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MAPP
Several organizations in
Madison County are taking part in a process
developed by the Center for Disease Control
(CDC) called Mobilizing for Action through
Planning and Partnerships, or MAPP. MAPP
is a community wide strategic
planning tool for improving public health.
It gives the community a method to help
prioritize public health issues, identify
resources for addressing them, and take
action.
The National
Public Health Performance Standards Program
(NPHPSP) is one stage of the MAPP process.
It focuses on assessing and improving the
overall "public health system."
Public health systems are commonly defined
as
"all
public, private, and voluntary entities that
contribute to the delivery of essential
public health services within a
jurisdiction." Public health systems
can also be described as a network of
entities with differing roles,
relationships, and interactions as depicted
in the picture to the left. All these
entities contribute to the public’s health
and well-being throughout the community. The
governmental public health department is a
major player in the public health system,
but they do not provide the full spectrum of
essential public health services alone.
The NPHPSP
assures that the contributions of all
entities are recognized in assessing the
provision of the 10 Essential Public Health
Services, which are:
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Monitor
health status to identify community
health problems.
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Diagnose and
investigate health problems and health
hazards in the community.
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Inform,
educate, and empower people about health
issues.
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Mobilize
community partnerships to identify and
solve health problems.
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Develop
policies and plans that support
individual and community health efforts.
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Enforce laws
and regulations that protect health and
ensure safety.
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Link people
to needed personal health services and
assure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable.
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Assure a
competent public health and personal
health care workforce.
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Evaluate
effectiveness, accessibility, and
quality of personal and population-based
health services.
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Research for
new insights and innovative solutions to
health problems.
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