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In spite of mass media attention and implementation of international laws in the last two decades, modern-day slavery is still active in communities across the globe. Individuals trapped in forced labor situations endure devastating physical and mental illnesses, with dire consequences that extend into families and neighborhoods. The call has been made for every citizen to join in the anti-human trafficking movement. Lawmakers, police, and border patrol officers are on alert in each major U.S. city. Yet, training some of the most valuable stakeholders who work among some of the most vulnerable populations has been largely overlooked. Rural public health workers, specifically promotoras, serving in Texas-Mexico border communities are a key component to activate in the anti-trafficking awareness and prevention efforts in this region. The current research examined the geographic and socioeconomic situation of the colonias in the Rio Grande Valley and the effect of the drug cartel conflict directly across the border. Through an online survey, this study assessed rural public health workers’ knowledge and awareness of human trafficking and educational needs on human trafficking issues. Results of this research indicate that limited education and training of rural public health workers on the topic of human trafficking contribute to the low rate of victim identification in the rural clinic and community settings. Recommendations for immediate training of this strategic population located on our southernmost U.S. border is proposed along with future research.

In Australia, the development and implementation of National Training Packages has been a major tool in the drive to reform of the vocational education and training system. The main aim of the reform is to establish a national vocational and education system within a federal political system and to make vocational educations and training providers more responsive to the needs of industry, by industry specifying its skill needs through the mechanism of national Training Packages. The background to this workplace project, the Review of the Community Services Training Package, and this study, is established by a review of policy and literature in relation to national training reform issues and stakeholder management within a public policy context. This review established some principles of good practice in relation to stakeholder management. The industry context of the workplace project is discussed. The workplace project is then unpacked in some detail with specific reference to stakeholder management strategies and issues and some specific stakeholder groups. This exegesis goes on to explore stakeholder behaviour in this particular workplace project in its historical context of the introduction of Training Packages to the vocational education and training system. It explores the perspectives of teachers and industry on the implementation of Training Packages and in particular the gap between educational technologies and industry expectations of standards of work performance. The exegesis concludes with some suggestions of opportunities for enhanced workplace practice in stakeholder management and for further research. It also suggests a job of work for industry and teachers to develop new communities of practice around Training Packages as a means of bringing together their sometimes divergent interests.

Qualified nurses cannot perform tasks and procedures with confidence due to ineffective mentoring by a clinical nurse during training. Effective mentoring by the clinical nurse, with an additional accredited qualification in his/her field should assist in the development and confidence of the student nurse. The purpose of this study was to explore the learner’s experience of mentoring and facilitation by the clinical nurse, challenges and their view of the clinical nurse, and if this could be a predictive factor to their level of an independent nurse practitioner at the end of training. A non-experimental, descriptive qualitative design was used to identify the experience of the students and newly qualified nurses regarding the amount and quality of facilitation given by the clinical nurse in practice. The research population consisted of all categories of student nurses currently in training as well as qualified nurses within the past year from different facilities. An online semi-structured questionnaire survey was distributed among 45 participants and feedback received by 32 anonymous participants in the public and private sector. The findings of the study indicated that not all newly qualified nurses are able to practice as independent nurses, there’s a lack in mentoring and facilitation by clinical nurses during training and that a clinical nurse should have an additional qualification to better the learner experience. / Health Studies / M.A. (Nursing science)