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Our Values - Diversity; Intergeneration; Opportunities for different generations to connect each other; Collaboration; Natural beauty of nature; Supportive community; Opportunities for all to pursue healthy behaviors; Individual health and health of community as a whole; Opportunities for successful living

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Join the Alaska MAPP Listserve!

http://list.state.ak.us/soalists/MAPP/jl.htm

Other MAPP Communities in Alaska

Homer MAPP  http://www.skpcommunitiesproject.net/


Ketchikan Wellness Coalition http://www.ktnkwc.org/

Walk Friendly Communities Website

http://www.walkfriendly.org/

Next Juneau MAPP meeting

Vision of a Healthy Juneau: Revisiting the 2009 Juneau Health Summit Goals

Our next Juneau MAPP meeting will be on 12/7/10 at 2pm at the United Way Southeast conference room. We will plan for a visioning meeting in March, 2010.

For more information regarding the visioning phase:
http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/mapp/framework/phase2.cfm

MAPP has six phases

Pleae review the MAPP factsheet from the NACCHO website at http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/mapp/upload/MAPPfactsheet-systempartners.pdf

Phase 1: Organize for Success/Partnership Development

Phase 2: Visioning (We are moving forward to this phase soon!)

Phase 3: The Four MAPP Assessments
    • Community Themes and Strengths Assessment
    • Local Public Health System Assessment (LPHSA)
    • Community Health Status Assessment
    • Forces of Change Assessment
Phase 4: Identify Strategic Issues
Phase 5: Formulate Goals and Strategies
Phase 6: The Action Cycle 

More MAPP Resource

You can download the MAPP Handbook and the MAPP field guide from the NACCHO website.

http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/mapp/framework/mapppubs.cfm

What is MAPP?

MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships) is a strategic approach to community health improvement. It is a tool that helps communities to improve health and quality of life through community-wide and community-driven strategic planning.

For more information, please visit the NACCHO (National Association of County & City Health Officials) website at http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/mapp/index.cfm