Juneau MAPP Progress Report

Juneau MAPP Progress Report March 2012

The above link takes you to the Juneau MAPP progress report as of March 2012.

Invitation to Juneau MAPP Local Public Health System Assessment Orientation meeting 3/1 at 1:30pm

Dear Friends and Community Partners:

We’re pleased to invite you to attend the inaugural kick-off meeting of the Juneau MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships) Local Public Health System Assessment Subcommittee.

This local public health system assessment is one of four Juneau MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships) community health assessments and is integral in gathering necessary information for our next phase identifying strategic issues in our community. 

A public health system is made up of all public, private and voluntary entities that contribute to the delivery of essential public health services within a jurisdiction. On March 9, 2011, a group of fifty-plus community members met, brainstormed, and collectively gave life to their vision for a healthier community:  “Juneau, a thriving community – engaging in a diverse and intergenerational population and ensuring access to an exceptional quality of life.” 

In order to measure the performance of our local public health system, it is important to have those representatives from organizations and sectors involved in our local public health system participate.  The CDC will analyze our completed assessment, and provide feedback- in a report that can be easily used to identify strengths and weaknesses of the public health system in Juneau.

As a Juneau resident, being a member of the Juneau MAPP group provides you with a unique opportunity.  A person with your agency’s experience and insight would be the perfect partner in spreading the word with people, just like you, who want to help improve the quality of our health and life by contributing their input a vision of a healthier Juneau.

Our orientation and first assessment meeting will be conducted in the Egan Room of Centennial Hall on Thursday, March 1, 2012. The full process will run from 1:30pm to 4pm.

We will begin promptly at 1:30pm with registration, followed by a brief orientation at 1:45pm, with the actual assessment process at 2:30pm; a packet containing the assessment tool will handed out we will discuss and complete it together, and finish at or before 4:00pm.

Subsequent meetings to complete the rest of the assessment tool will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2012, Thursday, April 5, 2011, and Thursday, April 19, 2012 from 1:30pm to 3:30pm at the Juneau Public Health Center. 

We forward to having you join together with other community partners in taking a close look at our public health system. 

We are also most grateful for your willingness to grant us your time on such short notice.

Please RSVP to Lisa Anderson by emailing to (lisa.anderson1@alaska.gov) or calling her at 465-3353.