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Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnerships

(MAPP)Presented by:

Charles E. PruskiExecutive Assistant

San Antonio Metropolitan Health DistrictAugust 23, 2001

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What is MAPP?• A strategic approach to community health

improvement developed by NACCHO & CDC.• A tool to help communities improve health and

quality of life through community-wide strategic planning.

• A process whereby communities seek to achieve optimal health by identifying and using their resources wisely, taking into account their unique circumstances and needs, and forming effective partnerships for strategic action.

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Benefits

• Create a healthy community and a better quality of life.

• Increase the visibility of public health within the community.

• Anticipate and manage change.• Create a stronger public health infrastructure.• Engage the community and create ownership

for public health issues.

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Principles for Successful Implementation of MAPP

• Systems thinking• Dialogue• Shared Vision• Data• Partnerships and collaboration• Strategic thinking• Celebration of successes

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Elements of MAPP Process

• Emphasizes a community-driven and community-owned approach.

• Builds on previous experiences and lessons learned.

• Uses traditional strategic planning concepts within its model.

• Focuses on the creation and strengthening of the local public health system.

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Elements of MAPP Process (Continued)

• Creates governmental public health leadership.

• Uses the Essential Public Health Services to define public health activities.

• Brings four assessments together to drive the development of a community strategic plan.

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Assessments for MAPP Process

• Community Themes and Strengths• Local Public Health System• Community Health Status Assessment• Forces of Change

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The MAPP Process

• Organize for Success/Partnership Development

• Visioning• Four MAPP Assessments• Identify Strategic Issues• Formulate Goals and Strategies• Implement Action Cycle

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Conceptual Model Of

MAPP

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Demonstration Sites

• Amherst, MA• Hartford, CT• Columbus, OH• Lee County, FL• Mendicino County,

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• Nashville/Davidson County, TN

• Northern Kentucky District, KY

• San Antonio, TX• Taney County, MO

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Additional Information

Contact:NACCHO, 1100 17th Street, NW, 2nd FoorWashington, DC 20036Phone: (202) 783-5550 Fax: (202) 783-1583Email: mapp@naccho.org

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“Coming together is the beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success”

Henry Ford