Commonly-Used Acronyms

AMC Association of Minnesota Counties
ASTHO Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
CHAAP Community Health Assessment and Action Planning;
now called Local Public Health Assessment and Planning
CHB Community Health Board (More Information: CHB Maps)
CHS Community Health Services
EHDI Eliminating Health Disparities Initiative
ELA Essential Local Activities
HIE Health Information Exchange
HP2020 Healthy People 2020
ICSI Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement
LHD Local Health Department
LPH Local Public Health
LPHA Local Public Health Association
MACSSA Minnesota Association of County Social Service Administrators
MHIP Minnesota Health Improvement Partnership
MLC Multi-State Learning Collaborative
NACCHO National Association of County and City Health Officials
NALBOH National Association of Local Boards of Health
NNPHI National Network of Public Health Institutes
OPHP Office of Public Health Practice (now called OPI)
PBRN Practice-Based Research Network
(now called Research to Action Network)
PHAB Public Health Accreditation Board
PHF Public Health Foundation
PHN Public Health Nurse/Public Health Nursing
PHNC Public Health Nurse Consultant
PIA Performance Improvement and Accreditation
PPMRS Local Public Health Planning and Performance Measurement Reporting System
QI Quality Improvement
RWJF Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
SCHSAC State Community Health Services Advisory Committee
SHIP Statewide Health Improvement Plan
SOP Snelling Office Park