How to identify trafficking victims, and more: a health care worker’s guide
As part of our series on trafficking victims that seek out health care.
General information
The Polaris Project has many resources, including the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline and text service.
Handbooks for health care workers
International Organization for Migration has a free PDF handbook for health care providers called “Caring for Trafficked Persons.”
Massachusetts Medical Society also has a guide on identifying and treating trafficking victims.
The Department of Health and Human Services also has reference materials and a toolkit for health care workers.
Other resources
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center has a webinar for health workers.
Heal Trafficking has a compendium of medical literature and educational programs.
Marketplace’s three-part series on human trafficking and health care:
Part 1: Health care takes on the fight against trafficking
Part 2: This is what happened when a trafficking victim finally got a chance to run
Part 3: Identifying trafficking victims is just the start of health care’s challenge