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should be and again public health contributed 50 percent of the effort. In the area of
Research the public health system was at 58 percent of the model standard and the
local public health agency provided only 41 percent of the investment. The
interviewees perceived that public health was good at partnering with academic
institutions and not as effective in fostering a good environment for innovation and
initiating research studies.
Other Neighborhoods of Focus for Columbus
The Latino Community
Columbus’ Latino community is growing.There are now over 26,000 residents of
Latino origin living and working in Columbus.Working with the Ohio State School of
Public Health and the Ohio Hispanic Coalition, the MAPP team conducted six focus
groups in this community.Two groups from each of three geographic regions where
people of Hispanic origin are living in Columbus.The MAPP committee learned relevant
information from the focus groups but was not able to engage the Latino community.
The community is very diverse and the added dimension of being located in different
geographic areas led to difficulty in bringing people together to focus on a process of
corporate interest.
Near East- 2003/2004
The health department is now under new leadership. MAPP is being implemented in a
different way. The decision to focus on neighborhoods has been reinforced. The MAPP
oversight committee has been asked to consider Near East Columbus (a vulnerable
low income neighborhood) as a focus area. The committee has been integrated into a
Near East-based coalition and is in the process of developing an implementation model
that can be replicated in other neighborhoods. They are in the Organizing for
Success phase in the Near East.
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