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INSIGHTS AND APPROACH
Experienced Insights
Explore Kahuina’s featured work, including a sampler of articles, presentations, toolkits, and practical resources developed through our partnerships across public health and healthcare. These insights reflect the strategies and methods that translate experience and evidence into practical guidance for the field.
Articles
Developing a Cascade of Care Framework and Surveillance Indicators to Monitor Linkage to and Retention in Care for Substance Use Disorder.
Presentations and Workshops
The IZ Gateway: Reducing Burden While Improving IIS Completeness Nationwide.
2023 Syndromic Surveillance Symposium
2022 Syndromic Surveillance Symposium
2021 Syndromic Surveillance Symposium
Public Health Informatics Institute
Kahuina designed and facilitated CSTE's inaugural Data Modernization workshop bringing together state, territorial, local, and tribal public health practitioners to prioritize investment needs. We continue to develop trainings and author comments related to public health standards and federal informatics policies and rules relevant to public health epidemiology practice.
Tools And Shared Resources
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Kahuina helps partners translate vision into action through collaborative, data-informed strategic planning processes grounded in public health practice. Our approach centers on thoughtful engagement, systems thinking, and actionable roadmaps that strengthen organizational alignment, sustainability, and long-term impact.
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Build stronger meetings, teams, and outcomes—through intentional, reflective facilitation. Kahuina’s Formative Facilitation* specialized approach helps individuals and organizations strengthen how they plan, lead, and reflect on meetings and group processes. Through guided practice, coaching, and feedback, participants learn to design and facilitate sessions that foster trust, collaboration, and shared ownership. Unlike traditional “presentation-based” training, formative facilitation is experiential and developmental. It’s about learning by doing. Participants facilitate real scenarios, receive peer and mentor feedback, and apply structured reflection to improve their facilitation practice over time.
Key features of Formative Facilitation include:
Interactive workshops and live practice sessions
Feedback and reflection using formative learning methods
Focus on group dynamics, communication, and decision-making
Opportunities for one-on-one coaching and personalized growth plans
Tools and templates for designing effective meetings
Any professional, team member, leader, and/or individual interested in strengthening facilitation, meeting design, collaboration, and change management skills in dynamic or cross-sector environments will benefit from Formative Facilitation.
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Kahuina provides tailored public health practice support to help partners strengthen operations, navigate complex challenges, and implement evidence-based solutions. From technical assistance and facilitation to workforce development and systems improvement, we work alongside partners to build resilient, responsive, and community-centered public health infrastructure.
