Health Reports January 13, 2017

Identification and Referral in Health Care Settings (2017)

Written By castla

Carolyn Liu Lumpkin, Cast and Adriana Taboada, Cast. (2017)

Key findings from this survey confirm that human trafficking victims access health care services while they are being trafficked and that health care providers are potentially able to identify and refer a much larger number of human trafficking victims for services. Furthermore, the survey results provide feedback on the current questions being used to identify victims of trafficking in health care settings. The survey results highlight the need for health care providers to receive training and information in order to better support human trafficking survivors.

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