Human Trafficking
Author: Marilyn Lajoie, MD, DC, CCSP, Allison Russo, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Melissa Rambo, AA, BS, LCPC
Marilyn Lajoie, MD, DC, CCSP, Allison Russo, DNP, PMHNP-BC, Melissa Rambo, AA, BS, LCPC
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Course Summary
Human trafficking has become a growing social concern worldwide. Despite efforts to prevent it, human trafficking continues to affect all age groups, genders, and ethnicities. 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 crippling effects of this inhumane abuse on people and communities.
Course Format
Homestudy
Course Syllabus
- Introduction
- Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act and 22 USC Ch. 78: Trafficking Victims Protection
- Human Trafficking Statistics and Trends
- Statistics
- Trends
- Debt Bondage
- Domestic Servitude
- Forced Labor
- Sex Trafficking
- Forced Marriage
- Organ Trafficking
- Human Trafficking Perpetrators and Victims
- Consequences of Human Trafficking
- Psychological Consequences
- Physical Comorbidities
- Methods of Human Trafficking
- Isolation
- Degradation
- Omnipotence
- Monopolizing Perception
- Indulgences
- Trivial Demands
- Inducing Debility
- Recognizing Victims of Human Trafficking
- Assessment of Trafficked Victims
- Interviews for Suspected Victims
- Reporting Human Trafficking
Role of Interdisciplinary Health Teams
- Research Review: Human Trafficking and Mental Illness
- Summary