The Evolution of Canada’s First Pediatric Hospital Program Specializing in Child Sex Trafficking

Child Protection and Practice Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI:10.1016/j.chipro.2025.100156

Corry Azzopardi , Romy Cho , Jasmine Eliav , Heather Farina , Cynthia S.-Y. Shih , Jennifer N. Smith , Tanya D. Smith

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Children exposed to sex trafficking experience adverse physical and mental health effects and corresponding complex health care needs. Trauma-informed pediatric health care, embedded in a systems of care framework, can help to improve the health and safety of child sex trafficking victims and survivors. Evidence-based specialty pediatric programs for child sex trafficking are currently lacking, resulting in some children being denied the quality of care needed to promote optimal health and healing. This practice perspective article describes the evolution of Canada’s first pediatric hospital-based program specializing in child sex trafficking, informed by a multisector community response protocol grounded in guiding principles and promising practices. We outline our innovative process of interdisciplinary program and protocol development, implementation, and evaluation and share our insights and lessons learned along the way. This offers a roadmap for other pediatric health care providers invested in building their capacity to respond effectively and ethically to child sex trafficking.

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加拿大第一个专门从事儿童性交易的儿科医院项目的演变

遭受性贩运的儿童身心健康受到不利影响，需要相应的复杂保健服务。将了解创伤情况的儿科卫生保健纳入护理体系框架，有助于改善儿童性贩运受害者和幸存者的健康和安全。目前缺乏针对儿童性交易的循证儿科专业方案，导致一些儿童无法获得促进最佳健康和康复所需的优质护理。这篇从实践角度出发的文章描述了加拿大第一个以儿科医院为基础的专门处理儿童性贩运的方案的演变，该方案以指导原则和有希望的实践为基础，提供了多部门社区响应协议的信息。我们概述了跨学科项目和协议开发、实施和评估的创新过程，并分享了我们在此过程中获得的见解和经验教训。这为其他儿科卫生保健提供者提供了一个路线图，以投资建设其有效和合乎道德地应对儿童性贩运的能力。

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