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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.
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Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children

Goal: The main objective of this program is to enhance blood lead screening rates of children who are enrolled in all major managed care plans in Rhode Island.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Good Idea, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children

Goal: The goal of this program is to promote the academic success of school-age children while also addressing the needs of working parents who need quality child care services.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention

Goal: The goal or this program is to help those who have been incarcerated find employment.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children

Goal: To increase prosocial behavior among elementary school aged children.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens, Urban

Goal: The goal of the Opportunity School is to provide educational enrichment for middle school (6th - 8th grades) students who have been expelled from standard school settings.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases

Goal: The goal of the program is to optimize the efficient utilization of public health resources by targeting tuberculin screening activities to persons at increased risk for TB infection or disease.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Wellness & Lifestyle, Adults, Women, Men, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: To increase physical activity among Hispanic populations by promoting the use of stairways.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants

Goal: The goal of the Mercury Challenge is to eliminate mercury from industrial sites.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Women

Goal: The goal is to reduce prenatal smoking, thereby improving the health of babies.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Urban

Goal: To increase physical activity among children in a low-income urban neighborhood.