Niyah Payne

April 9, 2019

Professor Stubee

Solution Essay

What Can Be Done?

Human trafficking is a business of using force, coercion, and fraud. This illegal business

leaves a numerous amount of males and females emotional, mentally, and physically abused.

There are multiple victims who have attempted to being save but when health professionals and Commented [1]: weirdly worded. maybe something
like "who have tried (or you could leave attempted) to
receive help.."
law enforcement doesn’t pay close attention, that is when a plea for help can go unnoticed. There
Commented [2]: maybe instead "when their suffering
can go unnoticed."
are many ways health professions and law enforcement can improve identifying a human

trafficking victim. Being able to identify a human trafficker can help lower the statistics.
Credible sources that provide case studies in how human trafficking can be lowered. Human
trafficking signs going unnoticed is something that happens often but is not done intentionally.
Commented [3]: i would start the sentence with
something like "the first step would be to have better
guidelines and protocol in identifying human traffickers.
By better identifying human traffickers, this can help
lower the statistics that represent the amount of human
trafficking victims.

The first step in helping this unfortunate crime is educating health profession workers. Once they Commented [4]: reducing
Commented [5]: certain things such as, ...
are educated on how to pay special attention to certain things, more victims may get help.
Commented [6]: be assertive. "more victims will get
help."
Another way to minimize human trafficking is being forthcoming. If these two things are put into
Commented [7]: Explain this more. If you are focusing
your essay on two different solutions, make sure to
perspective there might be a chance in saving a good amount of victims. explain them both equally in the intro.
Commented [8]: there will be. tell us. if you don't
Once force, fraud, and coercion is into play, human trafficking is lawfully present. seem confident in your proposal neither will the reader.
Commented [9]: i feel that "being forthcoming" needs
However, all three or even one of those accusations may not be present when identifying a more explanation. there was lots of explanation about
identifying traffickers but not lots about being
forthcoming.
victim. This is why it is important for health profession personnels to get educated. Studies
Commented [10]: once the aspects of force....
prove 88% of trafficking survivors reported having been cared for by a health care professional Commented [11]: wait im confused. i feel like this
sentence contradicts the last one. maybe try rewording
the sentence?
while being trafficked yet none were assisted in escaping their captors (Konstantopoulos,
Commented [12]: become
2018).This is the reason why certain training should be implemented. Going forward, the Commented [13]: Introduce your sources at least a
little before adding quotes/information from them.
Commented [14]: yeah i agree as well.
statistical rate of survivors not getting help should not be this high. These certified caregivers

should start with traffickers medical history if there is any. Studies also state signs that should Commented [15]: what does this mean and why

raise a red flag in a healthcare provider is if patients are complaining of Trauma/Musculoskeletal

Pain, Gynecologic problems, or if they’re malnutrous, sleep deprived along with many other

things (US 2017).

It is often said, “Knowledge Is Power”, but the right knowledge has to be given for one to

have power. This is applicable to health profession workers. A lot of times nurses, doctors, and

nurse practitioners see patients who are victims of human trafficking but if they are not given

knowledge on how to identify red flags than the power they have isn’t really useful. In the article

How Nurses Can Make a Difference, it is suggested that certain courses should be implemented

to healthcare providers on how to care for human trafficking victims and the dialogue that should

occur if human trafficking is suspected. If these courses were implemented they should consist of Commented [16]: when

teaching healthcare providers warning signs, available resources and how to get a patient to talk

to you privately.This should be strictly reinforced near hospitals or safe homes near borders since

this is where human trafficking usually occurs. In this case, psychologists can aid this situation

as well because they can evaluate the mental state of a victim.

Although all advice suggested solutions have been given to those in the health care

system, there are also improvements within law enforcement. Sometimes police officers are the

first ones victims come in contact with, depending on the situation. However, law enforcement

should make a change just as much as nurses, doctors, psychologists and so forth. A suggested

solution to lowering human trafficking pertaining to law enforcement is make officers go Commented [17]: wording
Commented [18]: require
through training to understand the phenomenon of human trafficking, recognizing how

trafficking affects the community and making human trafficking checks apart of a daily routine
(Farrell,2008). If officers are put through training to understand the phenomenon of human

trafficking they will have to learn about typology and variation, meaning grasping the concept of

the different types of human trafficking and how identifying it may vary. They also need to know

how human trafficking affected the community such as how younger kids view the traffickers or Commented [19]: affects, since it's an on-going issue.
Commented [20]: run on sentence. end after
the people being trafficked. Not only how others view them but also the community that "community." begin with "For example, younger kids..."

trafficking is being done in might be aiding them in this crime. Therefore, the community as a Commented [21]: re-word

whole has to be understood. Making human trafficking checks apart of daily routines may lower Commented [22]: will

the amount of victims because if they are properly trained, they will know what to look for with Commented [23]: run onish. end with victims start
new sentence with "If"
the little amount of information. When these daily checks are done cops shouldn’t just be doing Commented [24]: limited

their “job”, they should try to build a relationship and try to get an idea of what the victims are

going through so they can help them in private. Commented [25]: This paragraph was really strong
and explained this part of your solution really well. Last
suggestions are just to revise some grammar a little
and to add a conclusion paragraph just to wrap your
essay up.
Commented [26]: overall, strong essay with great
points! i don't know much about human trafficking and
you made it easy for the reader to follow. minor
wording and restructuring changes, but overall good
stuff!

References

A. Farrell (2008) Law Enforcement Identification and Response to Human Trafficking,

PhD. School of Criminology and Criminal Justice Northeastern University

 Wendy L. M-Konstantopoulos (2018) Diagnosis Codes for Human Trafficking Can Help

Assess Incidence, Risk Factors, and Comorbid Illness and Injury , MD, MPH

Scannell, M., MacDonald, A. E., Berger, A., & Boyer, N. (2018). Human trafficking:

how nurses can make a difference. Journal of forensic nursing, 14(2), 117-121.

U.S Department of Human Services (2017.). Human Trafficking & Health Professionals:

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