Camden
County Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnership Coalition
(MAPP)
Assessments and Community Health Improvement Plan
Local
Public Health System
In 1994, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
and other national organizations identified 10 essential services
of public health that should be provided to residents in every community
in our nation. These essential public
health services include such activities as providing information
about health and human services issues, linking residents to needed
services, conducting research about public health issues and diagnosing
and investigating health problems in the community.
No one agency or organization is capable by itself of meeting all
of the community’s needs. Organizations and agencies must
therefore work together as part of the Local Public Health System.
The Local Public Health System. The Local Public Health System includes
“[a]ll of the public, private and voluntary entities that
contribute to the delivery of the ten essential public health services.”
In some cases, agencies and organizations directly provide public
health services such as medical care, financial support, transportation,
housing and training/education for residents and professionals.
Other entities may refer residents to needed services and programs.
Some entities may provide all ten essential services to thousands
of residents; others may provide only one or two services to a much
smaller number of persons. Nevertheless, whether their role in providing
public health services is direct or indirect, large or small, all
of these agencies and organizations share responsibility for ensuring
that the ten essential public health services are provided within
the community.
Local Public Health System Illustration,
CDC, http://www.cdc.gov/od/ocphp/nphpsp/
MAPP
Process
Mobilizing for Action Through Planning and Partnership
(MAPP) is a community assessment and planning tool developed by
the National Association of County and City Health Officials and
the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The MAPP
process has been used by communities throughout the United States
to improve community health and quality of life. The MAPP process
is a cooperative effort by local public health system agencies and
organizations – including academic institutions, community
nonprofits, foundations, health care institutions and providers,
schools and other stakeholders -- to conduct community health assessments
and develop a community health improvement plan.
The MAPP process begins with community partners
agreeing on a vision/community values statement representing conditions
that MAPP members would like to see in their community. MAPP members
then work together on four community health assessments:
(1) Forces of Change, during which MAPP Coalition
partners identify factors, events and trends causing changes in
health and quality of life for community residents;
(2) The CDC Local Public Health System Assessment
Survey, a formal collective evaluation by MAPP partners of how essential
public health services are being provided in the community;
(3) The Community Themes and Strengths or Community
Perspectives Assessment, which obtains resident input about health
care and quality of life through surveys and focus groups; and
(4) The Community Health Status Assessment, which
provides data/statistics about important public health issues.
After these assessments are completed, MAPP partners
work together to identify priority health issues and develop a community
health improvement plan. The community health improvement plan explains
the MAPP process and how it was implemented in the community, identifies
priority health issues selected by the MAPP Coalition and explains
key strategies for addressing these issues.
The Camden County MAPP Coalition has been meeting
since June 2005. Together, MAPP Coalition members have completed
the four MAPP Assessments and developed a community health improvement
plan.
If you are interested in joining the Camden County
MAPP Coalition or would like further information, please contact
the Camden County Department of Health & Human Services at 856-374-6037
or ccho@camdencounty.com.
Information from Camden County’s MAPP process
is below:
CAMDEN COUNTY MAPP ASSESSMENTS
CAMDEN COUNTY MAPP COALITION VISION/VALUES STATEMENT
CAMDEN COUNTY MAPP ASSESSMENTS
Assessment #1 Forces of Change Assessment
Forces of Change Presentation
MAPP Forces of Change Summary
Assessment #2 Local Public Health System Assessment
(LPHA) Documents
LPHA Presentation
Camden LPHA Narrative Report
Camden LPHA Analysis
Camden LPHA Summary Template
Assessment #3 Community Perspectives Assessment
Summary
MAPP Community Perspectives Summary
Assessment #4 Community Health Status Assessment
Camden County Community Health Profile
Camden City Community Health Profile
Community Health Profiles Presentation
Camden County 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance
Survey (BRFSS)
(BRFSS is a survey of resident health risks and
behaviors. For more information, see http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/about.htm)
Camden County BRFSS Results Presentation
CAMDEN
COUNTY MAPP COALITION COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN
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