MAPP 2.0

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What is MAPP 2.0?

Mobilizing for Action Through Planning & Partnerships (MAPP) is a framework for completing Community Health Assessments developed in 2001 by the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NAACHO). MAPP 2.0 was finished in 2021. It builds upon its predecessor, emphasizing the importance of community engagement, data-driven assessments, and a focus on health equity. In comparison to the original framework, MAPP 2.0 is streamlined from six to three phases and from four to three new and revised assessment tools and includes new resources and activities.

MAPP 2.0 Components

MAPP 2.0 enables communities to identify health priorities, develop effective strategies, and mobilize partnerships to improve community health outcomes, empowering communities to create sustainable and equitable solutions for the well-being of their populations.

Phase 1: Build the CHI Foundation: This phase results in a comprehensive, accurate, and timely community assessment of health and wellbeing based upon findings from three assessment tools.
Phase 2: Tell the Community Story: This phase sets the stage for the MAPP process. It includes guidance to build strategic relationships based on a Stakeholder and Power Analysis, conduct a Starting Point Assessment to take inventory of resources and set goals for process improvement, cultivate a shared mission and vision for MAPP, and develop a common understanding of how MAPP can be used to achieve health equity.
Phase 3: Continuously Improve the Community: This phase includes steps to address the social determinants of health and health equity through transformational strategies. It encourages strategic partnerships for sustained action, through partner profiles and a power analysis that best position partners to address inequity as it relates to each CHIP goal. This phase also employs methods of continuous quality improvement and rapid cycle improvement to promote sustained, data-driven action which allows for building an evidence base through small-scale improvements on existing strategies and small-scale testing on new, innovative strategies for health equity action.

MAPP 2.0 assessments

1. Community Partners Assessment: The Community Partners Assessment (CPA)(PDF) s an assessment process that allows all the community partners involved in MAPP to critically look at 1) their own individual systems, processes, and capacities and 2) their collective capacity as a network/across all community partners to address health inequities.
2. Community Status Assessment: The Community Status Assessment (CSA) is a quantitative assessment aimed at understanding the community’s status. It helps communities move upstream and identify inequities beyond health behaviors and outcomes, including their association with social determinants of health and systems of power, privilege, and oppression. Click to access the CSA.
3. Community Context Assessment: The Community Context Assessment (CCA) is a qualitative data assessment tool aimed at harnessing the unique insights, expertise, and perspectives of individuals and communities directly impacted by social systems to improve the functioning and impact of those systems.