ReviewPLoS medicine2017
Human trafficking and exploitation: A global health concern.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Healthcare services for low-wage migrant workers: A systematic review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and associated factors of sexual violence experienced by housemaids in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Reproductive health · 2022Pooled it
- Forced migration and human trafficking: survivors' narratives of strength and survival upon first arrival in Germany.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- On the topical issue of assisted dying: the insurmountable challenges of human existence, and the right to exit.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Perfect storm: a scoping review of interventions and preparedness strategies at the intersections of climate change, migrant worker health and health systems.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Understanding how people rationalize victim-blaming and empathy in sex trafficking: a qualitative analysis of 130 narratives.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Challenges and opportunities for the reintegration of sex-trafficking survivors into Nepalese communities.Global health action · 2025Article
- Ethnic disparities in the association between maternal socioeconomic status and childhood anemia in Peru: a nationwide multiyear cross-sectional study.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Article
- Violence Increases Psychological Distress Among Women Trafficking Survivors in Ghana.Violence against women · 2025Article
- Spatial patterns and temporal trends in stillbirth, neonatal, and infant mortality: an exploration of country-level data from 2000 to 2021.Journal of global health · 2025Article
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- The mediating role of psychological distress in the association between migration experiences and stigma and coping strategies: a cross-sectional study on Ethiopian migrant returnees.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Responding to human trafficking among refugees: prevalence and test accuracy of a modified version of the adult human trafficking screening tool.BMC public health · 2024Article
- 'They treat us like machines': migrant workers' conceptual framework of labour exploitation for health research and policy.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- Accidental traffickers: qualitative findings on labour recruitment in Ethiopia.Globalization and health · 2023Article
- Human trafficking risk factors, health impacts, and opportunities for intervention in Uganda: a qualitative analysis.Global health research and policy · 2023Article
- The social and health protection of migrants in Chile: qualitative analysis of civil society proposals for constitutional change.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Cross-sector collaboration in Project Catalyst: Creating state partnerships to address the health impact of intimate partner violence.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- The PTSD Symptom Presentation and the Effect of Polytrauma on PTSD Symptom Clusters Among Young People Who Have Experienced Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2023Article
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Abstract
In this collection review, Cathy Zimmerman and colleague introduce the PLOS Medicine Collection on Human Trafficking, Exploitation and Health, laying out the magnitude of the global trafficking problem and offering a public health policy framework to guide responses to trafficking.
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