Evaluation of a Tool to Identify Child Sex Trafficking Victims in Multiple Healthcare Settings.

摘要: Abstract Purpose Estimate the prevalence of child sex trafficking (CST) among patients seeking care in multiple healthcare settings; evaluate a short screening tool to identify victims setting. Methods This cross-sectional observational study involved from 16 sites throughout U.S.: five pediatric emergency departments, six advocacy centers, and teen clinics. Participants included English-speaking youth ages 11–17 years. For department sites, inclusion criteria chief complaint sexual violence. Data on several domains were gathered through self-report questionnaires examiner interview. Main outcomes CST eligible youth; sensitivity, specificity, positive/negative predictive values, likelihood ratios for tool. Results Eight hundred ten participants 91 (11.52%) 395 (48.8%) 324 (40.0%) Overall was 11.1%: 13.2% patients, 6.3% center 16.4% clinic respectively. The screen had positive ratio 84.44% (75.28, 91.23), 57.50% (53.80, 61.11), 1.99% (1.76, 2.25), Conclusions demonstrates significant rate presenting departments (for violence complaints), A six-item showed relatively good sensitivity moderate specificity. Negative value high. Intervention “positive” may help prevent high-risk becoming victimized. is one first tools specifically developed evaluated