Trafficking is a pernicious form of violence initially viewed as a predominantly criminal justice matter, with recent attention in the social welfare, public health, and medical communities.18 Much as violence did not become a mainstream public health topic in the U.S. until the late 1970s, the issue of trafficking and role of healthcare professionals has yet to be fully elucidated.19 There are similarities in the theoretic constructs of power and control between human trafficking and intimate partner violence (IPV), and, as a corollary, in the physical and mental health consequences for survivors. As a result, the history of IPV's evolution from a strictly criminal justice problem to one for which the response encompasses multiple sectors of society (including but not limited to public health and clinical health care) may provide important developmental insights as the field of education about, and response to, human trafficking, evolves.