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AANHPI Trauma-Informed Care and Other Services: Bridging Community- and Evidence-Based Practices

This workshop from PHI’s Lotus Project shares strategies and resources to bridge the gap between implementing evidence- and community-based practices in mental health services, particularly for Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.

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Watch the recordings for this workshop from PHI’s Lotus Project aimed to bridge the gap between implementing evidence- and community-based practices in mental health services, particularly for Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) communities.

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Session 1: Healing Through Trauma-Informed Care: Elevating the Role of Peer Support in Our Systems (Panel)

Moderator: Naomi Leipold – Governor’s Office of Wellness and Resilience
Panelists: Asha (Sasha) Autele, Kailene Nihipali Sanchez, and Kimmy Takata

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Session 2: Leveraging Community and Cultural Strengths to Achieve Health Equity for Pasifika

Presented by:

  • Keawe Kaholokula, Ph.D. | Contact: kaholoku@hawaii.edu
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  • Kelsie Okamura, Ph.D. (Slides) | Contact: kokamura@jbcc.harvard.edu
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Session 3: Collaborative Projects

3.1: An Elements-Based Approach for Designing and Advancing Youth Health Service Systems

  • Presented by: Brad Nakamura, Ph.D. | Contact: bradn@hawaii.edu
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3.2 The Maui Wildfire Exposure Study

Presented by: Alika Maunakea, Ph.D. | Contact: amaunake@hawaii.edu

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3.3 Challenges and Opportunities – Quality of Life & Workplace Wellness in Hawai‘i

Presented by: Trina Orimoto, Ph.D.  | Contact: trinao@hawaii.edu

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3.4 How American Indian Trauma Focused Practice can Inform Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Care

Presented by: Cynthia Greywolf, Ph.D., DNP | Contact: cynthiat@hawaii.edu

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Photos from the Hawai'i Workshop

Hawaii workshop group photo
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Lotus Project staff smiling for photo
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Lotus Project staff smiling for photo
Lotus Project staff smiling for photo
Lotus Project staff smiling for photo
Tooru and friend next to sign
tables of people in discussion
people in workshop seated in a semi circle

Originally published by The Lotus Project


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