Human Trafficking Toolkit for Healthcare Professionals

Healthcare professionals may come in contact with victims of human trafficking at many levels within the healthcare system. It is of the utmost importance that healthcare professionals are aware of signs of potential trafficking and are equipped with the proper communication skills and resources to access help for victims.

This toolkit contains many helpful items to prepare staff members for an encounter with a victim of human trafficking. It includes risk assessment tools, top 10 red flags of human trafficking, human trafficking hotline information, a medical assessment algorithm, and training tools for staff.

How Human Trafficking is Related to Healthcare

Healthcare professionals may be one of the first professionals to come in contact with a potential human trafficking victim when they seek medical treatment. Women and girls are the most common victims of human trafficking and it is important for healthcare providers to have the skills and resources available to assess and address potential victims as it may be the last chance a victim has to be identified and get help. These resources provide the healthcare provider with tools to assess and identify victims.

Screening Tools

Screening Tools

Adult Human Trafficking Screening Tool and Guide

Victims of human trafficking may interface with many levels of healthcare and an emphasis should be placed on screening for potential victims. This guide is an excellent staff training resource on human trafficking. In addition, the screening tool provided is designed to help staff recognize red flags that may alert them to possible trafficking and respond by making appropriate referrals for assistive services.

TAGS: Victims, Healthcare, emphasis, help, Staff, Tools, provided
Algorithms

Algorithms

Medical Assessment Tool

This algorithm can guide healthcare professionals in screening patients as possible victims of human trafficking.

TAGS: Algorithm, Victims, human, trafficking, Healthcare, professionals
Guidelines/Recommendations

Guidelines/Recommendations

Human Trafficking: Guidebook on Identification, Assessment and Response in the Healthcare Setting

An excellent resource for training staff and developing processes to identify and respond to victims of human trafficking. It provides an overview of the problem, health effects on victims, assessment recommendations for the victims and proposes ways to meet their needs.

TAGS: Training, Staff, developing, Victims

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Recognizing and Diagnosing Human Trafficking

Healthcare providers treat many different types of patients and it is important to be able to screen and identify potential signs of a human trafficking victim. These resources provide tips on diagnosing human trafficking victims.

Flyer/Sign/Poster

Flyer/Sign/Poster

Human Trafficking Red Flags

A list of the 10 Red Flags of Human Trafficking. This is a great tool, created by the AHA, in a format that can be easily used for staff quick reference and pocket reminders.

TAGS: AHA, Pocket, reminder, Tools
Guidelines/Recommendations

Guidelines/Recommendations

Screening to Identify Commercially Sexually Exploited Children: Guide

A guide to the tool to help identify children who may have indicators of sex trafficking.

TAGS: Evidence-based, Healthcare, Victims, Sexual, exploitation, Tools, Implementations, Guide, Screening
Screening Tools

Screening Tools

Screening to Identify Commercially Sexually Exploited Children - Tool

A tool to help identify children who may have indicators of sex trafficking..

TAGS: Evidence-based, Healthcare, Identify, Children, Victims, Sexual, exploitation, Tools, Implementations

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Coding Human Trafficking Cases

Coding the medical record when a human trafficking victim is treated in a healthcare faciltiy is an important part of performance improvement. Proper coding of human trafficking can help reveal trends in occurrence and aid in development of support services and new programs aimed at prevention.

Guidelines/Recommendations

Guidelines/Recommendations

Coding for Human Trafficking

ICD-10-CM coding guide for human trafficking. Effective in 2019, unique ICD-10-CM codes are available for data collection on adult or child forced labor or sexual exploitation, either confirmed or suspected.

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Reporting And Responding to Human Trafficking

Once a human trafficking victim has been identified and treated in a healthcare facility, it is imperative to notify the victim of the national human trafficking hotline and provide appropriate resources.

Flyer/Sign/Poster

Flyer/Sign/Poster

National Human Trafficking Hotline

A flyer that displays the hotline phone number for the National Human Trafficking Hotline. This flyer can be printed and posted for both staff and patient use.

TAGS: Phone, Number, Flyer, Staff, Patient

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Online Resources

Online resources are available for healthcare providers who are interested in human trafficking education and information.

American Hospital Association on Human Trafficking

The American Hospital Association actively supports healthcare organizations' fight against human trafficking and provides valuable resources for healthcare providers.

TAGS: Healthcare, Organization, fight
Human Trafficking Continuing Education

Human trafficking continuing education that focuses on preparing healthcare providers in the identification and reporting processes of human trafficking victims.

TAGS: preparing, Healthcare, providers, Victims, identification
National Human Trafficking Hotline Training

The National Human Trafficking Hotline provides training in various areas of human trafficking topics.

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