Human Trafficking is a Public Health Problem
Call It What You Will, But Human Trafficking IS a Public Health Issue By Katherine Welch, M.D. Although largely framed as a legal issue, a social issue, and sometimes a geo-political issue, human...
View ArticleThe cancer that is social injustice
I can’t recall all of the times I have used analogies to explain technical scientific concepts; biologists frequently use analogies to help researchers and non-scientists alike understand theories and...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Doesn’t Understand Human Trafficking as a Public Health...
By Steve Mason, Ph.D. In 2003, the United States government enacted a law that placed two restrictions on private groups receiving federal money to help stem the tide of AIDS around the world. The...
View ArticleSurviving Both Human Trafficking and Cancer – Chong Kim’s Story
Cancer InCytes magazine highlights the deep intersections between public health and social justice. Our upcoming December, 2013 issue will feature double-survivor stories of victims of human...
View ArticleResponse to: “Cash for Kidneys: The Case for a Market for Organs”
By David H. Nguyen, Ph.D. Economists Gary S. Becker and Julio J. Elias propose in the Wall Street Journal that they have calculated a system of legal payments for kidney donations that would cut costs...
View ArticleResponse to: “Legalized Prostitution Significantly Increases Human Sex...
By David H. Nguyen, Ph.D. Some argue that legalizing prostitution […]
View ArticleExcerpt: “What it Takes to Free a Sex Slave”
By Candice Hong A rescuer of sex slaves discusses the […]
View ArticleCalling Experts and Survivors: Help Develop a Sex Trafficking Healthcare...
By Cathy Miller, R.N., Ph.D.c. Incomprehensible stories of child sex […]
View ArticleINVISIBLE VICTIMS: SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN IN MEXICO
By: Arun Kumar Acharya, Ph.D. Human trafficking is one of the […]
View ArticleVictim Services: the Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of...
By Sharon E. Chin In January 2014, the Obama Administration […]
View ArticleNative American Women: Child Abuse, Prostitution, Trauma, Medical Problems
By David H. Nguyen, Ph.D. An article from 2011 highlighting […]
View ArticleWhat Role Can Healthcare Play in Anti-Trafficking Efforts?
By: Sharon E. Chin This past week, JAMA Pediatrics released two articles […]
View ArticleSevere Punishments for Traffickers Reflect Horrors of Human Trafficking
By: Laura Simich The fact that something as brutalizing and cruel […]
View ArticleHuman Trafficking and Healthcare: A Historical Perspective
By Jeffrey J. Barrows, D.O., M.A. In a landmark article […]
View ArticleA Study: Mental Disorder in Women Survivors of Human Trafficking
By Sharon E. Chin A study from BioMed Central Psychiatry […]
View ArticleRelease of “Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of...
By Sharon E. Chin The Institute of Medicine and National […]
View ArticleExcerpt: “ISIL’s Abuse of Women and Girls Must Be Stopped”
Catherine M. Russell Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues The Huffington […]
View ArticleRelease of “Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of...
By Sharon E. Chin Since victims and survivors of […]
View ArticleBook Alert: Flying On Broken Wings
Back Cover Synopsis “Carrie Bailee fled Canada and came to […]
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