. "Appendix B: Models of Collaborative Planning in Communities." The Future of the Public's Health in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2002.
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The Future of the Public’s Health in the 21st Century
The CHIP Model
CHIP, the Community Health Improvement Process, is a tool for community health planning and evaluation through inventory taking and performance monitoring. CHIP (Figure B–3) has two interacting cycles: the problem identification and prioritization cycle, which includes phases of community organizing, assessment, and selection of priority areas, and the analysis and implementation cycle, which includes seven phases that range from planning, through implementation, to evaluation (IOM, 1997). CHIP’s
FIGURE B–3 The CHIP (Community Health Improvement) model.
