Boston’s Local Public Health System Assessment: Evaluation Results February 22, 2013

LPHSA by the Numbers… 18 Planning Committee members 140 Registrants 2 Orientations 3 Facilitator trainings 5 calls with CDC & NACCHO 118 Participants Dozens of volunteers

More Numbers… 3 BPHC board members 5 Working groups 30 Model Standards 110 Stem Questions 6½ Hours 1 Wildly Successful LPHSA Retreat

What were the STRENGTHS of today’s assessment? Broad representation from participants Quality discussions Diverse perspectives Passion and energy in the room Good and thorough planning/well organized Inclusive Strong facilitation Engaging process Health equity focus

What were the WEAKNESSES of today’s assessment? Questions were confusing/too specific and/or too general Lack of prior or technical knowledge Lots of material to cover Time constraints – wished for more discussion Complex process – difficult to understand at first Large groups Too long

Strengths and Challenges We did it! Health Equity/Racial Justice Lens Participation Planning Process Quality of Discussion/Facilitation Fulfills MAPP requirement NPHPSP Instrument Time constraints Voting Process Lack of language access – no translation or interpretation Space StrengthsChallenges

Questions? Comments? StrengthsChallenges