Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue

This clear-sighted reference examines the public health dimensions of labor and sex trafficking in the United States, the scope of the crisis, and possibilities for solutions. Its ecological lifespan approach globally traces risk and protective factors associated with this exploitation, laying a roadmap towards its prevention. Diverse experts, including survivors, describe support and care interventions across domains and disciplines, from the law enforcement and judicial sectors to community health systems and NGOs, with a robust model for collaboration. By focusing on the humanity of trafficked persons, a public health paradigm broadens our understanding of and ability to address trafficking while adding critical direction and resources to the criminal justice and human rights structures currently in place.

Among the topics covered:

• Children at Risk: Foster Care and Human Trafficking

• LGBTQ Youth and Vulnerability to Sex Trafficking An extraordinary collection of knowledge by survivors, academics, clinicians, and advocates who are experts on human trafficking. Human Trafficking is a Public Health Issue is a comprehensive offering in educating readers on human trafficking through a multi-pronged public health lens.

Margeaux Gray: Survivor, Advocate, Artist, Public Speaker

Is the first book of its kind, with a comprehensive look -- from a public health perspective -- at human trafficking in the US

Discusses the historical context of human trafficking within US borders

Does not focus solely or even largely on sex trafficking, providing a more complete understanding of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking movement

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Brooklyn; co-founder and steering committee member of HEAL (Health Professional Education, Advocacy, Linkage) Trafficking; advisory board member of End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT-USA).
Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, physician, Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts; Executive Director and co-founder of HEAL (Health Professional Education, Advocacy, Linkage) Trafficking.

Contenu
Part 1: Overview
ForewordIntroduce the idea of human trafficking as a public health issue, not just a law enforcement issueGeorges C. Benjamin

Preface: Why This Book? Book editors will briefly explain human trafficking via the socioecological model and trafficking's place in US historyMakini Chisolm-Straker and Hanni Stoklosa

Introduction to Human Trafficking: Who Is Affected?Dives deeper into the socioecological model presented in the preface (to include social determinants of risk)Jordan Greenbaum

Trafficked and Missed Sex trafficked survivor story: presented to an Emergency Department and not identified; how an end demand and law enforcement approach failed herJill XXX

Trafficked and Survived Labor trafficked survivor storyJames Dold
Sex Trafficking in the US
Discuss basics of definition and types of sex trafficking; statistics, including who is affected; history in the US Clydette Powell

The Ignored Exploitation: Labor Trafficking in the US Discuss basics of definition and types of labor trafficking; statistics, including who is affected; history in the US Nicole Littenberg and Colleen Owens

Part 2: Vulnerable Populations
Trafficking of US Domestic Minors Discuss basics of types of trafficking affecting youth in the US, statistics like average age of entry into exploitation and youth risk factors, including race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientationCarol Smolenski

Children at Risk: Foster Care and TraffickingSpecifically discusses the experiences of foster children who are trafficked: potential causative and contributory factors (including race/ethnicity) and interventions in progressMadeline Hannan

Sex Trafficking in Indian Country Discuss historical context of sex trafficking of Indian women and girls; current statistics of trafficking experience in this population; proposed reasons for vulnerability of this group (including loss of languages, land, and cultural identity); potential interventions that are culturally relevant and specificBonnie Claremont

LGBT and Trafficked Discuss risk factors for these populations, including being kicked out of homes for sexual orientation or gender identity; types of trafficking commonly experienced; prevention programs and interventions being implementedSteve Procopio

Part 3: Unique Health Needs
Mental Health of Survivors: Diagnoses and NecessitiesDiscuss the mental health diagnoses and statistics affecting trafficked persons; the needed interventions to improve the mental health of this populationElizabeth Hopper

Physical Health of Survivors: Unmet EssentialsDiscuss the physical health diagnoses and statistics affecting trafficked persons; the needed interventions to improve the physical health of this population; interventions available/recommended to providersSian Oram

Substance Abuse and the Life Discuss how substance abuse contributes to being trafficked and continued exploitationKevin Chuang

Part 4: Prevention and Intervention
The Development and Psychology of Young Minds: Communities Can Prevent Exploitation Preventing trafficking is not just about direct anti-trafficking work, but also the presence of supportive adults in the lives of youth; discuss the stages of development, toxic stress, and cognitive function developmentNeil Boothby or Michael Wessels

Legal Support for Trafficked Minors: Improving the Health of Young SurvivorsDiscuss certification of trafficking experience or victim of crime status to obtain benefits and services, including housing and healthcare (encompassing mental health)Lennon Moore

NGOs and the Anti-Trafficking Movement: Advocacy and ServiceDiscuss different types of NGOs engaged in anti-trafficking work; statistics on how many NGOs are doing anti-HT work and who is served; different types of anti-HT work (comprehensive services, including housing to economic support programs)Fiona Mason

Faith-Based Organizations and Anti-Trafficking Efforts Role of faith-based organizations in the anti-HT movement; strong focus on sex trafficking and why labor trafficking is less emphasized in this sectorJeffrey Barrows

Research as an Anti-Trafficking EffortDiscuss role of evidence in anti-trafficking work and summary of research efforts thus far; recommendations for next stepsCathy Miller

Trauma-Informed Care in Anti-Trafficking WorkDefine and discuss trauma-informed and patient-centered care as it relates to anti-trafficking work and the utility of these efforts in providing care to individual survivorsSusie Baldwin

Law Enforcement Agents as Advocates: Traditional Policing and the Shift to Survivor-Centered Service Discuss the shift from traditional policing (including arresting child prostitutes) to survivor-centered services, including terminology corrections and shifted goalsDonna Gavin

Community Health Clinics and Direct Care Provision Discuss the role of direct service providers in the anti-trafficking movementKimberly Sujin Chang

Trafficking in the Media: Which and Whose Stories Get Told and WhyDiscuss public mis/perceptions about trafficking and how the media shapes these ideasDan Gorenstein

Education of Youth and Communities: Prevention EffortsSummarize prevention/education efforts of the past 15-20 years, including school and offender programsSharon Smith

From Not-for-Profit Work to Federal Interventions: The Mainstreaming of Human Trafficking
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