What is MAPP? ___MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Participation) is a joint project of NACCHO (the National Association of County and City Health Officials) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. It is a model for improving community health systems whose mission statement is “Communities achieving improved health and quality of life by mobilizing partnerships and taking strategic action.” ___MAPP’s guiding principles are: Systems thinking Dialogue Shared vision Data Partnership Strategic thinking Celebration of successes ___MAPP’s six phases are: Organize for Success Visioning The Assessments: Community Themes and Strengths Assessment, Local Public Health System Assessment, Community Health Status Assessment, Forces of Change Assessment. Strategic Issues Goals/ Strategies Action Cycle Why use MAPP? ___MAPP uses a participatory process. ___The MAPP model is based on partnership and collaboration among local public health system partners and the broader community. ___The MAPP process has been developed using information gleaned from previous planning efforts. ___MAPP brings to bear four different assessments to get the clearest picture possible of community health issues and systems. ___The MAPP model includes strategic planning. ___MAPP helps the community to anticipate and manage change. ___MAPP focuses on strengthening the local public health system. ___MAPP increases the visibility of public health in the community. ___The MAPP process builds public health leadership. ___MAPP takes a community perspective, with the overall goal of creating a healthy community. Who should take part in and use the MAPP process? ___Local and state public health officials and agencies. ___Health practitioners, administrators, and others who are part of the local public health system. ___First responders. ___Local and state elected and appointed officials. ___Human service organizations. ___Other community organizations. ___Public schools, local colleges and universities, and other educational institutions. ___Faith communities. ___Businesses. ___Community members representing the diversity of ages, incomes, and the racial/ethnic mix in the community. Whenmight you employ a MAPP process? ___When a current or potential health issue surfaces, either in the media or among health practitioners. ___When there’s been an issue or crisis that everyone agrees wasn’t handled well. ___When there’s money available for health systems. ___When there’s no money available for health systems. ___When the community is about to build a new health facility. ___When there’s a government push to reexamine public health or the local health system. How do you conduct a MAPP process? ___Understand and use the guiding principles. Phase 1: Organize for success: ___Determine the necessity of undertaking the MAPP process. ___Identify and organize participants. ___Design the planning process. ___Design and begin the evaluation process. ___Determine the resources you’ll need for the planning process. ___Make sure the community is ready to conduct a successful planning process. ___Develop a management structure for the process. Phase 2: Visioning: ___Identify other visioning efforts and make connections as needed. ___Design the visioning process and decide how it will be managed. ___Conduct the visioning process. ___Formulate vision and values statements. ___Keep the vision and values alive throughout the MAPP process. Phase 3: The assessments: ___The Community Themes and Strengths Assessment ___The Local Public Health System Assessment – completed using the National Public Health Performance Standards Program (NPHPS) Local Instrument ___The Community Health Status Assessment ___The Forces of Change Assessment Phase 4: Strategic Issues: ___Brainstorm potential strategic issues. ___Develop an understanding of why an issue is strategic. ___Determine the consequences of not addressing the issue. ___Consolidate overlapping or related issues. ___Arrange issues into an ordered list. Phase 5: Goals/Strategies: ___Develop goals related to the vision and strategic issues. ___Generate strategy alternatives. ___Consider barriers to implementation. ___Consider implementation details. ___Select and adopt strategies. ___Draft the planning report. Phase 6: Action cycle: ___Organize for action. ___Develop objectives and establish accountability. ___Develop action plans. ___Review action plans for opportunities for coordination. ___Implement and monitor action plans. ___Prepare for evaluation. ___Focus the evaluation design. ___Gather credible evidence and justify conclusions. ___Share lessons learned and celebrate successes. ___Keep at it indefinitely.
