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SIMONE JAECKL: Kids are
primarily victimized

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between the ages of 11 and 15.

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The largest group of
child victims today

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in the United States are girls.

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It's about almost 90%.

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Children who are trafficked
by their parents or by close

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to relatives, which also happen,
especially in the context

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of the opioid crisis,
they have been

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found to be as young
as five years old.

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CYNTHIA HURST: We
know that children

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who have been trafficked are
more likely to become ill.

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They're also more
likely to die younger.

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SERWA ERTL: Sex trafficking
is not child prostitution.

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There is no such thing
as child prostitution.

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It's child abuse.

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GERI GREENSPAN: It's
not just some stranger

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that comes and kidnaps a
child and then sells them

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on the street.

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It's very often
somebody that's already

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in that child's life
in a position of trust.

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GEQUETTA MURRAY-KEY: Some
people don't see it as an issue

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because they don't
see the issue.

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They're expecting this
problem to look a certain way,

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to be in another
country, to be somebody

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that has ripped clothes and
their hair is not combed

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and they have dirt
on their face.

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And whatever the
movies present, they

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don't recognize that right there
in their son's classroom, right

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there in their
daughter's classroom,

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there's a possibility
that someone this could

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be happening to.

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SIMONE JAECKL: I am setting
out to explore the risk factors

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for sex trafficking, the
context, the root causes,

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and hopefully develop
intervention and prevention

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strategies that are
effective once I find out

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what the causes are.

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The Institute of Medicine
and National Research Council

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pointed out that
schools were emerging

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as promising environments
for these prevention

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and intervention strategies
for the kids they serve.

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School nurses are just like
nurses in general in society.

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They are the trusted
health care professionals.

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They are uniquely positioned
because they easily

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gain children's trust we have
found out, I have found out,

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and research supports
that because they

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have what they call an open
door policy, meaning kids just--

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they don't just come to be
assessed when they are sick

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or to pick up meds.

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But they also come just to chat.

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CYNTHIA HURST: Nurses see things
that teachers and others may

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not, and they may
notice things--

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tattoos or bruises, things
that don't make sense.

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SERWA ERTL: They're on
the front lines right now,

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so they are seeing children in
adolescents day in and day out.

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They might also hear
things from students

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because they may
share information.

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GERI GREENSPAN: To have
somebody like a school nurse

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who has access to those
children who's already talking

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to them about intimate
health issues, who's there

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in the school and can
see them every day,

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I think it's very important
and can be a great resource.

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SIMONE JAECKL: I am
interviewing school nurses

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throughout the
Commonwealth, and I see

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quite a range of preparedness.

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Some are very prepared, and
others are not really prepared

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at all.

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They don't really
know more than what

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you and what people
in general may know

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from just from the lay press.

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SERWA ERTL: Being aware
of what to look for

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and recognizing that
it's child abuse

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and that this adolescent
needs more help I think

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is the most important
thing for a nurse.

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And so that's why I think nurses
are in such a unique position

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to help with this.

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GEQUETTA MURRAY-KEY: We're
supposed to care for children,

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protect and provide for
them, and so that individual

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is learning at a
young age that they'll

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have to fend for themselves.

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They get used to being
in a submissive situation

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and maybe doing
things as an adult

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that they wouldn't
normally do but they

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don't know any other way.

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SIMONE JAECKL: These
kids are destroyed.

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To believe in people
again, to believe in life,

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and to get a fair chance of
starting a life as an adult,

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it's very difficult, and I think
it is up to us as a society,

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to health care providers,
and to schools to make

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that happen for these kids.

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The schools are
an excellent place

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to start because kids are there.

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If they are watched-- if
somebody has an eye on them

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and because of that, somebody
knows what to look for,

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I think we do have
a pretty good chance

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to at least help more children
to safety and health right.

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