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discussion11_week15_healthpolicy_needpeerpost.rtf#1 DISCUSSION 11 WEEK 15 (kar)
Research a current news item (newspaper/online article, tv news show, etc.) on human trafficking in the Miami area or elsewhere and analyze how human trafficking is reported via the media.
I analyze news from CBS Miami: “Human Trafficking on the rise in South Florida.” This news explains how seven people were accused in several separate, unrelated human trafficking cases. I was surprised because the page that opens this news shows different faces from apparent arrested people and when you get deep inside the news realize that they are narrating different issues to get to the main point of the news which is to prove that human trafficking is increasing in South Florida.
Is this news item a blame narrative?
The news gives the idea that something bad with the human trafficking is happening in front of our very eyes and using personal quotations from prosecutors that describe details of the felonies.
Is the language exploitive or sensitive to the victim? Does the news item provide any public health or health information?
The language at these cases is sensitive with the victims because mentions how inside the local communities there are people facing family abuse or neglect, which cause them to be easy pray for delinquents ready to abuse them.
If not, discuss briefly key public health information pertaining to human trafficking that you as an advanced practice nurse would like to provide to the public.
The information that I think it would be great to include in news regarding human trafficking would be straight to the point with the issues and always accompanied them with instructions of what victims or general population can do when they see something that it is not good, or even suspicious in the community or inside the household. There are programs from the government and even from religious entities that help abused people. This is something that the news I read really makes well. At the end they give the phone number of the state attorney’s human trafficking unit.
Reference
Human Trafficking On The Rise In South Florida. (2017). Miami.cbslocal.com. Retrieved 4 December 2017, from http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/03/09/human-trafficking-on-the-rise-in-south-florida/
#2 DISCUSSION 11 WEEK 15 (yur)
Human trafficking is like modern day slavery of old times. It is a violent but very profitable business that does not focus on the well-being of victims. The nature of this crime needs to be understood to recognize victims and help them. The article titled “NEW: Human trafficking reports rise in Florida; young adults targeted” talks about human trafficking in Florida. The article has described how human trafficking occurs by giving an example of an incident. It is not a blame narrative, but the language may be sensitive to the victims for instance it says that “one of the men allegedly told officers they had gone to the Boynton Beach home to “pimp” the woman out” (Wingham II, 2017). The article mentions that people in drug recovery are more at risk of being manipulated by traffickers. Other than that, the article does not provide any health information (Wingham II, 2017).
Health care providers are sometimes the only professionals who interact with the victims of the human trafficking while they are still captive. Victims may be suffering from various health problems due to lack of sleep, stress, food deprivation, torture and dangerous work. Women may also acquire sexually transmitted diseases. Physical abuse can cause dental issues, broken bones and burn scars on the body. Depression, posttraumatic disorder, drug addiction, suicidal feelings and somatic symptoms may be caused by psychological violence. Most victims look unstable, isolated and look afraid (Dovydaitis, 2010). Nurses should also be able to differentiate between domestic violence and trafficking victims. For example, domestic violence victims are afraid of one person, but trafficking victims are afraid of several people because they may be abused by many. Trafficking victims may not easily trust people and they might not have any family contact. The risk of substance abuse is also higher among trafficking victims. Several victims may appear to be stable but may not know their current location if inquired. This may happen in cases when people are trafficked to the U.S from other countries. Moreover, those forced into prostitution should not be considered criminals because they are victims are forced to live such a life (Green, 2016).
References:
Dovydaitis, T. (2010). Human Trafficking: The Role of the Health Care Provider. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 55(5), 462–467. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.12.017
Green, Cheryl. (2016). Human trafficking: Preparing for a unique patient population. American Nurse Today. 11 (1). Retrieved from https://www.americannursetoday.com/human-trafficking-preparing-unique-patient-population/
Whigham II, Julius. (February 20, 2017). New: Human trafficking reports rise in Florida; young adults targeted. Palm Beach Post. Retrieved from http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime--law/new-human-trafficking-reports-rise-florida-young-adults-targeted/zuFa90aHDLZMf2wm74RQqI/
#3 DISCUSSION 11 WEEk 15 (SAN)
Today young girls are often taken in record numbers. Often these girls are sold to men for sexual pleasures and prostitution. The International Labor Organization reported that approximately two million people are trafficked every year, and the resulting profits equates to approximately 32 billion per year (Schinasi & Schinasi, 2015). In India, a rape occurs every fifteen minutes. Human trafficking envelopes the involuntary capture of a person for child pornography, terrorism, Satanist sacrifices, and even for domestic use. Between 2011 and 2013, over 10,000 girls were reported missing in Chhattisgarh, one of India’s poorest areas (Sahariah, 2015). Because a growing number of urban areas are requesting maids and house workers, trafficking is becoming more widespread. A girl by the name of Deepti Minch became yet another victim of this crime. She was only nineteen years old and was taken into domestic servitude in northern Punjab state (Sahariah, 2015). The girl’s family was told that Minch would make $79 a month if she went to work in Delhi, but Minch was sold into slavery for domestic service (Saharriah, 2015). Minch did not realize that she had been sold until a year later. Minch said she worked many long hours, and the work was very tiresome. She cooked, cleaned the house, and took care of the children. Minch eventually ran away and found her way back home. There are countless stories like this one in India, which only makes human trafficking worse. To answer the question about how this article was reported, it was done carefully and methodically. The only limitation is that more needs to be done all around the world. Human trafficking should be discussed daily on every news outlet. If journalists can discuss things like weather and politics daily, then issues like human trafficking should be given more priority and we often see this issue ignored and more often than none media turns a blind eye on issue of human trafficking. The article was well done and was not a blame narrative. The article issued facts and even gave personal accounts of human trafficking. In addition, the article was sensitive to the victim because it brought more awareness to the problem. Due to the personal story given it is evident that a lot of investigative research was involved. The only limitation noted was the lack of public health information, but other than that, the article was informative. Because many children are taken and sold into sexual slavery, diseases, mental health issues, depression, and substance abuse often erupt, and this public health information is crucial, but not noted in the article. As a result it is increasingly important to apprehend or save as many people as possible from human trafficking by educating the public and bringing awareness to the issue.
Sahariah, S. (2015). Child trafficking in India: It was only after a few years I realized I had been sold. The Guardian. Retrieved from
Schinasi, D., & Schinasi, F. F. U. D. (2015). Human trafficking: Past, present, future.
Linked In. Retrieved from https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-trafficking-past-present-future-david-schinasi
#4 DISCUSSION 11 week 15 (yit)
The trade involving selling of people is termed as human trafficking. The people most especially women and children are sold and engaged in forced labor, sexual abuse and slavery. It occurs within a state or even trans –nationally. It is a crime and needs to be reported to stop the violation of the people’s rights.Unfortunately, most media interpretations on human trafficking depart from the real experience the victims face (Albright, & D’Adamo,2017).
My study and analysis entails on how human trafficking in Miami is reported to the media via a newspaper. A newspaper which was published on Thursday ,9th March ,2017 gave out information about the sex of the victims involved as well as their age, number of victims, the officials who arrested the suspects involved in the actual act, the location where the action took place and how they rescued the victims involved in the trafficking. It also gave out the charges the traffickers faced.
The newspaper information seemed to look like a singular narrative since it narrated the occurrence of the incident not exactly as it was. The language used was very profound to the victim since their names were not included in the newspaper. Unfortunately, there wasn’t any public health information provided in the report.
Effective public health information should be provided to the people. An advance public nurse should be able to do a comprehensive research on the social matters that brings about human trafficking and their main causes (Lee, 2013). Information driven solutions should be provided so that the needs of the people at risk will be achieved and the vulnerable people will be freed from the situations that subject them to human trafficking. Effective services should be implemented to meet the needs of human trafficking victims and survivors.
References
Albright, E., & D’Adamo, K. (2017). The Media and Human Trafficking: A Discussion and Critique of the Dominant Narrative. In Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue (pp. 363-378). Springer International Publishing.
Lee, M. (Ed.). (2013). Human trafficking. Routledge.
