CE23-003 - Taking A Public Health Perspective on Human Trafficking: An Evaluation of the PROTECT Prevention Program

项目总结 人口贩运是一种无处不在的暴力形式，影响着世界各地青年的健康、安全和福祉。 美国(美国)。人口贩运的经历不成比例地由妇女、穷人、 经历过其他形式的暴力、性取向和性别少数群体以及种族和族裔少数群体， 将其定位为人口健康的重要贡献者。从历史上看，人口贩运被视为 通过刑事法律视角，这意味着努力集中在人口贩运发生后的干预上。 然而，贩运人口是一种普遍存在的暴力形式，也值得全面的公共卫生。 回应。其中一项努力是保护计划，这是一项在 个人、家庭和学校层面，以促进保护因素，提高对人口贩运的认识，以及 改变行为，目的是防止青年中的人口贩运。该计划已完成 70万多名学生和近9万成年人；然而，它并没有独立 已评估。作为对RFA-CE-23-003的回应，我建议对保护计划进行独立评估。这 该项目由一名职业生涯早期的调查员领导，由一支由资深学者组成的导师团队提供支持，该团队拥有广泛的 从事暴力和预防研究的经验。该项目有三个目标，并将雇用一所学校- 水平随机对照试验设计，评价保护方案的有效性。在《目标1》中我会 在项目实施前后对干预组和控制组的青少年、照顾者和学校员工进行调查 执行情况，以审查该方案对人口贩运、保护因素等知识的影响 为青年，并改变了行为。在目标2中，我将通过以下几个方面来检验该计划的持久效果 计划实施后1年的UP调查。然后，在目标3中，我将研究与以下内容相关的交叉效应 学校的表现和纪律使用学校层面的行政数据。总之，这些目标将评估 这一全面和贯穿各领域的暴力预防方案和信息方案的有效性 改进以减少人口贩运。通过这个职业发展奖，我也将发展 从长远来看，这些技能 和经验将帮助我实现我的研究独立的目标，通过R系列奖从 国立卫生研究院和晋升为终身教授副教授。需要预防努力，以 为青少年、他们的家庭和他们的学校提供工具和知识，在人类灭绝之前降低风险 贩卖人口。这个项目的结果将提高我们对使用公共卫生方法来 人口贩运的暴力问题，并通过干预和随后的干预防止人口贩运 计划改进。

PROJECT SUMMARY Human trafficking is a pervasive form of violence which affects the health, safety, and wellbeing of youth in the United States (US). Human trafficking is disproportionately experienced by women, those in poverty, those who have experienced other forms of violence, sexuality and gender minorities, and racial and ethnic minorities, positioning it as an important contributor to population health. Historically, human trafficking has been viewed through a criminal legal lens, meaning efforts have focused on intervening after human trafficking has occurred. However, human trafficking is a pervasive form of violence which also merits a comprehensive public health response. One such effort is the PROTECT program, a violence prevention program which operates at the individual, family, and school level to promote protective factors, increase awareness of human trafficking, and change behaviors with the goal of preventing human trafficking among youth. The program has been completed by more than 700 thousand students and nearly 90 thousand adults; yet, it has not been independently evaluated. In response to RFA-CE-23-003, I propose an independent evaluation of the PROTECT program. This project is led by an early-career investigator supported by a mentorship team of senior scholars with extensive experience conducting violence and prevention research. This project has three aims and will employ a school- level randomized control trial design to evaluate the effectiveness of the PROTECT program. In Aim 1 I will survey youth, caregivers, and school employees in the intervention and control groups prior to and after program implementation to examine the effect of the program on knowledge about human trafficking, protective factors for youth, and changed behaviors. In Aim 2, I will examine the enduring effect of the program through a follow up survey 1-year after program implementation. Then, in Aim 3, I will examine cross-over effects related to school performance and discipline using school level administrative data. Together, these aims will evaluate the effectiveness of this comprehensive and cross-cutting violence prevention program and inform program improvements to reduce human trafficking. Through this career development award, I will also develop Long-term these skills and experiences will help me achieve my goal of research independence through an R series award from the National Institutes of Health and promotion to Associate Professor with tenure. Prevention efforts are needed to provide adolescents, their families, and their schools with the tools and knowledge to reduce risk prior to human trafficking. The results of this project will improve our understanding of using a public health approach to the violence issue of human trafficking and prevent human trafficking through the intervention and subsequent program improvements.