MAPP Handbook - The National Association of County and City ...

The 10 Essential Public Health Services are:
1. Monitor health status to identify community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in
the community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community
health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the
provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and
population-based health services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems. *
The following principles and elements are integral
to the successful implementation of MAPP:
• MAPP uses traditional strategic planning concepts within its model. While
many communities have participated in a strategic planning process of some kind,
applying such concepts to public health practice within your community can help
you to identify and secure resources, match needs with assets, respond to
external circumstances, anticipate and manage change, and establish a long-range
direction for the community.
• MAPP is focused on systems thinking to promote an appreciation for the
dynamic interrelationship of all components of the local public health system
required to develop a vision of a healthy community.
• MAPP creates opportunities for public health leadership by encouraging
community ownership and leadership of public health activities, allowing space for
creative and collective thinking that may ultimately produce more innovative,
effective, and sustainable solutions to complex problems and issues. MAPP has
increased the visibility of public health within communities by implementing a
participatory and highly publicized process.
• MAPP helps to develop a shared vision to form the foundation for building a
healthy future.
• MAPP uses data to inform each step of the process.
• MAPP builds on previous experiences and lessons learned by anticipating and
managing change, seeking opportunities, and utilizing existing resources.
• MAPP helps to develop partnerships and collaboration to optimize
performance through shared resources and responsibility.
• MAPP uses dialogue to ensure respect for diverse voices and perspectives
during the collaborative process.
• MAPP encourages the celebration of successes to ensure that contributions
are recognized and to sustain excitement for the process.
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* Public Health Functions Steering Committee. Public Health In America. July 1994.