I’ve been asked to pass this along. The survey looks at medical care recieved by victims of human trafficking in the US during the time they were trafficked. It recognizes both sex and labor trafficking. The survey is available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole.
The intro letter:
Hello,
I am an emergency medicine physician (currently at Columbia-NY Presbyterian, but still affiliated with Mount Sinai Medical Center) in NYC, conducting an anonymous survey of human trafficking survivors. The survey was designed with Dr. Susie Baldwin and the aim is learn more about survivors’ experiences with healthcare providers, while they were being trafficked, so that we can educate providers about this patient population in an evidence-based fashion. Participating survivors, so far, are recruited via community based and not-for-profit organizations, and receive a $10 gift card upon completion of the survey.
We hope your organization would like to participate; please reply if you’d like more information on how your organization can get involved!
Thank you for your consideration,
Makini Chisolm-Straker, MD
Department of Emergency Medicine
Columbia – NY Presbyterian Hospital
and
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
If you want to discuss the survey’s language or focus, please talk to Makini Chisolm-Straker.
The survey’s website, HumanTraffickingED and the survey page.
The point is for victims of trafficking to give input. If you know victims of trafficking, pass this along to them. Pass this along to any org you know who works with trafficking victims.
Filed under: Allies, Announcements, Harm Reduction, Research, trafficking | Tagged: labor trafficking, medical care, sex trafficking |
Bound, Not Gagged 
I want to add to this. I have worked with Makini Chisholm Straker on a project which educates hospital Emergency Department Employees on working with trafficking victims. Makini, a friend, and someone who is doing great activism for great reasons. I’ve worked with her on projects and am happy to attach whatever credibility comes with me as a reference within our movement to her request for participants. Makini is an outstanding activist. If you have concerns please ask her and she will gladly answer them or if you need a reference please ask me. I am happy to provide it.
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