BookMakini Chisolm-Straker, Hanni Stoklosa, editors.
Summary: "This clear-sighted reference examines the public health dimensions of labor and sex trafficking in the United States, the scope of the crisis, and possibilities for solutions. Its ecological lifespan approach globally traces risk and protective factors associated with this exploitation, laying a roadmap towards its prevention. Diverse experts, including survivors, describe support and care interventions across domains and disciplines, from the law enforcement and judicial sectors to community health systems and NGOs, with a robust model for collaboration. By focusing on the humanity of trafficked persons, a public health paradigm broadens our understanding of and ability to address trafficking while adding critical direction and resources to the criminal justice and human rights structures currently in place. Among the topics covered: Children at Risk: Foster Care and Human Trafficking LGBTQ Youth and Vulnerability to Sex Trafficking Physical Health of Human Trafficking Survivors: Unmet Essentials Research Informing Advocacy: An Anti-Human Trafficking Tool Caring for Survivors Using a Trauma-Informed Care Framework The Media and Human Trafficking: Discussion and Critique of the Dominant Narrative Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue is a sobering read; a powerful call to action for public health professionals, including social workers and health care practitioners providing direct services, as well as the larger anti-trafficking community of advocates, prosecutors, taskforce members, law enforcement agents, officers, funders, and administrators. "An extraordinary collection of knowledge by survivors, academics, clinicians, and advocates who are experts on human trafficking. Human Trafficking is a Public Health Issue is a comprehensive offering in educating readers on human trafficking through a multi-pronged public health lens. Margeaux Gray: Survivor, Advocate, Artist, Public Speaker"--Page 4 of cover.
Contents:
Introduction to Human Trafficking: Who Is Affected? / Jordan Greenbaum
Sex Trafficked and Missed / Wendy J. Barnes and Holly Austin Gibbs
The Lost Boy: How a Forgotten Child Became a Victim of Labor Trafficking / James L. Dold
Sex Trafficking in the USA / Clydette L. Powell and Cyril Bennouna
The Ignored Exploitation: Labor Trafficking in the United States / Nicole Littenberg and Susie Baldwin
Trafficking of Children Within the United States / Carol Smolenski and Sarah Ingerman
Children at Risk: Foster Care and Human Trafficking / Madeline Hannan, Kathryn Martin, Kimberly Caceres, and Nina Aledort
Sex Trafficking in Indian Country / Erin Shanley and Robyn Jordan
LGBTQ Youth and Vulnerability to Sex Trafficking / Kathryn Xian, Shaylin Chock, and Dustin Dwiggins
The Multimodal Social Ecological (MSE) Approach: A Trauma-Informed Framework for Supporting Trafficking Survivors' Psychosocial Health / Elizabeth K. Hopper
Physical Health of Human Trafficking Survivors: Unmet Essentials / Wendy Macias-Konstantopoulos and Zheng B. Ma
Trauma-Informed Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Trafficking Survivors / Elizabeth K. Hopper
The Development and Psychology of Young Minds: Communities Can Prevent Exploitation and Facilitate Rehabilitation / Sandra Gasca-Gonzalez and Dianna L. Walters
Legal Supports for Trafficked Persons: Assisting Survivors via Certification, State/Federal Benefits, and Compensation / Lennon Moore and Brendan Milliner
NGOs and the Anti-Trafficking Movement: Advocacy and Service / Valerie Schmitt
The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in the US Anti-Trafficking Movement / Jeffrey Barrows
Research Informing Advocacy: An Anti-Human Trafficking Tool / Cathy L. Miller and Michelle Lyman
Caring for Survivors Using a Trauma-Informed Care Framework / Annie Lewis-O'Connor and Elaine J. Alpert
Sex Trafficking in One US City: Traditional Policing and Boston's Shift to a Survivor-Centered Response / Donna Gavin and Cassandra Thomson
The Role of Community Health Centers in Addressing Human Trafficking / Kimberly S.G. Chang and A. Seiji Hayashi
The Media and Human Trafficking: A Discussion and Critique of the Dominant Narrative / Erin Albright and Kate D'Adamo
Human Trafficking: Perspectives on Prevention / Elaine J. Alpert and Sharon E. Chin
Combating Modern Bondage: The Development of a Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Human Trafficking / Laura J. Lederer
Moving Forward: Next Steps in Preventing and Disrupting Human Trafficking / Katherine Y. Chon and Smitha Khorana.