Hānai Ahu Virtual Summer Training Series: Anchoring Culture in Substance Use Treatment & Prevention Models

PRESENTED BY THE AANHPI ʻOHANA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE, MĀPUNA LAB, and PAPA OLA LŌKAHI

Join the Māpuna Lab’s virtual summer training series on adopting cultural anchors for substance use treatment and prevention strategies. This series provides a tri-lens cultural view of substance use emphasizing “The Impacts of Colonization on Ahupuaʻa. Conceptualization, V3.0” framework that recently launched with the Hawaiʻi State Plan for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division of the Department of Health.

What is your ahu?
What is your pua‘a?

Artwork illustrated by Kealiʻimakamanaʻonalani Parker Poʻoloa

Learn more and watch the replays of each workshop below. Visit the replays on YouTube here.

Intersections of Health & Technology in Substance Use Care

Creating Culturally-Safe Spaces for Behavioral Health Programming

Looking to the Past: Substance Use Curricula Overview with Kanoelani Davis

Understanding the Upstream – How does the Compact of Free Association (COFA) affect Social Determinants of Health and Policy for Federated States of Micronesia migrants in Hawaiʻi

Knowing Our Audience: Meeting Our Youth Where They’re At in Hawaiʻi and Abroad with Trevor Atkins

The “Other” Pacific Islanders: Who is Micronesia in the NHPI Communities We Serve in Hawaiʻi’s Health Systems

Train the Trainers: Curriculum Framework & Application

Patient and Practitioner Empowerment through AI

Next Steps: Development and Launch