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Trafficking, Exploitation and Health

Published September 23, 2020 Partnered Collections, Special Issues

The health consequences of human trafficking and exploitation are sufficiently prevalent and damaging that they comprise a public health problem of global magnitude. This PLOS Collection offers evidence and expert commentary to urge health professionals to treat trafficking as a global health determinant.

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Exploitation and harm

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PLOS Medicine Human trafficking and exploitation: A global health concern
November 22, 2017 Cathy Zimmerman, Ligia Kiss
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PLOS Medicine The healthcare response to human trafficking: A need for globally harmonized ICD codes
May 2, 2019 Jordan Greenbaum, Hanni Stoklosa

Occupational health

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PLOS ONE Caring for trafficked and unidentified patients in the EHR shadows: Shining a light by sharing the data
March 14, 2019 Sara H. Katsanis, Elaine Huang, Amanda Young, Victoria Grant, Elizabeth Warner, Sharon Larson, Jennifer K. Wagner
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Oleg Afonin

PLOS Medicine Labour trafficking: Challenges and opportunities from an occupational health perspective
November 22, 2017 Elena Ronda-Perez, Bente E. Moen
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PLOS ONE Labour Trafficking among Men and Boys in the Greater Mekong Subregion: Exploitation, Violence, Occupational Health Risks and Injuries
December 16, 2016 Nicola S. Pocock, Ligia Kiss, Sian Oram, Cathy Zimmerman
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PLOS Medicine Extreme exploitation in Southeast Asia waters: Challenges in progressing towards universal health coverage for migrant workers
November 22, 2017 Rapeepong Suphanchaimat, Nareerut Pudpong, Viroj Tangcharoensathien

Children and adolescents

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PLOS ONE Psychological consequences of child trafficking: An historical cohort study of trafficked children in contact with secondary mental health services
March 8, 2018 Livia Ottisova, Patrick Smith, Hitesh Shetty, Daniel Stahl, Johnny Downs, Sian Oram
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PLOS Medicine Sexual exploitation of unaccompanied migrant and refugee boys in Greece: Approaches to prevention
November 22, 2017 Julie Freccero, Dan Biswas, Audrey Whiting, Khaled Alrabe, Kim Thuy Seelinger
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PLOS Medicine Child sex trafficking in the United States: Challenges for the healthcare provider
November 22, 2017 V. Greenbaum

Women

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PLOS ONE Challenges to pre-migration interventions to prevent human trafficking: Results from a before-and-after learning assessment of training for prospective female migrants in Odisha, India
September 17, 2020 Nicola Suyin Pocock, Ligia Kiss, Mamata Dash, Joelle Mak, Cathy Zimmerman
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PLOS ONE Maternity care for trafficked women: Survivor experiences and clinicians’ perspectives in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service
November 22, 2017 Debra Bick, Louise Howard, Sian Oram, Cathy Zimmerman

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PLOS Medicine Associate Editor Colleen Crangle introduces the PLOS Collection on Human Trafficking, Exploitation and Health.

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