trafficking. External evaluators were used to conduct a process evaluation of the case management services in a single agency. Evaluation of adherence to the program's service protocol used a deductive approach to identify if the service providers (case managers and program director) followed the seven principles of trauma-informed care (TIC) in their practice. Modes of examining for TIC indicators included participant observation, content analysis of case folders, and other paperwork utilized within the agency as well as conversations with case managers and the program director. Findings indicate that a trauma-informed lens was successfully implemented, and the small-scale preliminary feedback from clients (N=7) is that they feel safe, respected, and confident to live independently in an environment of their choosing.

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Evidence-Based Practice: Developing a Trauma-Informed Lens to Case Management for Victims of Human Trafficking

Heffernan

Blythe

2014

Glob Soc Welf

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“…2 The stigma attached to women who have been trafficked is clearly evident across many cultures (Andrijasevic, 2004(Andrijasevic, , 2010Poudel, 2011;Richardson et al, 2009) and the need for its further analysis, as part of a wider societal response to sexual violence, has been highlighted (Stephen-Smith, 2008;Zimmerman et al, 2006). Addressing these theoretical deficiencies, this article argues for a more nuanced understanding of how stigma is anticipated, embodied and articulated.…”

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Embodiment and Abjection

Russell

2013

Body & Society

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Research into human trafficking for sexual exploitation often conceptualises the experience through the lens of migration and/or sex work. Women's bodies are often politicised and the corporeal experiences of trafficking are neglected. The gendered stigma attached to women who have been trafficked for sexual exploitation is clearly evident across cultures and requires further analysis as part of wider societal responses to sexual violence.Through the analysis of letters written by women who have been trafficked and sexually exploited from post-Soviet countries to Israel, this article argues that conceptualising women's bodies as bounded spaces allows an investigation of the transgression of those boundaries and opens up a thought-provoking framework for theorizing experiences of, and social responses to, sexual violence, stigma and social exclusion. It explores themes of pollution and dirt as ways to communicate social exclusion through references to boundaries crossed and spaces rendered abject.Utilizing the theory of abjection, women's narratives of trafficking are examined and the embodied effects of sexual violence and body boundary transgression are elucidated. This analysis shows that the women in this study articulate an embodied narrative of trafficking that is experience in relation to body boundaries and expressed through motifs of dirt, smell, disgust and pollution.

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“…While in captivity, trafficked persons might seek or be brought for health care for myriad injuries, infections, and chronic conditions, including burns, penetrating wounds, fractured bones, traumatic brain injuries, chemical exposures, heat exhaustion, dehydration, malnutrition, communicable diseases, substance use complications including overdoses, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unsafe abortion complications, chronic pain syndromes, and chronic untreated conditions and their sequelae [1][2][3][4]. Acute episodes of intense anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, dissociation, self-injury, and suicidality as a result of the psychological trauma can also prompt victims or survivors to present in health care settings [1][2][3][4]. Research suggests that up to 87.8 percent of trafficked persons access health care [3,[5][6][7].…”

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Caring for the Trafficked Patient: Ethical Challenges and Recommendations for Health Care Professionals

Macias‐Konstantopoulos¹

2017

AMA Journal of Ethics

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Human trafficking is an egregious human rights violation with profound negative physical and psychological consequences, including communicable diseases, substance use disorders, and mental illnesses. The health needs of this population are multiple, complex, and influenced by past and present experiences of abuse, neglect, and exploitation. Effective health care services for trafficked patients require clinicians to consider individual patients' needs, wishes, goals, priorities, risks, and vulnerabilities as well as public health implications and even resource allocation. Applying the bioethical principles of respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice, this article considers the ethics of care model as a trauma-informed framework for providing health care to human trafficking victims and survivors. IntroductionHealth care is an important component of broader anti-trafficking efforts, since profound physical and psychological illnesses and injuries can be results of human trafficking. While in captivity, trafficked persons might seek or be brought for health care for myriad injuries, infections, and chronic conditions, including burns, penetrating wounds, fractured bones, traumatic brain injuries, chemical exposures, heat exhaustion, dehydration, malnutrition, communicable diseases, substance use complications including overdoses, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), unsafe abortion complications, chronic pain syndromes, and chronic untreated conditions and their sequelae [1][2][3][4]. Acute episodes of intense anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, dissociation, self-injury, and suicidality as a result of the psychological trauma can also prompt victims or survivors to present in health care settings [1][2][3][4]. Research suggests that up to 87.8 percent of trafficked persons access health care [3,[5][6][7]. Health care visits represent unique opportunities for health care professionals to provide clinical care and offer assistance to victims and survivors of trafficking.

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The Health of Trafficked Women: A Survey of Women Entering Posttrafficking Services in Europe

Cited by 275 publications

References 17 publications

Evidence-Based Practice: Developing a Trauma-Informed Lens to Case Management for Victims of Human Trafficking

Evidence-Based Practice: Developing a Trauma-Informed Lens to Case Management for Victims of Human Trafficking

Embodiment and Abjection

Caring for the Trafficked Patient: Ethical Challenges and Recommendations for Health Care Professionals

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