Keywords

child abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of children, CSEC, sex trafficking

 

Authors

  1. Avila, Pamela T. MSN, FNP-BC, PNP-BC

Abstract

Abstract: Commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) is associated with child abuse, neglect, poverty, homelessness, and societal causes. Sex trafficking is the participation in commercial sex acts in which force, fraud, or coercion occur. This article discusses the scope of CSEC and sex trafficking, and the necessary identification skills and medical evaluations needed to help these patients.