Care and support during maternity for mothers affected by modern slavery: A scoping review.

Healthcare professionals Human trafficking Maternity care Modern slavery Mothers Non-statutory services Scoping review Survivor

Journal

International journal of nursing studies advances
ISSN: 2666-142X
Titre abrégé: Int J Nurs Stud Adv
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101769252

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2023
Historique:
received: 02 02 2023
revised: 12 06 2023
accepted: 16 06 2023
medline: 15 5 2024
pubmed: 15 5 2024
entrez: 15 5 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Modern slavery is a largely hidden crime disproportionately affecting women and girls, with 71% of the world's enslaved people being female and approximately one third estimated to be pregnant. Healthcare professionals experience difficulties in caring for mothers affected by modern slavery, including asking appropriate questions and initiating discussions, making safe referrals, being uncertain about entitlements, and facing obstacles in accessing language support and specialist mental health services. Despite the expectation of cohesive and consistent services, which avoid the recounting of experiences that may re-traumatise, interdisciplinary collaborations between maternity services and non-statutory agencies remain unclear. To map the available evidence and resources on maternity care provision and non-statutory support to pregnant women and mothers affected by modern slavery. A scoping review was conducted following the JBI methodology for scoping reviews. Five databases (Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts, Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Dissertations & Thesis A&I, Embase, Scopus) were searched. Inclusion criteria: English language; published between 2012 and May 2022; related to both maternity care provision and modern slavery; cross-sectional perspectives, including survivor mothers, healthcare professionals, midwives, and non-statutory service staff; any methodology. Exclusion criteria: general healthcare or not maternity related; opinion pieces, letters, book reviews, commentaries. Grey literature was searched using relevant websites reporting theses, blogs, policies, guidelines, and resources. Twelve articles reporting 11 studies and 29 grey literature reports were retained for the scoping review. Three key themes were identified from research studies: Although several sources indicate principles that should be adopted, the detail of

Sections du résumé

Background UNASSIGNED
Modern slavery is a largely hidden crime disproportionately affecting women and girls, with 71% of the world's enslaved people being female and approximately one third estimated to be pregnant. Healthcare professionals experience difficulties in caring for mothers affected by modern slavery, including asking appropriate questions and initiating discussions, making safe referrals, being uncertain about entitlements, and facing obstacles in accessing language support and specialist mental health services. Despite the expectation of cohesive and consistent services, which avoid the recounting of experiences that may re-traumatise, interdisciplinary collaborations between maternity services and non-statutory agencies remain unclear.
Objective UNASSIGNED
To map the available evidence and resources on maternity care provision and non-statutory support to pregnant women and mothers affected by modern slavery.
Design UNASSIGNED
A scoping review was conducted following the JBI methodology for scoping reviews.
Methods UNASSIGNED
Five databases (Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts, Cumulated Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Dissertations & Thesis A&I, Embase, Scopus) were searched. Inclusion criteria: English language; published between 2012 and May 2022; related to both maternity care provision and modern slavery; cross-sectional perspectives, including survivor mothers, healthcare professionals, midwives, and non-statutory service staff; any methodology. Exclusion criteria: general healthcare or not maternity related; opinion pieces, letters, book reviews, commentaries. Grey literature was searched using relevant websites reporting theses, blogs, policies, guidelines, and resources.
Results UNASSIGNED
Twelve articles reporting 11 studies and 29 grey literature reports were retained for the scoping review. Three key themes were identified from research studies:
Conclusions UNASSIGNED
Although several sources indicate principles that should be adopted, the detail of

Identifiants

pubmed: 38746591
doi: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2023.100139
pii: S2666-142X(23)00023-1
pmc: PMC11080449
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Pagination

100139

Informations de copyright

© 2023 The Author(s).

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

None.

Auteurs

Sara Borrelli (S)

Associate Professor in Midwifery, Research Assistant, Professor in Midwifery, University of Nottingham, School of Health Sciences, Queen's Medical School, B Floor, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Renuka Ramasamy (R)

Associate Professor in Midwifery, Research Assistant, Professor in Midwifery, University of Nottingham, School of Health Sciences, Queen's Medical School, B Floor, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Ruth Wong (R)

Information Specialist, University of Sheffield, School of Health and Related Research, Regent Court (ScHARR), 30 Regent Street, Sheffield, 1026AS1 4DA.

Helen Spiby (H)

Associate Professor in Midwifery, Research Assistant, Professor in Midwifery, University of Nottingham, School of Health Sciences, Queen's Medical School, B Floor, NG7 2UH, Nottingham, United Kingdom.

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