Examining Perceptions and Current Knowledge of Human Trafficking Among Nursing Students and Faculty
Location
Waters College of Health Professions
Document Type and Release Option
Thesis Presentation (Archived)
Faculty Mentor
Dr. Tonya Tyson
Faculty Mentor Email
ttyson@georgiasouthern.edu
Presentation Year
2020
Start Date
30-11-2020 12:00 AM
End Date
30-11-2020 12:00 AM
Keywords
Georgia Southern University, Honors Program, Virtual Symposium, Erin Stoner
Description
Human trafficking is a global problem of pandemic proportions. There is much debate on how to define human trafficking, create a victim profile, implement referral resources after rescue, fund, and criminalize. Further still is the lack of protocol in the clinical setting such as emergency departments, obstetrics & gynecology, pediatrics, and psychiatric departments across the United States. Upon review of literature, no studies of human trafficking in nursing curricula have been published. Given this finding in the literature review, a qualitative study to measure current knowledge, perception and potential bias amongst nursing students and faculty was tested in conjunction with this analysis. The findings in the study population parallel the findings in the literature which correlate to the need for more attention and protocol to combat this problem.
Academic Unit
Waters College of Health Professions
Examining Perceptions and Current Knowledge of Human Trafficking Among Nursing Students and Faculty
Waters College of Health Professions
Human trafficking is a global problem of pandemic proportions. There is much debate on how to define human trafficking, create a victim profile, implement referral resources after rescue, fund, and criminalize. Further still is the lack of protocol in the clinical setting such as emergency departments, obstetrics & gynecology, pediatrics, and psychiatric departments across the United States. Upon review of literature, no studies of human trafficking in nursing curricula have been published. Given this finding in the literature review, a qualitative study to measure current knowledge, perception and potential bias amongst nursing students and faculty was tested in conjunction with this analysis. The findings in the study population parallel the findings in the literature which correlate to the need for more attention and protocol to combat this problem.
Comments
A presentation of “Examining Perceptions and Current Knowledge of Human Trafficking Among Nursing Students and Faculty” by Erin Stoner at the Georgia Southern University Honors Program Fall 2020 Virtual Honors Symposium. Erin is a graduating senior with a major in Nursing and was mentored by Dr. Tonya Tyson. For more information about Honors at Georgia Southern see https://georgiasouthern.edu/honors.