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.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Rural
Goal: The goal of the PAVEd for Success program is to improve the literacy outcomes of children.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens
Goal: Project A.S.K. seeks to raise youth self-efficacy, improve knowledge of health issues, highlight math and science concepts tested in school, build leadership qualities, and improve the sense of community.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Teens, Families, Rural
Goal: The goal of Project SixTeen is to reduce the use of adolescent tobacco use by utilizing a comprehensive community intervention approach.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Civic Engagement, Children
Goal: The goal was for school administrators to coordinate efforts across districts for students to learn about volunteer opportunities and to become youth volunteers, as well as to teach character education and the merits of volunteerism in the elementary schools.
Note: This practice has been Archived.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Note: This practice has been Archived.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 Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Children
Goal: The goal of the curriculum is to prevent injury and death of children and youth due to alcohol-related incidents.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Goal: The model was developed to improve the ability of the American Cancer Society (ACS), the organization with the lead role, to reach underserved communities in order to increase colorectal cancer screening.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
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.