Human Trafficking National Hotline 1-888-3737-888

Human trafficking in the US is a rapidly growing humanitarian, public health, safety, law enforcement and homeland security issue. Many times it may intersect with domestic violence, child or elder abuse, or sexual assault. Here are informational resources for medical personnel.

• One page flow chart for Health Professionals
• Human Trafficking: What Medical Personnel Need to Know
• Resources Handout
• Brochures:
  Adult Healthcare Provider
  Pediatric Healthcare Provider
  Social Worker

• The State of Human Trafficking in California 2012 excellent and readable report from Attorney General’s Office on the state of knowledge about HT in CA, pertinent laws, and resources available for victims
• Look Beneath the Surface
  13 min. public awareness video

• National Human Trafficking Resource Center
  Assessment for Medical Professionals
• PATH - Physicians Against Trafficking of Humans
  Website sponsored by AWMA with brief videos of how to screen and manage possible trafficked persons
• Human Trafficking: Guidebook on identification, Assessment, and Response in the Health Care Setting from Mass General (overall good review with a few parts specific to Massachusetts)
• Human Trafficking: Information and Resources for Emergency Healthcare Providers
  comprehensive website from Mount Sinai ED
• Potential Trafficking Indicators for Medical Professionals
  concise review from Polaris Project
• Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States
  2013 report from the Institute of Medicine
• Health Needs of Human Trafficking Victims
  symposium summary from US Dept. of Health and Human Services
• Caring for Trafficked Persons: Guidance for Health Providers
  UN manual on caring for the medical, emotional and practical needs of trafficked persons
• Modern-Day Slavery in America: Recognizing and Responding to Human Trafficking in a Healthcare Context 
  29 min. narrated powerpoint presentation from National HT Resource Center
• Tools for Service Providers
  assessment and training tools
• Rescue and Restore: Victims of Human Trafficking
  fact sheets, pamphlets, pocket cards, posters
• CDC Travel
  endemic illnesses/advisories for country of origin
• Health Professional Education, Advocacy, Linkage (HEAL) Network

• Creating an interdisciplinary medical home for survivors of human trafficking. McNiel M, Held T, Busch-Armendariz N. Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Sep;124(3):611-5.
  PMID: 25162264
• Commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking of children in the United States. Greenbaum VJ. Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care. 2014 Oct;44(9):245-69. PMID: 25131563
• Human trafficking and health: a conceptual model to inform policy, intervention and research. Zimmerman C, Hossain M, Watts C.  Soc Sci Med. 2011 Jul;73(2):327-35. PMID: 21723653
• Domestic minor sex trafficking in the United States. Kotrla K. Soc Work. 2010 Apr;55(2):181-7. PMID: 20408359
• Health Outcomes Among Women Trafficked for Sex in the United States: A Closer Look. Muftic LR, Finn MA. J Interpers Violence. 2013 Jan 6. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 23295378
• Trauma and its aftermath for commercially sexually exploited women as told by front-line service providers. Hom KA, Woods SJ.  Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2013 Feb;34(2):75-81. PMID: 23369118
• Human trafficking: a call for heightened awareness and advocacy by obstetrician-gynecologists. Tracy EE, Konstantopoulos WM. Obstet Gynecol. 2012 May;119(5):1045-7. PMID: 22525917
• Identifying domestic and international sex-trafficking victims during human service provision. Macy RJ, Graham LM. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2012 Apr;13(2):59-76. PMID: 22491971
• Identification of human trafficking victims in health care settings. Baldwin SB, Eisenman DP, Sayles JN, Ryan G, Chuang KS. Health Hum Rights. 2011 Jul 14;13(1):E36-49. PMID: 22772961
• The role of the nurse in combating human trafficking. Sabella D. Am J Nurs.2011 Feb;111(2):28-37; PMID: 21270581