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 / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Families
The goal of iWalk is to encourage and support regular walking and exercise among Sonoma county residents.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults
The goal of Project ReConnect is to enable HIV-positive people to explore career, educational, and volunteer activities and to de-stigmatize HIV through education and advocacy.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Families
The goal of the HEAL initiative is empower communities to make changes in their physical and social environment to improve nutrition and physical activity.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Women, Older Adults, Families
The overarching goal of the Healthy Silicon Valley collaborative is to increase nutrition and physical activity opportunities by positively changing the built environment.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
The mission of this program is to provide a community-based, and community supported, economically viable and consumer-oriented, quality transportation service for seniors.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens, Urban
The program is designed to teach students the skills and knowledge required to complete Algebra I by the end of the eighth grade.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment
The goal of this program is to help high-risk youth develop marketable skills and to instill in students the values of dignity, responsibility and community.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes
The goals of the Homeless Garden Project (HGP) are to offer a supportive, meaningful work environment that encourages self-esteem, responsibility, and self-sufficiency; to integrate homeless people and the community in the security and beauty of a productive garden; and to put into practice the principles of economic and ecological sustainability.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of this program is to reduce waste and encourage recycling at Vandenberg AFB.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Women's Health, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of the FoCaS Project is to improve breast and cervical cancer screening participation among low-income women.