Human Trafficking

Course overview

Human Trafficking Agenda A. Course Description This Course is designed to educate medical providers on Human Trafficking. Health professionals are increasingly required to be aware of the problem of human trafficking, to recognize it and to know how to intervene. Although the laws and law enforcement agencies combat human trafficking, health agencies are increasingly confronted with the demoralizing and crippling effects this abuse has on individuals, whole families and communities. B. Course Objectives The purpose of this program is to provide nurses and other health providers with the knowledge and strategies which are used to recognize, fight against, and prevent human trafficking. The course and its associated study materials are meant as a comprehensive guide to understanding the various types of human trafficking, become familiar with statistics on human trafficking in the United States, and understand the psychology behind human trafficking victims. The course splits in the following format: • Human Trafficking Defined • Social Trends And Causes Of Human Trafficking • Statistics of Human Trafficking • Types of Human Trafficking ¿ Debt Bondage ¿ Domestic Service ¿ Forced Labor ¿ Forced Marriage ¿ Organ Trafficking ¿ Sex Trafficking • Victims Of Human Trafficking • Consequences Of Human Trafficking ¿ Psychological Consequences • 2. Physical Consequences • Methods Of Human Trafficking • Isolation • Degradation • Omnipotence • Monopolizing Perception • Indulgences • Trivial Demands • Inducing Debility • Recognizing Human Trafficking Individuals • Identifying Human Trafficking Victims ¿ Interview Questions for Suspected Human Trafficking • Reporting Human Trafficking C. Learning Objectives After successful completion of the learning course, the participants will be able to: • Recognize the types of human trafficking • Statistics of human trafficking • Recognize the victims of human trafficking • Recognize the perpetrators of human trafficking • Understand how to treat patients who are victims of human trafficking • Know the proper channels for reporting accidents of human trafficking