RT Book, Section
A1 Isaac, Reena
A1 Mostajabian, Salina
A2 Kline, Mark W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1182917931
T1 Child Trafficking
T2 Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259588594
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182917931
RD 2024/04/19
AB It  is  perplexing  to  consider  that,  in  the  modern  era  of  vast  accomplishments  of  the  human  condition,  the  concept  of  slavery  continues  to  thrive.  Trafficking  in  persons  (TIP)  is  a  form  of  slavery  that  sits  at  the  junction  of  human  rights,  immigration,  criminal  justice,  global  public  health,  and  politics.  Most  troubling  is  the  discovery  of  children  becoming  ensnared  and  exploited  by  others  for  commercial  profit.  From  the  child  beggars  on  the  streets  of  Calcutta,  to  the  young  girls  of  the  Far  East  whose  nimble  fingers  weave  intricate  products  for  the  carpet  industry,  to  the  child  soldiers  of  Uganda  who  are  abducted  from  their  homes  and  trained  to  kill  within  their  homeland,  to  the  wayward  teenaged  runaway  selling  sex  on  the  streets  of  Houston,  the  umbrella  of  child  trafficking  shades  many  different  faces  and  industries.  The  trauma  that  child  victims  are  subjected  to  and  endure  includes  physical,  psychological,  sexual,  and  mental  abuse.  Such  multilayered  and  chronic  suffering  can  have  significant  medical  and  psychological  manifestations  long  after  a  victim  has  left  the  life  as  a  captive,  and  change  a  community  for  generations.