Healthcare Professional's Guide to Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking

In one study, 70% of trafficking survivors were seen at an emergency department during their trafficking.

(Lederer & Wetzel, 2014)

Safe Haven’s goals are to help you:

•Identify risk factors and explore risk reduction strategies with patients

•Avoid feeling the pressure to rescue the patient, and create a safe setting for potential disclosure

•Be equipped to effectively connect patient to relevant resources, whenever they are ready

3 OUT OF 4 patients stated that they would like their healthcare providers

to ask them privately about intimate partner violence.

(NIH, 2020)