The Trauma of Child Trafficking, Hidden in Plain Sight

Health care providers need to do more to identify trafficking victims, says doctor

Dr. Jordan Greenbaum, medical director, Child Protection Center, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Inc., at the Department of Justice Human Trafficking Summit in Washington on Feb. 2, 2018. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Human trafficking—whether sex or labor, adult or child—has devastating consequences on the victims.

“We see an extraordinary amount of physical and mental health effects from child and adult trafficking,” said Dr. Jordan Greenbaum, medical director of the Child Protection Center at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, at a human trafficking event at the Department of Justice in Washington on Feb. 2.