Human trafficking risk factors, health impacts, and opportunities for intervention in Uganda: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

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. We aimed to explore risk and protective factors for human trafficking, the health impact of exploitation, and barriers and facilitators of seeking help throughout the human trafficking trajectory among forced labor and sex trafficking victims in Kampala, Uganda.

Methods

Between March and November 2020, in-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 108 victims of forced labor and sex trafficking who had completed a human trafficking survey conducted by the Uganda Youth

SUBMITTER: Klabbers RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10712038 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature