Hidden Victims: A Guide for Healthcare Providers in Identifying Human Trafficking Victims

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Part One: Hidden Victims: A Guide for Healthcare Providers in Identifying Human Trafficking Victims

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Target Audience

This activity is targeted toward primary care providers, advanced providers and healthcare clinicians.

Statement of Need

According to the American Public Health Association, the health system plays an important role in identifying and treating victims of human trafficking. Estimates show that approximately 80 percent of human trafficking victims are women, and health care providers are often the first professionals to have contact with trafficked women and girls. One study found that close to 50 percent of trafficked individuals saw a health care professional during their exploitation. Clinicians need to be aware of red flags that their patient could be a victim of human trafficking, best practices for screening and assessing patients for trafficking, and their response as a health care professional, and resources for assisting the victims.

Providers should know how to screen patients for human trafficking; and what to do if there are indicators of a potential victim of human trafficking.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this offering, the participant will be able to:

• Discuss the scope of human trafficking locally and nationally.
• Identify the red flags of human trafficking and screening questions to ask, so that a potential victim can be identified when they are accessing the healthcare system.
• Review the reporting and documentation guidelines for when a patient is suspected of being a victim of human trafficking.
• Discuss appropriate communication strategies, including trauma-informed communication, to best facilitate trust between provider and patient.

Moderator

Kim Boland, M.D., FAAP Professor and Chair of Pediatrics Billy F. Andrew’s Endowed Chair UofL School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics

Chief of Staff Norton Children’s Hospital Louisville, Kentucky

Speakers

Olivia Mittel, M.D., M.S. Professor and Associate Dean for Student Affairs UofL School of Medicine Louisville, Kentucky

Pediatric Hospitalist Norton Children’s Hospital Louisville Kentucky

Naomi Warnick, M.D., J.D. Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow UofL School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Louisville, Kentucky

Moderator, Speaker and Planner Disclosures

The planners, moderator and speaker of this activity do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Commercial Support

There was no commercial support for this activity.

Physician Credits

Accreditation

Norton Healthcare is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Designation

Norton Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For more information about continuing medical education credits, please send an email to [e-mail].

Nursing Credits

Norton Healthcare Institute for Education and Development is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the South Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This continuing professional development activity has been approved for .75 contact hours. In order for nursing participants to obtain credits, they must claim attendance by attesting to the number of hours in attendance.

For more information related to nursing credits, contact Sally Sturgeon, DNP, RN, SANE-A, AFN-BC at [phone] or [e-mail].

Social Workers

The National Association of Social Workers, Kentucky Chapter (NASW-KY), is an approved provider for social work credits through the Kentucky Board of Social Work. This activity will provide .75 hours of required continuing education units. NASWKY#090123

For more information about social worker credits, contact the Norton Healthcare Center for Medical, Provider & Nursing Education at [phone] or [e-mail].

Other attendees

Confirmed attendance hours will be recorded for all other attendees. Hours of confirmed attendance will be equivalent to the number of hours of one’s attested attendance.

For additional information related to confirmed attendance, contact the Norton Healthcare Center for Medical, Provider & Nursing Education at [phone] or [e-mail].

Resources

National Human Trafficking Hotline [phone] or text 233733

Polaris Project – https://polarisproject.org

HEAL Trafficking – Healtrafficking.org

Mental Health Lifeline – 988

Human Trafficking: Empowering Healthcare Providers and Community Partners as Advocates for Victims https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34569887/

Human Trafficking in the Emergency Department: Improving Our Response to a Vulnerable Population https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32421500/

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Date of Original Release |Jan. 2024; Information is current as of the time of recording.

Course Termination Date | Jan 2026

Contact Information | Center for Continuing Medical, Provider and Nursing Education; [phone] or [e-mail]

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