Tools for Accreditation
MAPP tool: Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) is a community-driven, strategic planning process for improving community health. It is facilitated by public health leaders. This framework helps communities to apply strategic thinking to prioritize public health issues and identify resources to address them. MAPP is not an agency-focused assessment process; rather, it is an interactive process that can improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and ultimately the performance of local public health systems. Completing the MAPP process will give you the Community Health Assessment and Community Health Improvement Plan, and also help inform your Strategic Plan.
NPHPSP tool: The National Public Health Performance Standards Program is a National Partnership initiative that has developed National Public Health Performance Standards for state and local public health systems, and also for public health governing bodies.
- Provides performance standards for public health systems and encourages their widespread use.
- Encourages and leverages national, state, and local partnerships to build a stronger foundation for public health preparedness.
- Promotes continuous quality improvement of public health systems.
- Strengthens the science-base for public health practice improvement.
- NPHPSP will give you capacity or assessment of the system, help inform the Community Health Assessment, Community Health Improvement Plan and Strategic Plan, and is one of the 4 MAPP assessments.
- Assesses readiness: purpose and benefits, resources, strategic fit, leadership.
MAPP Publications
Integrating MAPP, NPHPSP and Accreditation
