Week 7: Environmental Health, Global Health, Human Trafficking, Violence Prevention, and Structural Violence

Question 1

what is the role of environmental modifiable r/f?

Answer 1

have an impact on health

e.g. smoking and CVD, prenatal exposure

Question 2

what methods are used to assess outdoor ozone levels?

Question 3

what is a health hazard

Question 4

what is a health risk?

Question 5

what routes can a health hazard enter a human body?

Question 6

what are the methods of environmental surveillance?

Question 7

what is DALY measurement?

Question 8

how do you calculate a DALY?

Question 9

what are the health goals of the Sustainable Development Goals?

Question 10

what are the health goals of Alama Ata?

Question 11

where does the US healthcare system excel compared to OECD countries?

Question 12

who is a migrant?

Question 13

who is a refugee?

Question 14

what is an asylum-seeker?

Question 15

who is an internally displaced person?

Question 16

what are some common characteristics of countries identified as high income in health care?

Question 17

what is human trafficking?

Answer 17

umbrella term that includes recruiting, harboring, transporting, or providing an individual for forced services

Question 18

what is sex trafficking?

Answer 18

human trafficking for a commercial sex act when the act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion OR under the age 18

Question 19

what is labor trafficking?

Answer 19

human trafficking for labor services by force, fraud, or coercion

Question 20

what makes someone more vulnerable to trafficking?

Answer 20

can effect ANYONE

-unstable immigration status
-runaway children
-language barriers
-poverty
-lack of social support
-physical or development disabilitis

Question 21

where are common sex trafficking venues?

Answer 21

-hotels/motels
-commercial front brothel
-residential brothel
-online ads
-illicit massage/spa
-escort services
-redisential based

Question 22

what protections come from the Kentucky Safe Harbor for Children?

Answer 22

-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

Question 23

what are common labor trafficking venues?

Answer 23

-domestic
-agriculture
-traveling sales crews
-restaurant/food services
-begging rings

Question 24

what are some trafficking recruitment methods?

Answer 24

-personal social network
-romantic relationships
-online ads
-lure of wealth
-current victims

Question 25

what are some grooming processes?

Answer 25

1. targeting a victim
2. Gaining trust and info
3. filling a need
4. isolation
5. abuse begins
6. maintains control

Question 26

how can we identify potential trafficking victims?

Answer 26

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

Question 27

what do we need to assess with potential trafficking victims?

Answer 27

tattoo or branding,

Question 28

what are ICE techniques?

Answer 28

“ICE”
Isolate the victim
Confidentiality
Enlist and interpreter

Question 29

what should we do when we identify a victim?

Answer 29

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

Question 30

what is interpersonal violence?

Answer 30

-community violence
-intimate partner violence
-sexual violene

Question 31

what is self-directed violence?

Answer 31

-self harm
-suicide

Question 32

what are some characteristic associated with an increase risk for violence on a societal level?

Answer 32

rape culture, cultural norms, educations, policies

Question 33

what are some characteristic associated with an increase risk for violence on a community level?

Answer 33

schools, workplace, neighborhoods

Question 34

what are some characteristic associated with an increase risk for violence on a relationship level?

Answer 34

peers, intimate, partner, family

Question 35

what are some characteristic associated with an increase risk for violence on an individual level?

Answer 35

age, education, mental health, hx of abuse

Question 36

what are the levels of violence-prevention interventions?

Answer 36

-primary (teaching)
-secondary (assessments, provide counseling for at risk)
-tertiary (treatment for SUD)

Question 37

what is direct violence?

Answer 37

physical acts of violence

Question 38

what is cultural violence?

Answer 38

aspects of culture that give legitimacy and make violence seem acceptable

Question 39

what is structural violence?

Answer 39

violence that is built into social, political, and economic systems that govern society

Question 40

what are the key characteristics of structural violence?

Answer 40

-depersonalized
-manifests as unequal power
-on-going and persuasive
-invisible
-frequently leads to direct violence

Question 41

what global forces contribute to structural violence?

Answer 41

-colonial rules
-globalization
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Question 42

what local forces contribute to structural violence?

Answer 42

-lack of income and assets
-vulnerability
-powerlessness
-gender dimension

Question 43

what practices have the potential to reduce structural violence?

Answer 43

-reclaiming neighborhoods
-demanding social justice
-providing prenatal care
-alleviating sexism
-organizing globally while celebrating cultures