Community Health Needs Assessment
MAPP conducts Community Health Needs Assessments every three years to get a holistic, comprehensive look at the community’s strengths, needs, and health trends over time. The health assessment is then used to develop community priorities and strategies that are incorporated into the Community Health Improvement Plan. The MAPP (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships) framework guides this assessment process and instructs communities to conduct four separate sub-assessments:
1. Community Themes & Strengths Assessment: Qualitative input from community members to identify the issues they feel are important
- Download 2023 Themes and Strengths Assessment
- Download 2020 Themes and Strengths Assessment
- Download 2016 Themes and Strengths Assessment
- Download 2013 Themes and Strengths Assessment
- Download 2009 Themes and Strengths Assessment
2. Forces of Change Assessment: Identifying forces such as legislation, technology, and other impending changes that affect the context in which the community and its public health system operate
- Download 2023 Forces of Change Assessment
- Download 2020 Forces of Change Assessment
- Download 2016 Forces of Change Assessment
- Download 2013 Forces of Change Assessment
- Download 2009 Forces of Change Assessment
3. Community Health Status Assessment: Quantitative community health data (representing cultural, economic, educational, environmental, mental, physical, and spiritual health) that identifies priority health and quality of life issues
- Download 2023 Health Status Assessment
- Download 2020 Health Status Assessment
- Download 2016 Health Status Assessment
- Download 2013 Health Status Assessment or view measures online
- Download 2013 Local organization data (appendix A), Census data comparisons (appendix B), and ISER report on MAPP data quality (appendix C)
- Download 2009 Health Status Assessment
4. Local Public Health Assessment: Using a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) standardized national tool, this report shows our community’s status on the ten essential public health services
The result of this collaborative process is a document that catalogs the priorities, perceptions, misperceptions, hard facts, strengths, challenges, and opportunities that we face in our community.
5. Project / Executive Summaries