OVERVIEW

Recognizing a Human Trafficking Victim or a Perpetrator is organized by Crest + Oral B for Dental Professionals.

Date Course Online: Jan 13, 2020
Last Revision Date: May 10, 2021
Course Expiration Date: May 30, 2027

Overview:
This course provides facts about the human trafficking world and the resulting psychological and physical effects to the victims involved. It also provides a guide to help the dental professional identify a trafficking situation as well as information about mandatory reporting of the crime.

In addition, this course delves into the reasons that human trafficking is a high-income business for traffickers as well as how to identify both victims and the perpetrators within this sub-world. There is a great need for educated healthcare providers to recognize and report offenders of trafficking. Finally, this course provides resources and information needed to assist a victim and to report known traffickers who are involved in all forms of trafficking.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the dental professional should be able to:
• Identify seven key work-settings where humans may be trafficking victims.
• Discuss physical and psychological clues that a patient displays indicating that they may be a trafficking victim.
• List four specific verbal responses by the victim or the perpetrator that may assist in identifying a trafficking situation.
• Identify five key trafficking-associated words that may be commonly heard.
• List two major resources on both the local and national level that are recognized intervention specialists in human trafficking.
• Discuss four reasons why a victim may decline to be identified.
• Describe three oral injuries that may be noted during the oral/extra-oral exam in a dental practice related to trafficking victims.
• List the protocol that should be taken by a dental professional when identifying a trafficking victim and their perpetrator.