Week 7: Environmental Health, Global Health, Human Trafficking, Violence Prevention, and Structural Violence Flashcards
what is the role of environmental modifiable r/f?
have an impact on health
e.g. smoking and CVD, prenatal exposure
what methods are used to assess outdoor ozone levels?
what is a health hazard
what is a health risk?
what routes can a health hazard enter a human body?
what are the methods of environmental surveillance?
what is DALY measurement?
how do you calculate a DALY?
what are the health goals of the Sustainable Development Goals?
what are the health goals of Alama Ata?
where does the US healthcare system excel compared to OECD countries?
who is a migrant?
who is a refugee?
what is an asylum-seeker?
who is an internally displaced person?
what are some common characteristics of countries identified as high income in health care?
what is human trafficking?
umbrella term that includes recruiting, harboring, transporting, or providing an individual for forced services
what is sex trafficking?
human trafficking for a commercial sex act when the act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion OR under the age 18
what is labor trafficking?
human trafficking for labor services by force, fraud, or coercion
what makes someone more vulnerable to trafficking?
can effect ANYONE
-unstable immigration status
-runaway children
-language barriers
-poverty
-lack of social support
-physical or development disabilitis
where are common sex trafficking venues?
-hotels/motels
-commercial front brothel
-residential brothel
-online ads
-illicit massage/spa
-escort services
-redisential based
what protections come from the Kentucky Safe Harbor for Children?
-Court Designated Workers can screen for trafficking
-When child victims of HT in detention are discovered, triggers notice to
their attorney and hearing to consider release
-Children under 18 cannot be charged with prostitution or loitering for prostitution
-Child victims of HT cannot be charged with or adjudicated guilty of
status offenses
-Mandatory reporting of HT regardless of perpetrator (can be other than family member/custodian)
-Cabinet must provide appropriate services to HT victims
-Cabinet must develop state plan, regulations and report
-Children receive treatment at Child Advocacy Centers
what are common labor trafficking venues?
-domestic
-agriculture
-traveling sales crews
-restaurant/food services
-begging rings
what are some trafficking recruitment methods?
-personal social network
-romantic relationships
-online ads
-lure of wealth
-current victims
what are some grooming processes?
- targeting a victim
- Gaining trust and info
- filling a need
- isolation
- abuse begins
- maintains control
how can we identify potential trafficking victims?
pay attention to red flags
-are not in control of their own money
-lack of control of ID documents
-using fake ID
-accompanied by a controlling person
-inconsisent story
-hotel stuff
-large amounts of cash
-from another state
-sex paraphenalia
-money log
what do we need to assess with potential trafficking victims?
tattoo or branding,
what are ICE techniques?
“ICE”
Isolate the victim
Confidentiality
Enlist and interpreter
what should we do when we identify a victim?
REPORT
careful with charting, use medical term and don’t use terms such as “boyfriend”
use photos in chart
don’t use terms that show doubt
what is interpersonal violence?
-community violence
-intimate partner violence
-sexual violene
what is self-directed violence?
-self harm
-suicide
what are some characteristic associated with an increase risk for violence on a societal level?
rape culture, cultural norms, educations, policies
what are some characteristic associated with an increase risk for violence on a community level?
schools, workplace, neighborhoods
what are some characteristic associated with an increase risk for violence on a relationship level?
peers, intimate, partner, family
what are some characteristic associated with an increase risk for violence on an individual level?
age, education, mental health, hx of abuse
what are the levels of violence-prevention interventions?
-primary (teaching)
-secondary (assessments, provide counseling for at risk)
-tertiary (treatment for SUD)
what is direct violence?
physical acts of violence
what is cultural violence?
aspects of culture that give legitimacy and make violence seem acceptable
what is structural violence?
violence that is built into social, political, and economic systems that govern society
what are the key characteristics of structural violence?
-depersonalized
-manifests as unequal power
-on-going and persuasive
-invisible
-frequently leads to direct violence
what global forces contribute to structural violence?
-colonial rules
-globalization
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what local forces contribute to structural violence?
-lack of income and assets
-vulnerability
-powerlessness
-gender dimension
what practices have the potential to reduce structural violence?
-reclaiming neighborhoods
-demanding social justice
-providing prenatal care
-alleviating sexism
-organizing globally while celebrating cultures
