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 / Domestic Violence & Abuse, Families, Urban
Goal: The program works to counsel and assist domestic violence victims by providing them with information about available resources and services, as well as their legal and other options. They also offer medical assistance and emergency shelter, including transportation to the shelter. Through legal advocacy and education, DVERT teams work to reduce domestic violence in Santa Barbara County.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Older Adults
Goal: To increase attendance rates and decrease transportation-related barriers to outpatient PT clinic patients.
Impact: When patients were offered a van service, attendance rates increased at the physical therapy clinic.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Families
Goal: The Doors to Discovery curriculum builds a foundation for literacy by focusing on children's vocabulary and expressive and receptive language skills.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Educational Attainment, Teens
Goal: Downtown Colled Prep's mission is to prepare underachieving students—who will be the first in their families to go to college—to thrive at four-year universities.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air
Goal: The goal of this program is to inspire changes in driving behavior that will help clean up the air in Texas.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Goal: The goal of the Greater Grand Forks Immunization Coalition is to have all residents protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.The Drive-Through Flu Clinic was designed to address barriers to vaccination in the community for residents six months of age and older.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of this toolkit is increase health care provider knowledge and confidence in assessing the driving skills of patients with dementia.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of the Driving Decisions Workbook is to increase self-awareness of driving skills in older adults.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Oral Health, Children, Women
Goal: The Early Childhood Cavities Prevention Program (ECCPP) is a community-based intervention program to promote preventive oral care for both mothers and their infants in Klamath County, Oregon.
Impact: The Early Childhood Cavities Prevention Program (ECCPP) educates pregnant women about dental hygiene to prevent dental infection in their children. Ninety-three percent of all participating infants were 100% cavity-free on their second birthday.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Literacy, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to improve reading skills for elementary school students.