title: MAPP in the classroom: oxymoron or opportunity?
abstract: As Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) becomes increasingly important for community public health practice, it is critical to examine what learning MAPP entails as well as its barriers and benefits. Competency-based education and training interventions that prepare public health workers to effectively contribute to the implementation of MAPP in their communities face significant obstacles. Current public health education and training programs are poorly positioned to enhance MAPP-related competencies among significant numbers of public health students and workers. Establishing the community as the classroom for learning MAPP and forging links with professional education and lifelong professional development strategies are necessary for MAPP to be successful in promoting healthy communities.
authors.affiliation: Center for Public Health Practice, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA. nturnock@uic.edu
authors.forename: Bernard J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Turnock
authors.forename: Abigail
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007318:Inservice Training; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000193:education*; D015980:Public Health Practice; D014481:United States