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These initiatives include the 2016 release of Public Health 3.0 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), which defines the concept of the Chief Health Strategist as a leader in the community\u2019s health improvement efforts. In addition, in 2022, the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) released guidance for community health improvement through a revised set of accreditation standards and measures, which included a list of suggested models such as Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP) to guide the process. Finally, a revised model, MAPP 2.0, was released in 2023 to provide updates to the National Association of County and City Health Officials\u2019 (NACCHO\u2019s) original framework for community health improvement. Despite the valuable information for a collaborative approach to community health improvement found in the 2022 PHAB accreditation standards and measures and in MAPP 2.0, the role of the Chief Health Strategist from Public Health 3.0 is missing. 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