Human Trafficking for Health Care Professionals: Florida (2024)
Presented by Hanni Stoklosa
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Video Runtime: 118 Minutes; Learning Assessment Time: 46 Minutes
A majority of human trafficking victims access health care in the United States while being exploited. This represents a critical opportunity and responsibility for health professionals to intervene in victims’ lives, setting them on a path toward health and healing. This course will provide an overview of human trafficking, including its US definition, the scope of the problem, and vulnerabilities that can lead someone to be trafficked. Further, it will provide specific guidance to health professionals on signs to identify human trafficking victims, methods for assessment, and recommended intervention protocols. The course will review common mistakes when assessing for trafficking, practical advice on implementation of trauma-informed care, the role of unconscious bias in caring for trafficking victims, and links between the opioid epidemic and human trafficking. This program meets the Florida human trafficking training requirements for health care providers.
Meet your instructor
Hanni Stoklosa
Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, is the executive director of HEAL Trafficking and an emergency physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital with appointments at Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. She is the director of the Global Women's Health Fellowship at the…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Introduction to Human Trafficking and Affected Populations
This section will provide an overview of human trafficking, including its definition, the scope of the problem, and common industries of exploitation. Dr. Stoklosa will address common myths and misconceptions in this portion.
2. How to Identify a Trafficked Person
A majority of trafficking victims access health care at some point during their exploitation. But what are the health consequences of trafficking that may lead someone to health care, and what are the signs health professionals should look for? This section will also include a discussion of the role of unconscious bias in assessment for human trafficking.
3. Inquiry and Assessment for Human Trafficking
Using research from trafficking survivors and lessons learned from domestic violence, Dr. Stoklosa will review step-by-step approaches to assess potential trafficking victims, including common pitfalls in assessment. Dr. Stoklosa will provide potential inquiry questions.
4. Trauma-Informed Care: Referral and Service Options
What does trauma-informed care mean? How do we go from the theoretical to the practical? What are some tips and tricks each of us can use to embrace principles of trauma-informed care in our work, especially with victims of trafficking? We will review categories of referral options, including for social and legal services, and the National Human Trafficking Resource Center.
5. Establishing a Protocol in Your Health Care Setting
HEAL Trafficking published a protocol toolkit in 2017 that has been guiding health systems to respond to trafficking in more than 35 countries across the globe. Dr. Stoklosa will give an overview of some core components of trafficking protocols and how to develop them in your health system.
6. State-Specific Rules: Florida
This chapter reviews Florida-specific vulnerabilities to trafficking, and guidance regarding mandated reporting requirements.
