Educational Resources

Discipline specific educational resources from local and national sources for health care providers who intend to implement or improve services to sex-trafficked individuals.

Human Trafficking Basics

OBJECTIVES:

Human Trafficking Basics (Click here to view document)

HCAST: PCHC Training VIDEOS

OBJECTIVES:

Incorporate lessons from the following into day to day practice:

HCAST: PCHC TRAINING VIDEOS (Click here to view document)

Healthcare Response

OBJECTIVES:

HEALTHCARE RESPONSE (Click here to view document)

Emotional Safety

OBJECTIVES:

Define implicit bias
Utilize a trauma informed approach to patient care: words matter
Recognize microaggressions that may occur during the intake and care process
Demonstrate willingness and ability to identify and challenge our own assumptions and biases

EMOTIONAL SAFETY (Click here to view document)

Culturally Sensitive Care

OBJECTIVES:

Understand power dynamic in a healthcare interaction
Develop cultural inclusion and/or awareness
Utilize pronouns and gender identification specific to the individual patient
Identify resources to keep current in the language used in sex trafficking
Identify members of multidisciplinary team that can work with families
Demonstrate best practices for utilizing in person and over the phone interpretation services

CULTURALLY SENSITIVE CARE (Click here to view document)

Responding to Sexual Assault

OBJECTIVES:

RESPONDING TO SEXUAL ASSAULT (Click here to view document)

Healthy Habits and Harm Reduction

OBJECTIVES:

Discuss the importance of harm reduction in cases of sex trafficking
Important categories of harm reduction
Healthy relationships and sexuality
Substance use disorder
Immediate survival and safety needs
Resources in Milwaukee
Engaging patients in harm reduction

Healthy Habits and Harm Reduction (Click here to view document)

Physical Safety

OBJECTIVES:

Compare safe vs. potentially unsafe room configurations in the clinic
Examples of safety assessments
De-escalation techniques for staff
Identify behaviors/ reactions of patients who experience trauma
Guidelines for separating patients from potentially unsafe individuals
Ways for a potential victim to indicate a need for help without alerting the trafficker

PHYSICAL SAFETY (Click here to view document)

211 training presentation FINAL

OBJECTIVES:

Define sex trafficking
Identifying red flags
Screening safety question
Preview of local resources for victims of sex trafficking
Providers: keeping it concise
Survivors: managing expectations and offering hope

211 TRAINING PRESENTATION FINAL (Click here to view document)

Working with Interpreters

OBJECTIVES:

WORKING WITH INTERPRETRS (Click here to view document)

resources for healthcare providers

Policy and Recomendations

The health care needs of patients impacted by sex trafficking are unique and complex. HCAST Works with local survivors, health care providers, and community agenices to create evidence-based recommendationsfpr organizational policy, health care treatment, and referral guidelines that facilitate access to comprehensive and trauma-informed services.

Educational Resources

Discipline specific educational resources from local and national sources for health care providers who intend to implement or improve services to sex-trafficked individuals.

Community Resources

Below is a list of organizations in the Milwaukee area that have expertise and/or experience in providing specific services to survivors of sexual exploitation. For updated information on these services or how to connect with agencied, please contact Impact 211

HCAST will be the hub of information
and resources for healthcare
providers and systems caring for
patients impacted by sex trafficking
in Wisconsin.