Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and

PartnershipMAPP

What the MAPP Process has taught US

Benefits from the MAPP process

included

Improved community planning Data for grant writing Baseline data collection Assessment of Bioterrorism preparedness

A Local Public Health System Performance

Assessment

Designed around the 10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS).

Describing an optimal level of performance

Intended to support a process of quality improvement

PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT

MEASUREMMENT No = 25% or less = Low Partially = Greater than 25% but less than

50% = High Partially = Greater than 50% but less

than 75% Yes = Greater than 75%

We learned how we were meeting the 10 essential public health services Monitor health status to identify and solve 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 and action to identify and solve health

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

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

health care when otherwise unavailable. Assure competent public 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.

#1 Monitor Health Status

SCORE = 26.73% We fell down in all areas, but especially in the

area of having a comprehensive surveillance system.

#2 Diagnose and Investigate Health Problems Score = 65.87% Areas of deficiency were:

Monitor changes in occurrence of health problems and hazards

Have a comprehensive surveillance system Use IT for surveillance Emergency planning

#3 Inform Educate and Empower People Score = 67.29% We were lacking in health education and

sponsoring programs for health education. We were lacking in assessing the outcomes

of the education activities tht we performed. We were good at health promotion.

#4 Community Partnerships

Score = 5.93 We were not assuring the establishment of

community health improvement committees. We were not assessing the effectiveness of

community partnerships.

#5 Develop Policies and Plans

Score = 21.6 We were not assuring the participation of

stakeholders in implementation of a community health plan.

We did not have an oversight committee. We were not reviewing our health policies

every two years We did not have a community health

improvement process.

#6 Enforce Laws and Regulations Score = 77.74 We were lacking in the areas of:

Addressing PH issues through laws, regulations and ordinances.

Assuring timely enforcement activities. Reviewing laws every 5 years

#7 Link people to Needed Personal Health

Services Score = 52.95 We were lacking in personal health service

needs of the population. Needed to ID the personal health services of

populations who encounter barriers to personal health services.

Needed to conduct an analysis of age-specific participation in preventive services.

#8 Workforce Assessment

Score = 5.93 Need to identify the gaps within the public

and personal health workforce. Results of assessments need to be

dissiminated. Need to promote collaborative leadership.

#9 Evaluate Effectiveness,

Accessibility and Quality Score = 32.72 Needed to evaluate personal health care

services of the community. We have not evaluated ourselves every 3 to

5 years. We have not evaluated the linkages within

the organization.

#10 Research for New Insights and

Innovative Solutions Score = 35.62 We had not partnered with a research

organization or institution of higher learning. Within the organization we don’t have the

resources to do research. We don’t have the ability to evaluate

research.