Medical Education on Human Trafficking

doi:10.1001/journalofethics.2015.17.10.medu1-1510

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“…24 This trend mirrors changes in federal and state policy towards CSEC and child sex trafficking and parallels a trend advocating for a trauma-informed approach to addressing CSEC and child sex trafficking. 18,24,27-29 The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) defines a “trauma-informed approach” as one that is attentive to the impact of trauma, that responds by integrating awareness about trauma into policies and practices, and that actively avoids re-traumatization of affected individuals. 30 Trauma-informed care (TIC) involves working to maximize the patient's sense of safety, empowerment, and trust, while maintaining transparency and encouraging collaboration among service providers.…”

Section: Clinical Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review

Barnert

Iqbal

Bruce

et al. 2017

Academic Pediatrics

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Overview A growing body of research addresses the issue of “commercial sexual exploitation of children” (CSEC) and “child sex trafficking.” These overlapping terms describe crimes of a sexual nature committed against children and adolescents that involve exploitation for financial or other gain. Existing literature demonstrates that commercially sexually exploited youth typically experience significant and ongoing trauma. The literature teaches that these youths have a unique set of health risks, including violence-related injuries, sexually transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancy, and a variety of mental health problems. Though federal law defines these youth as victims of human trafficking, in many states, commercially sexually exploited children and adolescents are incarcerated for crimes related to their exploitation. Fear of incarceration can prevent victims from seeking available services. While health care providers may play a critical role in connecting commercially sexually exploited youth with community resources, most providers lack the knowledge of human trafficking necessary to fulfill this role effectively. Published research about this vulnerable pediatric population, although rapidly growing, is still extremely limited. Further research into the prevention, identification, intervention, and multidisciplinary management of CSEC and sex trafficking of children and adolescents is needed.

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Section: Clinical Carementioning

confidence: 99%

Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review

Barnert

Iqbal

Bruce

et al. 2017

Academic Pediatrics

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“…When evaluating a newly implemented curriculum on human trafficking, institutions should ideally assess the degree of change in clinician behavior; measuring whether, in the long-term, they utilize new screening techniques or assess patient encounters with trafficking signs in mind [6]. …”

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“…Unfortunately, trafficked patients are often unidentified due to lack of education available to HCPs at all levels of training and practice [6,7]. A survey of medical professionals including physicians, nurses, social workers, and physician assistants found that 63% of respondents did not have training on human trafficking identification and intervention [8].…”

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Medical education and human trafficking: using simulation

Stoklosa

Lyman

Bohnert

et al. 2017

Medical Education Online

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Healthcare providers have the potential to play a crucial role in human trafficking prevention, identification, and intervention. However, trafficked patients are often unidentified due to lack of education and preparation available to healthcare professionals at all levels of training and practice. To increase victim identification in healthcare settings, providers need to be educated about the issue of trafficking and its clinical presentations in an interactive format that maximizes learning and ultimately patient-centered outcomes. In 2014, University of Louisville School of Medicine created a simulation-based medical education (SBME) curriculum to prepare students to recognize victims and intervene on their behalf. The authors share the factors that influenced the session’s development and incorporation into an already full third year medical curriculum and outline the development process. The process included a needs assessment for the education intervention, development of objectives and corresponding assessment, implementation of the curriculum, and finally the next steps of the module as it develops further. Additional alternatives are provided for other medical educators seeking to implement similar modules at their home institution. It is our hope that the description of this process will help others to create similar interactive educational programs and ultimately help trafficking survivors receive the care they need. Abbreviations: HCP: Healthcare professional; M-SIGHT: Medical student instruction in global human trafficking; SBME: Simulation-based medical education; SP: Standardized patient; TIC: Trauma-informed care

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“…In some cases, healthcare professionals may be the sole individuals to come into contact with the victim who have the capacity to help them (Baldwin, Eisenman, Sayles, Ryan, & Chuang, 2011;Ernewein & Nieves, 2015;Sabella, 2011). The problem is that relatively few healthcare professionals know how to identify victims of sex trafficking amongst their patients, and even fewer have received clear guidance on what to do when they suspect a patient is a victim (Chisolm-Straker, Richardson, & Cossio, 2012;Stoklosa, Grace, & Littenberg, 2015).…”

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Health Care Providers’ Experience with a Protocol for the Identification, Treatment, and Referral of Human-Trafficking Victims

Stoklosa

Showalter

Melnick

et al. 2016

Journal of Human Trafficking

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The healthcare setting is thought to be one of the most promising places to identify victims of human trafficking. The present study was designed to relay the experiences of a sample of 10 healthcare providers and hospital administrators who developed and have used a protocol to identify victims of human trafficking since February 2014. To our knowledge, the protocol was one of the first to be adopted by any healthcare system in the U.S. Three primary themes emerged from the participant interviews. First, developing the protocol was challenging because at the time there were no predecessor examples. Second, providers reported that the protocol is simple to use and victim identification is easier because of it. Third, identifying and serving victims of human trafficking remains challenging, because there is still a deficit of trained providers and a lack of community resources for survivors. The field needs evidence that this and similar protocols improve users' knowledge and skills, result in the better identification and treatment of trafficking victims, and ultimately improve public safety and public health.

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Medical Education on Human Trafficking

Cited by 59 publications

References 9 publications

Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review

Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review

Medical education and human trafficking: using simulation

Health Care Providers’ Experience with a Protocol for the Identification, Treatment, and Referral of Human-Trafficking Victims

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