Sex Trafficking Awareness for the Healthcare Professional
This course was developed by the HTRSD.org, Human Trafficking Response Program to help nursing professionals identify potential victims of sex trafficking in a clinical setting and how to properly treat these patients and report related criminal activity to law enforcement officials.
This course is presented by three experts in human and sex trafficking:
- Former FBI special agent and President of Human Trafficking Investigations and Training Institute (HTITI), Greg Bristol
- Pediatric nurse practitioner, Dr. Jessica Peck
- Sex trafficking survivor and expert, K.D. Roche
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Recall the history and statistics of sex trafficking in the US.
- Explain the important role nursing professionals play in identifying sex trafficking victims.
- State the impact of sex trafficking on victims.
- Discuss the criminal implications of sex trafficking.
- Recognize common victims.
- Identify signs of sex trafficking in victims.
- Interpret the major components of the US Strategic Action Plan to fight human trafficking.
- Summarize a nurses’ unique role in helping victims and stopping sex trafficking in the US.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction – Overview of Sex Trafficking in America
- History of Human Trafficking
- Statistics on Sex Trafficking
- Importance of Nursing Professionals in Identifying Possible Victims
Chapter 2: The Patients Perspective
- A Survivor’s Story
- The “Grooming” Process
- Recognizing Signs of Sex Trafficking
- Aiding Trafficking Victims
Chapter 3: Sex Trafficking and the Role of Law Enforcement
- Defining the Crime of Human Trafficking
- The Stages of Human Trafficking
- Defining who the Victims of Human Trafficking are in the US
- Overview of the role of governments m the fight against human trafficking
- The US strategic Plan to Fight Human Trafficking
- Other Examples of Human Trafficking Victims Meeting Healthcare Practitioners
- The Role Healthcare Practitioners Play
- Red Flags of Human Trafficking
Chapter 4: Applications for the Care Provider
- Signs of Sex Trafficking
- Communicating with Suspected Victims of Human Trafficking
Chapter 5: The Nurse’s Perspective
- Identifying the Characteristics of Sex Trafficking in a Clinical Setting
- The Patient’s Mindset
- Red Flags of Trafficking for Nurses to Recognize
- The T.I.C. (
Trauma Informed Care) Approach - Best Practices
- Questions to Ask
- If the Patient isn’t Ready to Accept Help
- Next Steps
Chapter 6: References
- References
- About the Author
Price: $30.00
Contact Hours: 3
Course Author
HTRSD.org
HTRSD is a provider of continuing education training focused on human trafficking and other social disparities for health care providers, as well as courses that address nurses' health and well-being and under-served topics in advanced critical care.
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