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In addition, the Core Planning Team worked on a purpose/mission statement for the
local public health system. Three versions were drafted, but this effort was not
finalized. The following is an amalgamation of the purpose/mission statements
presented to date:
Purpose/Mission:
To promote good health and quality of life for all Bexar County residents by:
1) Preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
2) Encouraging healthy behaviors and lifestyles.
3) Protecting the environment.
4) Ensuring accessible, affordable, and effective health care through the efficient
utilization of available resources.
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Phase 3: The Four MAPP Assessments
The MAPP process requires four different assessments in order to obtain the
necessary information for a community health improvement plan. A description of
each assessment, along with the efforts made to complete them is outlined below.
Community Health Status Assessment (CHSA):
The CHSA answers the question, “How healthy are our residents?” The results of the
CHSA provide the MAPP Core Planning Team with important statistical information
regarding the key health indicators of the community. Health issues are identified
through the compilation of local health data, as well as the assessment of changes over
time, differences among population subgroups, or comparisons to peer, state, or
national data.
The CHSA was conducted in two parts. The first part was performed by the Bexar
County Community Health Collaborative (BCCHC) as noted earlier, and focused on
behavioral health data. BCCHC contracted with a team of public health and academic
professionals from the University of Texas School of Public Health, University of Texas
Health Science Center, and Our Lady of the Lake University to perform the
assessment. To augment this data the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
contributed the second part of the CHSA, the annual health profiles report. This
report compiles valuable information about the overall population through careful
analysis of birth and death records, communicable disease reports, school statistics and
a host of other sources. The combined CSHA effort was started in December 2001
and finalized in September 2002.
On October 3, 2002, the CHSA was presented to the San Antonio City Council and
distributed to key community leaders and public health partners. In addition, a press
conference was held on that same day to provide the information to the community. It
is now available on the SAMHD and BCCHC Web sites and can be accessed online at
www.sanantonio.gov/health/Profiles/index.asp
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