A protocol for a qualitative study on sex trafficking: Exploring knowledge, attitudes, and practices of physicians, nurses, and social workers in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There has been limited research on sex trafficking in Canada from a health and health care perspective, despite U.S. research which points to health care providers as optimally positioned to identify and help those who have been sex trafficked. We aim to better understand health care providers' knowledge about, attitudes towards, and care of those who have been sex trafficked in Ontario, Canada.

Methods and analysis

Using a semi-structured interview guide, we will interview physicians, nurses, and social workers working in a health care setting in Ontario until data saturation is reached. An intersectional lens will be applied to the study; analysis will follow the six analytic phases outlined by Braun and Clarke. In the development of this study, we consulted t

SUBMITTER: Jacobson D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9514615 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature