Tips for Identifying and Helping Victims of Human Trafficking

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2013

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U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement

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The following are sample questions health care providers can ask in screening an individual to determine if he/she is a potential victim of human trafficking. As with domestic violence victims, if you think a patient is a victim of trafficking, you do not want to begin by asking directly if the person has been beaten or held against his/her will. Instead, you want to start at the edges of his/her experience. And if possible, you should enlist the help of a staff member who speaks the patient s language and understands the patient s culture, keeping in mind that any questioning should be done confidentially.

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Abuse-sexual, Communication, Exploitation -- trafficking, Guidelines, Interviewing, medical

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