MAPP: Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships

1. MAPP: Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships

2. 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.”

3. MAPP’sguiding principles: • Systems thinking • Dialogue • Shared vision • Data • Partnership • Strategic thinking • Celebration of successes

4. MAPP’s 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. When is MAPP appropriate? • 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.

10. 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

11. 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 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.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

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

17. 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.