Human Trafficking: Guidebook on Identification, Assessment, and Response in the Health Care Setting

by Elaine J. Alpert, Roy Ahn, Erin Albright

The MMS Committee on Violence Intervention and Prevention and Massachusetts General Hospital’s Human Trafficking Initiative have published Human Trafficking: Guidebook on Identification, Assessment, and Response in the Health Care Setting.

The guidebook is designed to provide basic information about human trafficking and its health effects, and to offer guidance regarding efficient and trauma-sensitive techniques for identification, assessment and response. The guidebook also includes local, statewide and national resources both for patient referral and for ongoing education.

Sections of Human Trafficking include:

Overview and Dynamics
Health Effects of Human Trafficking
Assessment and Evaluation of At-Risk Individuals
Meeting the Needs of Trafficked Individuals
Reporting to and Communicating with Law Enforcement and Child
Protection Authorities
Legal and Immigration Issues
Working Collaboratively
Self-Care, Leadership Opportunities, Prevention, and Resources for Life-
Long Learning for Health Care Providers
Resources
References

http://www.massmed.org/humantrafficki...

56 pages, ebook

First published December 3, 2014