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 Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Governance, Teens
Goal: The aim of the program is to persuade merchants to obey the law by refusing to sell tobacco to minors.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children, Teens, Families, Rural
Goal: The goal of this project was to prevent substance abuse among high-risk youth in Arizona.
Impact: Participants in the experimental group experienced significant differences in family relations, significant decrease in alcohol and other drugs, and also a significant decrease of alcohol use by family members. Participants of the control group did not experience similar impacts.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Educational Attainment, Teens, Urban
Goal: 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.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Cancer, Children, Families
Goal: To encourage and increase safe sun behaviors in children and adults by limiting their exposure to ultraviolet rays through the use of sunscreen and hat wear.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children, Families, Rural
Goal: The main goal of this project is to reduce the time that a child spends out of the classroom recuperating from an acute illness. This goal is based on the fact that TeleKidcare® transforms the school health room from a triage center to a site of care. TeleKidcare® also addresses the shared community goal of keeping children healthy and in school learning by providing health care service to children at school.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children
Goal: The goal of the TEDAS program is to reduce the number of pediatric asthma-related emergency room visits.
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Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Employment, Urban
Goal: Sustainable Milwaukee's four task forces address major priorities: jobs and training, credit, transportation and the environment, and education.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
Goal: To reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease by reducing risk factors among children.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Governance
Goal: The Project's central objective is to provide information to decision makers and training materials to add focus to important issues, clarify choices and improve the quality of decisions by making future opportunities and dangers more explicit. The Project is not a one-time study of the future, but provides an on-going capacity for global research and collaboration.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goal of the program was to provide year-round reproductive and contraceptive education and services to students of two inner-city schools in Baltimore, Maryland with high rates of sexual activity and teen pregnancy.