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Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue

A Paradigm Expansion in the United States

  • Is the first book of its kind, with a comprehensive look -- from a public health perspective -- at human trafficking in the US

  • Discusses the historical context of human trafficking within US borders

  • Does not focus solely or even largely on sex trafficking, providing a more complete understanding of human trafficking and the anti-trafficking movement

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
  2. Sex Trafficked and Missed

    • Wendy J. Barnes, Holly Austin Gibbs
    Pages 15-27
  3. Sex Trafficking in the USA

    • Clydette L. Powell, Cyril Bennouna
    Pages 43-66
  4. The Ignored Exploitation: Labor Trafficking in the United States

    • Nicole Littenberg, Susie Baldwin
    Pages 67-91
  5. Trafficking of Children Within the United States

    • Carol Smolenski, Sarah Ingerman
    Pages 93-104
  6. Children at Risk: Foster Care and Human Trafficking

    • Madeline Hannan, Kathryn Martin, Kimberly Caceres, Nina Aledort
    Pages 105-121
  7. Sex Trafficking in Indian Country

    • Erin Shanley, Robyn Jordan
    Pages 123-140
  8. LGBTQ Youth and Vulnerability to Sex Trafficking

    • Kathryn Xian, Shaylin Chock, Dustin Dwiggins
    Pages 141-152
  9. Physical Health of Human Trafficking Survivors: Unmet Essentials

    • Wendy Macias-Konstantopoulos, Zheng B. Ma
    Pages 185-210
  10. Research Informing Advocacy: An Anti-Human Trafficking Tool

    • Cathy L. Miller, Michelle Lyman
    Pages 293-307
  11. Caring for Survivors Using a Trauma-Informed Care Framework

    • Annie Lewis-O’Connor, Elaine J. Alpert
    Pages 309-323

About this book

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

Keywords

  • public health and human trafficking
  • paradigm shift
  • human trafficking and the US
  • domestic minor trafficking
  • CSEC (commercial sexual exploitation of children) in the US
  • labor trafficking in the US
  • survivor-centered care
  • trauma-informed care
  • direct service provision
  • mental health and human trafficking
  • law enforcement and human trafficking
  • public health-centered prevention and intervention efforts
  • anti-trafficking prevention and intervention
  • history of human trafficking in the US
  • anti-trafficking movement
  • opioid epidemic and trafficking

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA

    Makini Chisolm-Straker

  • Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Hanni Stoklosa

About the editors

Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Brooklyn; co-founder and steering committee member of HEAL (Health Professional Education, Advocacy, Linkage) Trafficking; advisory board member of End Child Prostitution and Trafficking (ECPAT-USA).

Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, physician, Department of Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts; Executive Director and co-founder of HEAL (Health Professional Education, Advocacy, Linkage) Trafficking. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Trafficking Is a Public Health Issue

  • Book Subtitle: A Paradigm Expansion in the United States

  • Editors: Makini Chisolm-Straker, Hanni Stoklosa

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47824-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-47823-4Due: 09 February 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83833-5Published: 20 July 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-47824-1Published: 26 January 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVII, 457

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Public Health, Human Rights, Emergency Medicine

Buying options

eBook USD 69.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-3-319-47824-1
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 89.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Hardcover Book USD 219.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)