Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking

Resources for Healthcare Professionals on Child Sexual Exploitation & Trafficking

The Problem

Research worldwide demonstrates a plethora of medical and mental health conditions associated with sex trafficking and exploitation.

The Resources

This section provides healthcare professionals with information on the dynamics of trafficking and exploitation, common physical and behavioral health problems identified in affected children, barriers to accessing care experienced by victims, and innovative intervention strategies.

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Global Report on Trafficking In Persons: 2022 (UNODC, 2023)

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20 Tips for Speaking with Children About Abuse

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Global Estimates of Modern Slavery: Forced Labor and Forced Marriage (ILO, 2022)

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Evaluation of Interventions to Prevent Human Trafficking in South Asia (Zimmerman, 2021)

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How trauma related to sex trafficking challenges parenting; Mexico/Central America (Castener, 2021)

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Challenges to Pre-migration Prevention of Human Trafficking, India (Pocock, 2020)

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Validation of screening tool for human trafficking (Chisholm Straker, 2021)

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Sexual violence, pregnancy, marriage and sex trafficking in border cities US and Mexico (Joshi, 2020)

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Sex trafficking and HIV risk (Joshi, 2020)

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Qualitative needs assessment human trafficking in Ethiopia (Choi, 2020)

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Psychosocial impact of COVID on children (Ghosh, 2020)

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Multiplicity of stigma young trafficked women in Nepal (Ong, 2019)

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Factors influencing human trafficking in Ethiopia (Gezie , 2021)

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Challenges to parenting after experiences of sex trafficking (Castaner, 2021)

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The Public Health Impact of Coronavirus Disease on Human Trafficking (Greenbaum, 2020)

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Thematic Brief on Covid-19 and Human Trafficking (UNODC, 2020)

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Clinical Report Child Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation (AAP, 2015)

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Policy Statement Global Child Trafficking (AAP, 2017)

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Access to mental health and psychosocial services in Cambodia by survivors of trafficking and exploitation (Aberdein, 2015)

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Behavioral health treatment “Buy-in” among adolescent females with histories of commercial sexual exploitation (Barnert, 2020)

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Child modern slavery, trafficking and health (BMJ, 2020)

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Child sex tourism – prevalence of and risk factors for its use in a German community (Koops, 2017)

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Community perspectives on the extent to which transactional sex is viewed as sexual exploitation in Central Uganda (Kyegombe, 2020)

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Commercially sexually exploited youths’ health care experiences, barriers, and recommendations: A qualitative analysis (Maghsoodi, 2018)

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Featured counter-trafficking program: H.E.A.L.T.H. Clinic of Ottawa (Leach, 2020)

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Featured counter-trafficking program: Kolkata Sanved’s model Sampoornata (Chakraborty, 2020)

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Featured counter trafficking program: Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center (Diaz, 2020)

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Interventions that Foster Healing Among Sexually Exploited Children and Adolescents (Moynihan, 2018)

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A systematic review of the state of the literature on sexually exploited boys internationally (Moynihan, 2018)

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Human trafficking and exploitation: A global health concern (Zimmerman, 2017)

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The identification and treatment of mental health and substance misuse problems in sexual assault services (Stefanidou, 2020)

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Long-term prognosis of commercially sexually exploited youth in Turkey (Semerci, 2017)

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Mental health, violence and psychological coercion among female and male trafficking survivors in the greater Mekong sub-region (Iglesias Rios, 2018)

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The influence of hopes, fears and expectations on the mental health of young trafficking survivors in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (Nodzenski, 2020)

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A profile of high school students in rural Canada who exchange sex for substances (Homma, 2012)

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Psychological Consequences Child Trafficking (Ottisova, 2018)

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Exploring relationships as mediators of treatment outcomes among commercially sexually exploited youth (Landers, 2020)

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Sexual exploitation of unaccompanied migrant and refugee boys in Greece (Freccero, 2017)

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Systematic review of facilitators of, barriers to, and recommendations for healthcare services for child survivors of human trafficking globally (Albright, 2020)

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