An international comparative public health analysis of sex trafficking of women and girls in eight cities: Achieving a more effective health sector response

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1194-1204

  Macias Konstantopoulos, Wendy ^a,c   Ahn, Roy ^a,c   Alpert, Elaine J ^a,d   Cafferty, Elizabeth ^a   McGahan, Anita ^a,e   Williams, Timothy P ^a   Castor, Judith Palmer ^a   Wolferstan, Nadya ^a   Purcell, Genevieve ^a   Burke, Thomas F ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access to health care; Forced sexual exploitation; Gender based violence; Health policy; Public health; Sex trafficking; Social determinants of sex trafficking; Trafficking related health problems; Vulnerable populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84892889208     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-013-9837-4     Document Type: Review

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