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Human trafficking and health : a survey of male and female survivors in England
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Oram, Siân, Abas, Melanie, Bick, Debra, Boyle, Adrian, French, Rebecca, Jakobowitz, Sharon, Khondoker, Mizanur, Stanley, Nicky, Trevillion, Kylee, Howard, Louise and Zimmerman, Cathy (2016) Human trafficking and health : a survey of male and female survivors in England. American Journal of Public Health, 106 (6). pp. 1073-1078. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303095 ISSN 0090-0036.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303095
Abstract
Objectives. To investigate physical and mental health and experiences of violence among male and female trafficking survivors in a high-income country.
Methods. Our data were derived from a cross-sectional survey of 150 men and women in England who were in contact with posttrafficking support services. Interviews took place over 18 months, from June 2013 to December 2014.
Results. Participants had been trafficked for sexual exploitation (29%), domestic servitude (29.3%), and labor exploitation (40.4%). Sixty-six percent of women reported forced sex during trafficking, including 95% of those trafficked for sexual exploitation and 54% of those trafficked for domestic servitude. Twenty-one percent of men and 24% of women reported ongoing injuries, and 8% of men and 23% of women reported diagnosed sexually transmitted infections. Finally, 78% of women and 40% of men reported high levels of depression, anxiety, or posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms.
Conclusions. Psychological interventions to support the recovery of this highly vulnerable population are urgently needed.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | American Journal of Public Health | ||||||||
| Publisher: | American Public Health Association | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0090-0036 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 1 June 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 106 | ||||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1073-1078 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303095 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Funder: | Dept of Health Policy Research Programme | ||||||||
| Grant number: | 115/0006 | ||||||||
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