Promising Practices
The Promising Practices database informs professionals and community members about documented approaches to improving community health and quality of life.
The ultimate goal is to support the systematic adoption, implementation, and evaluation of successful programs, practices, and policy changes. The database provides carefully reviewed, documented, and ranked practices that range from good ideas to evidence-based practices.
Learn more about the ranking methodology.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of the Mercury Challenge is to eliminate mercury from industrial sites.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to help prevent cardiovascular disease through education and interventions.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Educational Attainment, Children
Hands on Atlanta aims to build community and meet critical needs through volunteer service and civic engagement. This program meets those goals while providing valuable work experience and education for youth.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Oral Health, Children, Teens, Adults
The goal of this program is to provide free and reduced-cost oral health services to children and adults.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Urban
TNT's goals are to create an active group of neighborhood leaders, committed to developing a long-term vision for their neighborhoods; to establish a process for resident input and consensus; to develop a comprehensive body of knowledge about the neighborhoods; and to develop written action plans for achieving the vision, which may include goals for investment in and development of the neighborhoods.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens
The Wisconsin Adolescent Health Care Communication Program (WAHCCP) seeks to improve communication between providers and adolescent patients, and therefore improve the delivery of sexual and reproductive health care to young people in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Adolescent Health Care Communication Program bridges the communication gap between adolescents and their health care providers through two workshops resulting in increasing knowledge, self-efficacy, and behavioral intentions among participants.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
The goal of this program is to protect the public from the spread of SARS by using the least restrictive means possible. Program objectives are1) to provide a mechanism for effectively monitoring patients on voluntary home isolation and quarantine, 2) to enable visual verification of patient compliance and condition, and 3) to maximize limited resources by being cost-effective and time-efficient.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Adults, Families
To reduce gastrointestinal and respiratory illness-related absenteeism in elementary school students by using surface disinfectants.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Urban
The goal of the Class of 1989 Study was to reduce risk factors for physical inactivity and promote long-term healthy behavior outcomes among children.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Educational Attainment, Teens, Urban
SOURCE aims to help students from low-income families in the Los Angeles Unified School District to select and apply for college and financial aid.