MAPP: Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships

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MAPP Mobilizing for Action through Planning and
Partnerships
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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.

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MAPPs guiding principles

• Systems thinking
• Dialogue
• Shared vision
• Data
• Partnership
• Strategic thinking
• Celebration of successes

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MAPPs six phases

• 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

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Why use MAPP?

• MAPP uses a participatory process
• The MAPP model is based on partnership and
  collaboration among all relevant public health
  bodies, and between the public health system and
  the 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

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Why use MAPP? (cont.)

• MAPP helps the community to anticipate and manage
  change
• MAPP focuses on strengthening the local health
  system
• MAPP increases the visibility of public health in
  the community
• The MAPP process creates government leadership on
  public health issues
• MAPP takes a community perspective, with the
  overall goal of creating a healthy community

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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

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Who should take part in and use the MAPP process?
(cont.)

• 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

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When is MAPP appropriate?

• When a current or potential health issue
  surfaces, either in the media or among health
  practitioners
• When theres been an issue or crisis that
  everyone agrees wasnt handled well
• When theres money available for health systems
• When theres no money available for health
  systems
• When the community is about to build a new health
  facility
• When theres a government push to reexamine
  public health or the local health system

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How do you conduct a MAPP process?

• Understand and use the guiding principles
• Systems thinking
• Dialogue
• Shared vision
• Data
• Partnership
• Strategic thinking
• Celebration of successes

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How do you conduct a MAPP process? (cont.)

• 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 youll need for the
  planning process
• Make sure the community is ready to conduct a
  successful planning process
• Develop a management structure for the process

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How do you conduct a MAPP process? (cont.)

• 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

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How do you conduct a MAPP process? (cont.)

• Phase 3 The assessments
• Conduct the four assessments
• The Community Themes and Strengths Assessment
• The Local Public Health System Assessment
• The Community Health Status Assessment
• The Forces of Change Assessment

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How do you conduct a MAPP process? (cont.)

• 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

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How do you conduct a MAPP process? (cont.)

• 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

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How do you conduct a MAPP process? (cont.)

• Phase 6 Action cycle
• First stage -- Planning for action
• Organize for action
• Develop objectives and establish accountability.
• Develop action plans

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How do you conduct a MAPP process? (cont.)

• Phase 6 Action cycle
• Second stage -- Implementation
• Review action plans for opportunities for
  coordination
• Implement and monitor action plans

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How do you conduct a MAPP process? (cont.)

• Phase 6 Action cycle
• Third stage -- Evaluation
• Prepare for evaluation
• Focus the evaluation design
• Gather credible evidence and justify conclusions
• Share lessons learned and celebrate successes
• Keep at it indefinitely