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HEAL Trafficking Submits Information for the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report

In January 2023, HEAL Trafficking solicited information from its network of greater than 4,000 professionals and human trafficking survivors in more than 45 countries about barriers to caring for trafficked persons who interact with health care in their country and

HEAL Trafficking signs on Abortion Care Letter

On August 19, 2022, HEAL Trafficking was among 41 health care, reproductive rights, child welfare, immigration, and civil rights organizations that signed on the abortion care letter for unaccompanied children in custody of the Department of Health and Human Services

HEAL Trafficking's letter of support for the proposed Assembly Bill AB2790 (Wicks)

On March 29, 2022, HEAL Trafficking submitted a letter of support for the proposed Assembly Bill AB2790 (Wicks) – Centering Survivor Safety and Health Act – to the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee. In HEAL Trafficking’s experience, California’s medical

HEAL Public Service Announcement (PSA) in Ukrainian, co-created by Charlee Borg and sponsored by International Organization For Migration (IOM)

Watch this Public Service Announcement (PSA) in Ukrainian, co-created by HEAL Trafficking and Charlee Borg and sponsored by International Organization For Migration (IOM), aimed at protecting refugees from Ukraine from exploitation. Also check out these helpful human trafficking resources (available

An Annotated Bibliography on Human Trafficking for the Mental Health Clinician

Robitz R, Asera A, Nguyen P, Gordon M, Coverdale J, Stoklosa H, Chisolm Straker M. An Annotated Bibliography on Human Trafficking for the Mental Health Clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Practice®. 2022 May 1;28(3):218-26.

Customizable Human Trafficking Self-Assessment Educational Brochure for Patients Available in 20 Languages!

Beginning in 2020, in collaboration with the Greater New Orleans Human Trafficking Task Force, HEAL Trafficking created an educational patient brochure for use in health systems which serve as a trafficking self-assessment for literate patients. The brochure is available as

Labor Trafficking Educational Video

In 2023, HEAL Trafficking released this educational video on labor trafficking. The video details survivor interactions with health care professionals during their trafficking experiences and how these encounters helped save their lives. The video also serves as a teaching tool

Human Trafficking in the ED - What you need to know

Human trafficking is a devastating crime, where a human being’s labor is exploited through force, fraud, or coercion, for someone else’s profit. For survivors, connecting to support in the community can be incredibly difficult, and may come at the expense

CommonSpirit Health's Resources for Providers

Excerpted from CommonSpirit Health’s website: “Many types of violence, including human trafficking, are more prevalent in the U.S. and throughout the world than many realize. Health care providers are often on the front lines – responsible for assessing at-risk patients,

Media and Technology Committee

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

Recommendations for Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care (TVIC) Physical Examinations for Patients

Many, if not most people, have had exposure to trauma, which includes experiences of abuse, neglect, and violence, such as human trafficking. Keep in mind, as a clinician, you do not need to know the exact nature of a patient’s

Human Trafficking in the Emergency Department: Improving Our Response to a Vulnerable Population

“This paper reviews some of the current human trafficking literature and describes the implementation of the HEAL Toolkit based on our experience at an academic, urban, county ED serving 85,000 patients per year with a dedicated children’s ED serving 35,000

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.

Addressing human trafficking through health systems - a scoping review by WHO, co-authored by HEAL

This report surveys current scholarly literature on health care and human trafficking to illuminate the critical role that health systems play in anti-trafficking activities. It provides an evidence base from which States and health systems can shape intersectoral policy and

Migrant Worker Safety, Occupational Health Equity, and Labor Trafficking

Prakash J, Kim I, Erickson T, Stoklosa H. Migrant worker safety, occupational health equity, and labor trafficking. Harvard Public Health Review. 2021; 33.

Treatment considerations for foreign-born victims of human trafficking: Practical applications of an ecological framework.

Salami’ T, Gordon M, Babu J, Coverdale J, Nguyen PT. Treatment considerations for foreign-born victims of human trafficking: Practical applications of an ecological framework. Transcultural psychiatry. 2021 Apr;58(2):293-306.

Health

HEAL Trafficking brings together physicians, practice clinicians, nurses, dentists, psychologists, counselors, 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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