{"id":12736,"date":"2025-10-20T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/12736\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T20:00:08","slug":"laura-w-bush-institute-for-womens-health-to-host-6th-annual-human-sex-trafficking-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/12736\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura W. Bush Institute for Women\u2019s Health to host 6th annual human sex trafficking symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) &#8211; The Laura W. Bush Institute for Women\u2019s Health will host its 6th annual human sex trafficking symposium this Friday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">\u201cThey are Not for Sale: Human Sex Trafficking Symposium,\u201d is in partnership with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) School of Medicine and Northwest Texas Healthcare System. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The symposium is set for Friday, Oct. 24 at 9 a.m. to noon at the Happy State Bank Auditorium inside the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, located at 7671 Evans Drive. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Registration is $25 if you are seeking a CME credit. If you are not seeking credit or certificate, there is no charge. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">To register for the event, click <a href=\"https:\/\/cmetracker.net\/TTUHSC\/Publisher?page=pubOpen&amp;nc=1008789299#\/featured\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/cmetracker.net\/TTUHSC\/Publisher?page=pubOpen&amp;nc=1008789299#\/featured\">here.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">TTUHSC says the physical effects of sex trafficking and exploitation can include injury, sexually transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancy and complications, substance abuse and untreated chronic disease. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Mental health issues such as PTSD, depression, anxiety, hostility and high-risk behaviors also can arise. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Experts say health care providers play a critical role in survivorship by empowering their patients, offering treatment options, encouraging questions and focusing on each individual\u2019s strengths as a survivor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Event speakers and topics will include:<\/p>\n<p>Brian Weis, M.D.: \u201cTrafficking in the Panhandle and in Our Clinics\u201dRachel Anderson, M.D.: \u201cA Clinician\u2019s Perspective\u201dSpecial Agent Kendall Styles: \u201cThe Focused Side of Law Enforcement and the Protection of a Vulnerable Population\u201dAmy Stark, M.D.: \u201cHidden Scars: The Psychiatric Impact of Human Trafficking\u201dRhonda Kuykendall: \u201cA Survivor\u2019s Story from the Trenches\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KFDA. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) &#8211; The Laura W. Bush Institute for Women\u2019s Health will host its 6th annual human&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[10699,10701,8806,10700,10698,168,170,169,10702,10703],"class_list":["post-12736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-6th-annual","tag-friday","tag-host","tag-human-sex-trafficking-symposium","tag-laura-w-bush-institute-for-womens-health","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-symposium","tag-ttuhsc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}