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.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety
Goal: The goal of this program is to increase the proper use of seat belts and car seats.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Community & Business Resources, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural
Goal: The Thoreau Community Center provides resources and special programs focused on health/well-being, education, and recreation in order to inspire hope, joy, and progress within Thoreau and neighboring communities.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Economic Climate
Goal: MI seeks to build a critical mass of people and organizations with systems thinking skills, by promoting systems literacy and dynamic modeling tools in the public policy realm, civil society, private sector, and academic institutions in the developing and industrialized world.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Government Assistance
Goal: The goal of this program is to raise awareness of available government benefits among employees, their families, and their friends.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Oral Health, Children, Urban
Goal: The goal of The Tooth Tutor Dental Access Program is to increase access to dental care and to reduce preventable dental diseases among children.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Adults
Goal: The goal of TIPS is to train alcohol providers to recognize and prevent over consumption of alcohol.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Diabetes, Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal of Trane Commercial Systems’ worksite wellness program was to improve the health of their employees.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The mission of this organization is to improve or preserve the independence and dignity of the elderly and persons with disabilities and their families through the provision of services, education and access to empowering services and resources.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Children, Teens
Goal: The goals of the center are to alleviate serious symptoms and promote healthy coping responses in traumatized children and their families.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Children
Goal: The goal of the Greening Canada’s Schools Grounds Program is to replace schoolyard asphalt with vegetation in order to enhance its play, educational, ecological and aesthetic value for school children.