Healthcare Subcommittee Pillar 2:

Education and Training

Position Statements from Healthcare Organizations

American Academy of Nursing

"The Academy supports the importance of nurses as frontline health providers in assessing and treating human trafficking victims. Human trafficking is a public health crisis that will need more forensically trained nurses to help identify and treat victims." - Academy President Karen Cox, PhD, RN, FAAN, November 29, 2018

American Psychiatric Association

"The American Psychiatric Association recognizes that human trafficking is a public health issue with profound mental health consequences impacting individuals of all ages and genders both domestically and internationally. Human trafficking is an issue with legal, social, economic, and educational impacts." - December 2018

Emergency Nurses Association

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American Academy of Pediatrics

Healthcare Education Resources

SOAR is a nationally recognized, accredited training program delivered by the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center. After completing the training, 90% confident in applying knowledge and skills learned.

Trauma informed care PEARR Tool. Provide privacy, Educate, Ask, Respect & Respond. A trauma informed approach to victim assistance in health care settings.

Journal of Pediatric Nursing: Youth survivor perspectives on healthcare and sex trafficking. May 2022, Lisa Murdock, MSN, RN, CNE, Candace Hodge-Williams, PhD, Kaitlin Hardin, MA, Corey J. Rood, MD, FAAP

Evaluating your current human trafficking education and curriculum resources.

Engaging with survivors of human trafficking. Best practices and recommendations by survivor leaders to help advance the educational field.

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