Tips for Identifying and Helping Trafficking Victims

dc.date.accessioned2013-09-19T16:26:30Z
dc.date.available2013-09-19T16:26:30Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionAs a health care practitioner, you may have treated victims of human trafficking without realizing their circumstances, and therefore, have lost a chance to help them escape a horrific situation. The following provides a brief overview of the trafficking problem, as well as tips for identifying and assisting trafficking victims: Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery, widespread throughout the United States. While trafficking is largely a hidden social problem, many trafficking victims are in plain sight if you know what to look for. Trafficking is not just forced prostitution. Victims of human trafficking may also be in forced labor situations as domestic servants (nannies or maids); sweatshop workers; janitors; restaurant workers; migrant farm workers; fishery workers; hotel or tourist industry workers; and as beggars. More tips follow . . . .
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/458
dc.identifier.urihttp://tinyurl.com/a3twkjm
dc.publisherU.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement
dc.subjectAbuse-sexual
dc.subjectBest practices
dc.subjectCommunication -- training
dc.subjectExploitation -- trafficking
dc.subjectGuidelines
dc.titleTips for Identifying and Helping Trafficking Victims
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