Chapter 5: Community Organizing/Building and Health Promotion Programming

(MAPP) is a planning tool for improving community health. Facilitated by public health leadership, this tool helps communities prioritize health issues and identify resources for addressing them. Visit the MAPP web site. Select "Full Text Introduction" and read about MAPP. In a two-page paper summarize the model and identify the key steps. Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)

The Community Health Status Indicators (CHSI) Project was created in response to grassroots requests from local health officials for this type of health data at the local level. The CHSI project team has created 3,082 reports of health status indicators, one for each county in the nation. These reports are needed by local health officials since community health improvement begins with an assessment of needs, quantification of vulnerable populations, and measurement of preventable disease, disability, and death. Visit the CHSI web site. Review the PowerPoint presentation that is presented at this site. Then summarize in a one-page paper the types of data that are found in the county reports. Community Health Status Indicators

The Public Health Functions Project site is intended to provide materials of interest to various audiences regarding public health infrastructure. This project brings together the Public Health Service agencies and national public health organizations to strengthen the public health infrastructure of the nation. The Nation's public health infrastructure provides the resources needed to deliver the essential public health services to every community. Visit the Public Health Functions Project web site. Select one topic from "some informational materials that might be of interest to you," and write a one-page report on what you learned. Public Health Functions Project