Hānai Ahu: 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

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

Join the Māpuna Lab’s virtual summer training series: Hānai Ahu: Anchoring Culture in Substance Use Treatment & Prevention Models. The series focuses 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. Learn more at mapunalab.com/hanai-ahu. 

What is your ahu?
What is your pua‘a?

Artwork illustrated by Kealiʻimakamanaʻonalani Parker Poʻoloa

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

Hawaii Opioid Initiative (HOI) Workgroup members, social workers, health care providers, and community members will come together to learn the Ahupua’a Framework and its applications. 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 Hawaii aims to provide insight on how upstream protective and risk factors dictated by the Compacts of Free Association affect pathways that may lead to substance use and prevention.

Learning Objective 1
Participants will engage in an immersive learning experience and learn how (the) 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 Hawaii fits into the SAMHSA’s Working Definition of Recovery and the Ahupua’a Model.

Learning Objective 2
Participants will learn to identify the barriers to substance use prevention and care that acculturation can create for Federated States of Micronesia Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrants in Hawaii using the Ahupua’a Model.

Learning Objective 3
Participants will understand how to utilize the Ahupua’a Model to improve health services access for Federated States of Micronesia Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrants.

DOWNLOADS & REPLAY

• Slides
• SAMHSA’s Working Definition of Recovery
• Guide: THE IMPACTS OF COLONIZATION ON ʻAHUPUAʻA
• Article: Pilinahā: An Indigenous Framework for Health
• Guide: Case Study of Native Hawaiian Kupuna, Chronic Back Pain, and Opioid Use
• Guide: NIMHD Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Framework
• Guide: Evaluating the Puni Ke Ola Intervention
• Article: Challenges and lessons learned in implementing a community-academic partnership for drug prevention in a Native Hawaiian community