In our 10th podcast series, “Intersections in Health Care and Human Trafficking”, NAPNAP uses a multidisciplinary lens to explore the impact of human trafficking on children and adolescents. Human trafficking is a complex and pervasive issue which is best addressed by tapping into the skills and expertise across many disciplines and people. Forensics, police, legal, social work, research, and survivors of human trafficking all have a place in addressing human trafficking.

Our host for this series is Jason Spees, MSN, MaOM, APRN, L.Ac., FNP-C, Dipl. Ac. & C.H. Jason is a human trafficking educator and the chair of NAPNAP Partners Alliance for Children in Trafficking (ACT).

This week’s episode will discuss the NAPNAP Partners Alliance for Children in Trafficking with our guests Shenoa Rose Jamieson, CRNP, SANE-A, SANE-P, and Jennifer Livingston, MNSc, APRN, CPNP-PC, SANE-P. Shenoa is a nurse practitioner in a dual role with the Child Advocacy Center and Adolescent Medicine at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner in primary care and nationally certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner for pediatrics and adults/adolescents. In her position, she provides abuse evaluations, primary care and urgent care for young people with complex social situations, and adolescent and young adult gynecological care and gender-affirming care. In addition to the Child Advocacy Center hospital-based clinic and the Center for Adolescent and Young Adult Health outpatient clinic, Shenoa provides care in unique community-based settings, including a clinic in the county courthouse, a young adult drop-in center, youth shelters, and a youth detention center.

Jennifer Livingston is a certified pediatric nurse practitioner and pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner affiliated with the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences’ Team for Children at Risk and Penn State University’s Sexual Assault Forensic Examination and Training Center. She earned her Bachelor of Nursing from Arkansas Tech University and her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

With 21 years of nursing experience, Jennifer spent 15 years in inpatient pediatric hematology-oncology before transitioning to her role as an APRN, where she has dedicated the last six years to addressing child maltreatment. During this time, she provided evaluations for children and teens in both a hospital-based outpatient child maltreatment clinic and at a local child advocacy center, The Children’s Protection Center. Jennifer is an advocate for the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners' Alliance for Children in Trafficking and serves on the board of Arkansas's Human Trafficking Council.

She has collaborated with the FBI, state police, and Crimes Against Children Division on numerous trafficking cases over the past six years. Jennifer's professional interests include human trafficking prevention, children in the foster care system, and providing care for the LGBTQIA+ community. She has presented locally and nationally on human trafficking initiatives as well as medical focused presentations. Additionally, Jennifer works as a pediatric sexual assault nurse examiner with the Children’s Advocacy Center, another child advocacy center located in Arkansas.