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Note: This practice has been Archived.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 Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce tobacco use among groups experiencing the most pronounced tobacco-related disparities.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Oral Health, Children, Rural
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce the dental cavity rate among children.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults, Rural
Goal: The mission of the Health Council is to enhance the quality of life in Grant County, New Mexico, through assessment of needs, planning and prioritizing, and coordinating of efforts to meet those needs.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of this program is to help prevent cardiovascular disease through education and interventions.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goal of the program was to provide year-round reproductive and contraceptive education and services to students of two inner-city schools in Baltimore, Maryland with high rates of sexual activity and teen pregnancy.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
Goal: The goal of this project was to improve cardiovascular health of two California communities.
Note: This practice has been Archived.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Note: This practice has been Archived.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)
Note: This practice has been Archived.
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.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
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.