GREENUP —
Public health officials in Greenup County first mapped out a plan to improve all aspects of community health three years ago.
Next month, officials from a range of community-based organizations and health agencies will gather again to assess their progress and, using data gathered at the meeting, will update their strategies to improve health in the entire community.
The Greenup County Mobilize for Action through Planning Partnerships, or MAPP, meeting will be 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 12 at Advance United Methodist Church in Flatwoods. Registration and breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m.
Participants from the health department, local hospitals, area churches, schools, the judicial system, police, fire, emergency medical services, mental health and counseling providers, vocational rehabilitation, local and county government officials, home health providers, food services, wellness centers and septic installers are all invited along with anyone else who is involved with public health.
Greenup Public Health Administrator Chris Crum said creating a consensus is key to working toward the county’s collective health goals.
“We have to come to a consensus about what can help the public health system, not just the health department but everyone that comes together to help public health,” he said.
At the meeting, officials will complete the Local Public Health System Assesment, which focuses on the delivery of the 10 essential public health services. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 10 essential public health services include: monitoring, diagnosing and investigating health problems and hazards, informing and educating, mobilizing partnerships, developing policies and plans, enforcing laws and regulations, linking the public with needed health services, assuring a competent health care workforce, evaluating the effectiveness, accessibility and quality of health services and researching for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
“It is a good learning experience for everyone,” said Eve Greene, the diabetes coordinator at the GHD. She said redundancies as well as gaps in the system will also be identified and addressed as a result of the assessment. Data gathered at the Oct. 12 session will be turned over to the CDC, who will compile a detailed report. The report will then be used to lay out a strategic Health Improvement Plan, to be used over the next three years.
“It will be helpful in pinpointing the areas that require attention,” added Sherri Smith, a nurse with the Greenup Health Department. “Strengths and weaknesses and priorities should quickly become apparent,” she added. Smith noted said the assessment uses the National Public Health Performance Standards program as its framework, a system used through out the country. The result is a “whole entire community health improvement plan that anyone can use to help,” she said.
Crum said the plan will help facilitate additional working partnerships between agencies that will benefit them and the public.
“Resources are scarce and we have to work together to combine our resources to leverage our funding, which we have been able to do,” said Crum.
He anticipates the continuing drug abuse epidemic will emerge from the meeting as focus topic. ”A lot has been done in three years,” he said, “but I anticipate that will be a theme that goes throughout the assessment,” he said.
To register to attend the MAPP meeting, contact Smith or Greene at the Greenup County Health Department at (606) 473-9838.
CARRIE STAMBAUGH can be reached at cstambaugh@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2653.
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