Risk Factor

A risk factor is something that increases the likelihood of an individual or population experiencing a particular outcome or event. Risk factors can be related to a wide range of issues, including health, safety, and financial security. For example, some common risk factors for developing heart disease include high blood pressure, obesity, and a sedentary lifestyle. Risk factors can be used to identify individuals or populations who are more likely to experience a particular outcome, and can help guide efforts to prevent or mitigate that outcome.

A Guide To Understanding Sex Trafficking & Supporting Survivors – Love What Matters
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A Guide To Understanding Sex Trafficking & Supporting Survivors – Love What Matters

What is sex trafficking? Sex trafficking is the act of forcing or deceiving an individual into prostitution. Victims may be coerced into prostitution for an unknown period of time, while in other cases victims are coerced in prostitution until a debt is paid off, otherwise known as debt bondage. How does sex trafficking work? Sex…

Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About …
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Child Sexual Abuse: Role of Caretaker in Reaching Out for Help, What the Law Says About …

India has a large population of children, in fact one of the largest in the world whose rights and protection are guaranteed in the Constitution and with the country being a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. But, facts and figures paint a worrying picture of how vulnerable they are….

COLUMN: The criminal industry before us all | Columnists | swoknews.com
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COLUMN: The criminal industry before us all | Columnists | swoknews.com

By Lance Janda Human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world. It enslaves approximately 25 million people, generates more than $150 billion annually, and receives far too little attention from the media, law enforcement, or elected officials. Traffickers operate in secret and in plain sight, and can be found in every country,…

University of Southern Mississippi opens center for human trafficking research center – WLBT
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University of Southern Mississippi opens center for human trafficking research center – WLBT

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WLBT) – Human trafficking is no myth, and it’s happening around the state. According to the national human trafficking hotline, hundreds of cases are reported annually, despite the case count experts thinking there are inaccuracies within the data. “Victims or survivors, we use those words interchangeably. But, they do not disclose what is…

IHL Approves USM Center for Human Trafficking Research and Training
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IHL Approves USM Center for Human Trafficking Research and Training

Thu, 09/22/2022 – 12:14pm | By: Karelia Pitts Earlier this summer, the Board of Trustees of Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) approved a proposal from The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) School of Social Work to form a Center for Human Trafficking Research and Training (CHRT) – the first center of its kind in…

ILO releases latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery
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ILO releases latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery

The International Organization for Labor (ILO) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), together with Walk Free, have released the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery. In 2016, it had been estimated that 40.3 million people around the world were trapped in modern-day slavery. Tragically, the latest figures suggest that that has risen to 49.6…

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Reality of Human Trafficking | Crozet Gazette
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Reality of Human Trafficking | Crozet Gazette

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Reality of Human Trafficking Most people think of human trafficking as a faraway problem, a misery confined to big cities or lonely deserts where organized networks of criminals use violence and drugs to collect souls. The residents of quiet communities like Crozet might believe the buying and selling of persons…

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Reality of Human Trafficking – The Crozet Gazette
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Reality of Human Trafficking – The Crozet Gazette

Most people think of human trafficking as a faraway problem, a misery confined to big cities or lonely deserts where organized networks of criminals use violence and drugs to collect souls. The residents of quiet communities like Crozet might believe the buying and selling of persons can be happening only somewhere else, not here, but…

2022 TIP Report Underscores that Extensive Work is Needed to Improve Global Efforts to Protect People from Human Traffickers
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2022 TIP Report Underscores that Extensive Work is Needed to Improve Global Efforts to Protect People from Human Traffickers

Terry FitzPatrick WASHINGTON – The 2022 U.S. State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which reviews responses by governments to combat human trafficking and forced labor worldwide, reveals that significant increases in political will and funding are needed to meaningfully improve global efforts to end forced labor and sex trafficking. The 2022 report chronicles…

Addressing Racism in the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking of Black Girls: The Role of Public Health Critical Race Praxis

Addressing Racism in the Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking of Black Girls: The Role of Public Health Critical Race Praxis

1  DMST Among Black Girls Several initiatives aimed at increasing awareness of and compelling action to prevent human trafficking generally, and DMST specifically, have been enacted, including the Polaris Project2 (established in 2002) and the Office on Trafficking in Persons within the Administration for Children and Families division of the US Department of Health and Human…