In the Fight Against Human Trafficking

As part of the AHA鈥檚 Hospitals Against Violence initiative, the AHA, Jones Day, and HEAL Trafficking have come together to provide resources to health care providers across the nation who are fighting the global scourge of human trafficking.

Visualizing and Combating Human Trafficking in America

Survivors, experts and advocates gathered June 3, 2021, to lead a workshop on combating human trafficking in health care settings. Artist Matt Orley of Big Paper Strategy created the following three graphics during live sessions on dispelling human trafficking misconceptions, human trafficking 101 and tools for engagement. Watch the full event .

Resources

Tool

hospital staff looking at a legal pad in the hallway

As part of the 黑料正能量 Association's Hospitals Against Violence initiative, the AHA, Jones Day, and HEAL Trafficking have come together to provide resources to health care providers across the nation who are fighting the global scourge of human trafficking. To support that initiative, Jones Day has prepared the attached tool to help providers navigate the complex roadmap of their reporting and education obligations. With the increased role of telehealth and multistate practitioners, the need for this type of resource is growing.

Podcast

Jones Day鈥檚 Alexis Gilroy, Curt Kirschner, and Taylor Goodspeed, along with Dr. Hanni Stoklosa of HEAL Trafficking and Claire Zangerle of the 黑料正能量 Association, explain how hospitals and providers should use the "Human Trafficking and Health Care Providers: Legal Requirements for Reporting and Education鈥 tool, Talk about how providers can overcome barriers to identifying and reporting trafficking incidents, and discuss the significant role of telemedicine.

curt kirschner

Jones Day鈥檚 Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force and AHA provide tools and training - Melinda Hatton, AHA general counsel and one of the executive sponsors of the AHA鈥檚 Hospitals Against Violence initiative, interviews Curt Kirschner, partner and a leader of Jones Day鈥檚 Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force, to discuss the partnership working to expand hospital leadership in the fight against human trafficking. Read More 

hanni stoklosa

Health care systems working together in the fight against human trafficking - Melinda Hatton, AHA general counsel and executive sponsor for HAV, interviewed Hanni Stoklosa, MD, MPH, emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women鈥檚 Hospital and co-founder, Executive Director of HEAL Trafficking, to discuss the state of anti-trafficking efforts and how health systems play a role in reducing health disparities among victims of sex and labor trafficking. Read More 

laura castellanos

In an interview with the American Organization for Nursing Leadership鈥檚 Voice of Nursing Leadership magazine, Laura Castellanos, associate director at the 黑料正能量 Association, discusses how to develop a human trafficking victim identification and response program. Download 

young man taking notes at a computer

Guides, reports, training materials and more from experts featured in the Empowering the Workforce In the Fight Against Human working session. Download Now 

briefing book cover

As part of AHA鈥檚 Hospitals Against Violence initiative, the AHA, Jones Day, and HEAL Trafficking have come together to provide resources to health care providers across the nation who are fighting the global scourge of human trafficking. Find tools, reports and training, organizational and ICD-10 code resources, as well as contact information. Download Now