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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.
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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.
- Wendy L. Macias-Konstantopoulos
- 2017
Jun 13, 2018 · Recent law and policy reforms mean that clinicians now hold a crucial role in national strategies. 2015 research, however, indicates a serious shortfall in knowledge and confidence among healthcare professionals in the UK, leading potentially to failures in safeguarding and appropriate referral.
- Poojani Arulrajah, Sarah Steele
- 2018
Dec 18, 2023 · The Health and Care Act 2022 requires the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with the support of NHS England, to conduct a review of modern slavery risk in healthcare supply...
- The UK government is committed to eradicating the crime of modern slavery both domestically and abroad. Since the publication of the first modern s...
- Legislative settingThe Health and Care Act 2022 (the act), section 47 requires the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to carry out and l...
- The act enabled the Secretary of State to determine which NHS supply chains to consider as part of the review or otherwise limit the scope of the r...
- Risk assessment methodologyThe risk of modern slavery within the NHS was assessed using 2 interrelated approaches as set out in Figure 1. Risk was...
- The NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited snapshot risk assessment considered 1,361 suppliers providing around 600,000 products, using the availabl...
- Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, ChinaSerious ongoing concern has also been raised over human rights violations in Xinjiang with allegations of f...
- Limitations of the risk review have been identified below. They are identified here to provide balance to the understanding and interpretation of t...
- The nature of the goods consumed by the NHS with varied, complex and global supply chains, means that it can be expected that there will be some pr...
- NHS Supply Chain has required the application of the MSAT for all suppliers as part of the tendering process since the start of this financial year...
Dec 11, 2023 · Human trafficking is a global public health issue that is associated with serious short- and long-term morbidity. To address and prevent human trafficking, vulnerabilities to human trafficking and forces sustaining it need to be better understood among specific subpopulations.
May 8, 2023 · The health effects of trafficking and the health needs of trafficked individuals and trafficking survivors are well documented and urgent. WHO European Region Member States recognize their responsibility to prevent and respond to human trafficking and to mitigate its health effects.
Jul 1, 2022 · Because human trafficking is a public health issue, intervention and prevention efforts must be founded on a strong evidence base and informed by affected populations, including those with lived experience, and by using an equity lens.
Jul 28, 2023 · All healthcare should therefore be trauma informed, promoting the values of autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice, and be centred around patient needs.
