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Child Sex Trafficking-Recognition, Intervention, And Referral: An Educational Framework To Guide Health Care Provider Practice, Cathy L. Miller

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Awareness of the plight of children and adolescents who are sexually exploited and trafficked for financial gain has gradually garnered the attention of the public, law enforcement, and health care providers. The discussion is slowly changing to recognize these exploited children and adolescents as victims and not criminals. Marginalization of this population is slowly changing to advocacy. However, with awareness comes responsibility for the health care system to provide improved recognition, intervention, and referral of this population. Increased health care provider responsibility demands a scientifically based framework to guide the development of health care provider education programs. To date, there …