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 Good Idea, Health / Oral Health, Children
The goal of the Ohio Department of Health School-Based Dental Sealant Program is to provide grants to agencies that aim to conduct dental sealant programs in schools with large proportions of low-income students.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Teens, Adults
The Strive Partnership is focused on the success of children: every child, every step, from cradle to career.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens
The goal of the program is to match high school students to elementary school students in a mentoring relationship.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use
The goal of the program is to increase compliance with the public health law that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 19.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Teens
The goal of Vaccinate Before You Graduate is to ensure that all high school students have a chance to be fully immunized before they graduate.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of the VAIP is to reduce perfluorocarbon emissions from aluminum production in the United States.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families, Urban
The goal of the program is to improve access to fresh drinking water as a calorie-free beverage option in select NYC school cafeterias at lunchtime.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Governance, Children, Families, Urban
The goal is to reduce the frequency of accidental falls from apartment buildings.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Adults
The American Cancer Society's Workplace Solutions assists employers in implementing evidence-based health interventions that reduce risk factors for cancer by promoting healthy lifestyle choices.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Diabetes, Urban
The goal of Let's Beat Diabetes is to prevent new and manage existing cases of Type II Diabetes.