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MAPP – What is it?

Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties

MAPP is:

• A community-wide strategic planning tool for improving public health.

• A method to help communities prioritize public health issues, identify resources for addressing them, and take action.

Vision for MAPP’s Implementation

Communities achieving improved health and quality of life by mobilizing partnerships and taking strategic action.

Sound Abstract?• You’re right

• You’re not alone!

MAPP Overview

Paradigm Shift

• MAPP is a journey, not a destination.

• MAPP is a shift in how we think about public health activities and planning with and through our communities.

• MAPP is a complete, long-term, system-wide PARADIGM SHIFT.

The MAPP Paradigm Shift

Building New Roads…Not Filling Potholes

Three Keys to MAPP

• Strategic Thinking

• Community Driven Process

• Focus on the Local Public Health System

Strategic Thinking• Requires broad-scale

information gathering• Encourages exploration of

alternatives• Places emphasis on future

implications of present decisions

• Facilitates communication and participation

• Accommodates divergent interests and values

Community Driven Process

• Mobilizing and engaging the community

• Action with and by the community

• Planning driven by the community

• Partnerships to strengthen the community

Local Public Health System

MCOs

Home Health

Parks

Economic Development

Mass Transit

Employers

Nursing Homes

Mental Health

Drug Treatment

Civic GroupsCHCs

Laboratory Facilities

Hospitals

EMS Community Centers

Doctors

Health Department

Local Public Health System

Churches

Philanthropist

Elected Officials

Tribal Health

Schools

Police

Fire

Corrections

Environmental Health

Who’s in Charge?

Before MAPP After MAPP

MAPP Objectives

• How is MAPP different from other tools?

• What are the benefits of MAPP?

• How can MAPP help bring together past or current local initiatives?

• How does MAPP fit in with national initiatives?

Benefits of MAPP

• Creates a healthy community and better quality of life.

• Increases visibility of public health.

• Anticipates and manages change.

• Creates a stronger public health infrastructure.

• Builds stronger partnerships.• Builds public health leadership.• Creates advocates for public

health.

Bringing Local Initiatives Together

MAPP Connects with National Frameworks and Initiatives

• NPHPSP is used within MAPP to assess the local public health system

• MAPP can help to address Healthy People 2010 objectives.

• Essential Services framework ensures a comprehensive picture of public health

• MAPP is a potential activity- Focus Area A – CDC BT grant program

The Local Public Health SystemWhat organizations provide the activities indicated in

each of the 10 Essential Services?

The 10 Essential Services• Monitor health status to identify community health problems.• Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the

community.• Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.• Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health

problems.• Develop policies and plans that support individual and community

health efforts.• Enforce laws and regulations that protect and ensure safety.• Link people to needed personal health services and assure the

provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.• Assure a competent public health and personal health care

workforce.• Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and

population-based health services.• Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health

problems.

MAPP - Nuts and Bolts

Organize for Success and Visioning

• What is the Organize for Success and Partnership Development phase of MAPP?

• How does Visioning happen?

MAPP Objectives

Organize for Success

• Who will make the best guests?• What should they bring?• Whom do you have to invite?• What’s happening during the

party?• What do you want everyone to

say after the party?• What does your MAPP

Committee do?

Or…plan your party.

MAPP COMMITTEE ROLES

• MAPP Committee (Com) – this committee provides guidelines through the entire process. This should be a broad group comprised of representatives from many sectors, including community residents.

• Subcommittee (Sub) –the subcommittee should include representation from the MAPP Committee. They complete the work of the 4 MAPP Assessments.

Organize for Success/Partnership DevelopmentPlan a MAPP process that • Builds commitment

• Engages participants

• Uses participants’ time well

• Results in a plan that can be implemented successfully

• Develop a Core MAPP Group

Core Group Roles

• A small group of individuals from lead agencies that are responsible for organizing the MAPP process and moving it forward

6 Steps to Organize for Success/Partnership Development

• Determine the Need• Identify and Organize

Participants• Design the Planning Process• Assess Resource Needs• Conduct Readiness

Assessment• Determine How the Process

Will Be Managed

Visioning

Vision and values statements provide

• focus

• purpose

• direction

Steps in Visioning Process

• Identify other visioning efforts

• Design the visioning process

• Conduct the visioning process

• Formulate the vision statement and common values

• Keep the vision and values statements alive.

MAPP - Nuts and Bolts

The Four Assessments

• Describe how to conduct the four MAPP assessments and explain their importance.

Objectives

The Four Assessments

• Community Themes and Strengths

• Local Public Health System

• Community Health Status • Forces of Change

Community Themes and Strengths Assessment

Identifies• Themes that interest

and engage the community,

• Perceptions about quality of life

• Community assets

Community Themes and Strengths Assessment

Gathering community input from• Focus groups• Surveys• Windshield surveys• Town hall meetings• Informal discussions with

community• Most importantly… community

participation on committee and throughout process

Community Themes and Strengths Assessment

Steps

• Establish a subcommittee.

• Implement activities to identify community themes and strengths.

• Compile the results.• Sustain community

involvement.

Local Public Health System Assessment

Measures the capacity of the local public health system to conduct essential public health services

Local Public Health System Assessment

Steps • Establish a

subcommittee.• Review Essential

Services.• Complete the

performance measures instrument.

• Develop a list of challenges and opportunities.

Community Health Status Assessment

Analyzes Data about• Health status• Quality of life• Risk factors

Community Health Status Assessment

Steps• Establish a

subcommittee.• Collect data for the core

indicators.• Select additional data

indicators.• Organize and analyze

data.• Establish a system to

monitor indicators.• Identify challenges and

opportunities.

Community Health Status Assessment

11 Suggested Categories of Data• Demographic Characteristics• Socioeconomic Characteristics• Health Resource Availability• Quality of Life• Behavioral Risk Factors• Environmental Health

Indicators • Social and Mental Health • Maternal and Child Health• Death, Illness and Injury• Infectious Disease• Sentinel Events

Forces of Change Assessment

Identifies forces that are occurring or will occur that will affect the community or the local public health system.

Forces of Change Assessment

Focuses on issues broader than the community including:• Uncontrollable factors

that impact the environment in which the LPHS operates

• Trends, legislation, funding shifts, politics, etc.

Forces of Change Assessment

Steps

• Identify a facilitator and location and design the session.

• Hold a brainstorming session and develop a list of forces of change.

• Identify possible impacts for each force.

Collectively the Four Assessments• Provide insight on the gaps

between current circumstances and vision.

• Serve as the source of information from which the strategic issues, strategies, and goals are built.

Identification of Strategic Issues

MAPP – Next Steps

Strategies and Goals

Action Cycle Planning

MAPP – Next Steps

Action Cycle Planning 2006

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