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.