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The MAPP training program evaluation.

Cheryll D Lesneski1, Vaughn M Upshaw, Nancy C Pullen

  • 1Public Health Leadership Program, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. lesneski@email.unc.edu

Journal of Public Health Management and Practice : JPHMP
|August 17, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Training improved knowledge and confidence in Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP). Participants showed increased readiness to use MAPP for community health, though organizational changes were minimal.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Community Health Improvement
  • Program Evaluation

Background:

  • Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) is a framework for community health improvement.
  • Regional training programs aim to enhance the adoption and utilization of MAPP.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of regional MAPP training programs.
  • To assess changes in participants' knowledge, confidence, and readiness to implement MAPP.

Main Methods:

  • Pretraining and posttraining surveys were administered to assess participants' readiness.
  • A follow-up survey evaluated MAPP implementation and promotion 6 months after training.

Main Results:

  • Training significantly improved participants' knowledge of MAPP and confidence in its use.

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  • Readiness to incorporate MAPP into roles and promote it for community health projects increased post-training.
  • Organizational and community-level implementation changes were not significant; just under half of participants implemented MAPP.

    • Conclusions:

    • MAPP training enhances individual capacity for community health improvement.
    • Sustained implementation requires addressing organizational and systemic barriers beyond training.
    • Further strategies are needed to support widespread MAPP adoption in communities.