Relationship among Human Trafficking Risk and Health Literacy: Implications for Screening and Referral among Substance Abuse Populations
Health care professionals are among the most likely to come into contact with those that are currently or have been victims of human trafficking. A response to education and awareness campaigns worldwide has increased efforts to improve screening and referral for trafficking victims among the medical, legal, and social service communities. This presentation will describe a pilot study aimed at understanding what relationships exist between human trafficking victimization and health literacy among substance use populations. A pilot of 24 participants completed a screening for Human trafficking using and adapted version from the VREA assessment and the Newest Vital Sign a screening for health literacy upon intake into substance use treatment. Over one half screened at risk for human trafficking without self-identifying as victim. Pilot analyses reveal that there is a significant inverse relationship between health literacy and human trafficking risk. These results informed an implementation study to better screen for human trafficking victimization, make appropriate referrals to services, and implement universal precautions for populations with low health literacy.
Outline/Structure of the Demonstration
I. Description of Need for pilot Screening Study among Substance Treatment programs in Arkansas
II.Discuss how we adapted the Vera screening for human trafficking Risk
III. Explain results
A. Prevalence of Human Trafficking and coercion victimization among those in substance use treatment
B. Relationships between Adverse Early childhood Experiences, Health Literacy, and Human Trafficking Risk for better identification of those at risk
C. How to implement referral network for linkages to additional treatment
IV. Summary/ Questions and Answer
Learning Outcome
Understand Health Literacy
Identify Risk factors
Implement Screening and Referral
Target Audience
Clinicians who treat vulnerable populations
Prerequisites for Attendees
No prerequisite
schedule Submitted 5 years ago
Call for Proposals CLOSED
Ended on Jul 31 '18 03:05 PM CDT
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SAFE Coalition for Human Rights (SAFECHR)
Stefania Agliano
Kendell Oesterle
Victoria Mahand
Marina Charles
