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, 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Note: This practice has been Archived.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.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
Goal: The goal of the Steps Program is to encourage healthy eating among elementary school students.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Oral Health, Children, Teens, Adults
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide free and reduced-cost oral health services to children and adults.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
Goal: The goal of the Network is to increase public awareness about the signs and symptoms of stroke.
Transcendental Meditation Stress Reduction Intervention for Congestive Heart Failure (Philadelphia, PA)
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of the intervention is to use meditation to improve health and reduce the risk of heart failure among older African Americans with congestive heart failure.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Urban
Goal: 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 / Mortality Data
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce the number of lives lost to suicide among Air Force members.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Diabetes
Goal: The goal of this program is to help meet the recommended standards of care for people with diabetes in Utah.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: To reduce violence among low-income African American youth in urban settings.