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HEAL Trafficking Joins ATEST

Three trailblazing organizations have joined the Alliance to End Slavery and Trafficking (ATEST), expanding the alliance’s depth and breadth of expertise and strengthening the alliance’s collective voice. HEAL Trafficking, Humanity United Action and the McCain Institute for International Leadership bring

Letter to the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Implementation of the Resolution on Police Violence and Structural Racism

On August 3, 2020 HEAL Trafficking joined more than 360 civil society organizations and 144 families of victims of police violence in signing a letter to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights with strong recommendations for the report the High Commissioner

HEAL Trafficking Comments Criminal Procedure: Vacatur Relief for Human Trafficking Victims 236.14: SPR19-15

June 10, 2019 Judicial Council of California To Whom it May Concern: Subject: Criminal Procedure: Vacatur Relief for Human Trafficking Victims 236.14: SPR19-15 Background Founded in the fall of 2013, HEAL Trafficking is a united group of survivors and multidisciplinary

Dignity Health - Human Trafficking Posters

Available in Multiple Languages. *Some users have reported issues accessing the files. If you cannot access the posters, the website may be conflicting with your firewall settings. Please try a different computer and/or network.

HEAL Direct Services - Beyond Helping: Aftercare for Empowerment

A virtual round table hosted by Chab Dai’s Global Learning Community. No one is an expert in a survivor’s healing. And while we try and help, we can never truly understand the personal journey of each person’s trauma. Any credit

Identification, Trauma-Informed Care, and How Human Trafficking Affects the Victim's Health

HEAL Trafficking created this three-part training series for the International Organization for Migration, Finland on responding to human trafficking. Links to the trainings can be found here: Identification – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s85xsgEQ69A Caring for Victims of Trafficking 1/3: Identification. First part in the

Common Spirit: Human Trafficking 101

This presentation from CommonSpirit Health is focused around clarifying some of the misconceptions that persist in the perception of human trafficking. It has been reviewed by HEAL Trafficking’s Protocol Consultancy Team.

Managing Trafficking in the Pediatric ED

“Human trafficking is a hot topic these days, but what is it really and what is the emergency medicine (EM) clinician’s role in caring for these patients? ….the care of pediatric patients warrants special consideration in the clinical discussion of human

Media and Technology Committee

The Media and Technology Committee uses innovative technology and media to help health care providers better serve survivors of trafficking.

HEAL Trafficking and Hope for Justice’s Protocol Toolkit

This systems toolkit is designed to help professionals working in health care settings develop a protocol to respond to potential victims of human trafficking who present to their facility. To receive a copy of HEAL's New Protocol Toolkit,

Examining the Link: Foster Care Runaway Episodes and Human Trafficking

Latzman, N. E., & Gibbs, D. (2020). Examining the link: Foster care runaway episodes and human trafficking. OPRE Report No. 2020-143. Washington, DC: Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human

Multidisciplinary Human Trafficking Education: Inpatient and Outpatient Healthcare Settings

B. M. Nordstrom (2020): Multidisciplinary Human Trafficking Education: Inpatient and Outpatient Healthcare Settings, Journal of Human Trafficking, DOI: 10.1080/23322705.2020.1775049 This study documents the benefits of education based on Health, Education, Advocacy, Linkage (HEAL) Trafficking’s recommendations. Follow-up survey shows that without

“Essential” but Expendable: Farmworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Alexis J. Handal, Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos, Paul J. Fleming, Mislael A. Valentín-Cortés, and Marie S. O’Neill, 2020: “Essential” but Expendable: Farmworkers During the COVID-19 Pandemic—The Michigan Farmworker Project American Journal of Public Health 110, 1760_1762, https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305947 For “essential” blue-collar workers, the

Health

HEAL Trafficking brings together physicians, practice clinicians, nurses, dentists, psychologists, counselors, public health workers, health educators, researchers, social workers, administrators, and other professionals who work with and advocate for survivors of human trafficking.

Education

The HEAL Education and Training Committee focuses on educating health care providers about trafficking and making relevant, evidenced-based training resources more accessible.

Advocacy

The HEAL Advocacy Committee advances the field of trafficking and health care by affecting public policy at local, regional, national, and international levels.

Linkage

The fight against trafficking benefits from the multi-pronged efforts of non-profit organizations, government divisions, and academic centers. Together, they form linkages that connect and strengthen the HEAL network and anti-trafficking efforts around the world.

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