BACH and its members have continued on the Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnership (MAPP) process. The Health Planning & Improvement Committee (HPIC), the group which oversees the implementation of MAPP planning process, has moved steadily through all four assessments on the citywide level.
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The Local Public Health System Assessment was completed at a follow-up community meeting in April when the results from the February retreat were prioritized. The three identified priority areas are:
- Mobilizing Community Partnerships to Identify and Solve health Problems
- Inform, Educate , and Empower Individuals and Communities about Health
- Develop Policies and Plans that Support Individual and Community Health Efforts
The other assessments: Community Health Status, Community Themes and Strengths, and Forces of Change were completed in a retreat attended by the BACH Steering Committee, Health Planning and Improvement Committee (HPICom) and leaders of the BACH affiliated coalitions. The data from the neighborhood-based assessments were gathered and analyzed. BACH also had done focus groups in Roslindale, Hyde Park, Mission Hill, and North Dorchester to make sure the voices of those neighborhoods were heard.
This summer, members of the HPICom will be working on synthesizing the data from all this assessment work. That data analysis will be the basis for a community meeting on the evening of Thursday, September 12 at the Mattapan Library on Blue Hill Avenue (details to follow). At this meeting we will work together to identify what the key strategic questions will be that BACH and its members will develop strategies and goals to address.
All this work will result in a strategic health plan that we will work on implementing on the citywide level and the neighborhoods levels over the next few years.
For information about the MAPP process or to get involved, please contact Pam Jones, Chair of the Health Planning and Improvement Committee, pjones@bphc.org.