TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Health care and human trafficking: we are seeing the unseen
JO  - Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
A1  - Chisolm-Straker, Makini
A1  - Baldwin, Susie
A1  - Gaïgbé-Togbé, Bertille
A1  - Ndukwe, Nneka
A1  - Johnson, Pauline N.
A1  - Richardson, Lynne D.
SP  - 1220
EP  - 1233
VL  - 27
IS  - 3
N2  - OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to build the evidence base around human trafficking (HT) and health in the U.S. by employing a quantitative approach to exploring the notion that health care providers encounter this population. Furthermore, this study sought to describe the health care settings most frequented by victims of human trafficking. <br><br>METHODS: This was an anonymous, retrospective study of survivors of U.S.-based human trafficking. <br><br>RESULTS: One hundred and seventy-three participants who endured U.S.-based human trafficking were surveyed. The majority (68%, n=117) of participants were seen by a health care provider while being trafficked. Respondents most frequently reported visiting emergency/urgent care practitioners (56%), followed by primary care providers, dentists, and obstetricians/gynecologists (OB/GYNs). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: While health care providers are serving this patient population, they do not consistently identify them as victims of human trafficking.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1049-2089
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2016.0131
ID  - ref1
ER  -