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 / Prevention & Safety, Adults
To make businesses healthier, happier and more productive through company-sponsored health and wellness programs.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of Hepatitis Outreach Network (HONE) is to prevent viral hepatitis among high risk adult, minority groups in New York City, as well as to provide screening and access to care.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The HPV Challenge Program aims to ensure that a baseline set of health and environmental effects data on approximately 2800 high production volume chemicals is made available to EPA and the public.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Urban
The goal of Hometown Walk of Hope is to raise money to help Obion County residents who have been diagnosed with cancer.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Literacy, Children, Families
The program's overall goal is to support parents in their role as their child's first teacher by providing parents with literacy training and children with early development skill building, including language skills.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Adults, Older Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of How to Cope is to help adults impacted by a loved one's substance abuse create a balanced and healthy life, even if their loved one continues to abuse substances.
Over 100 adults impacted by a loved one's addiction to alcohol or drugs participated in How to Cope in 2013, with 87% showing increased knowledge of the harmful effects and other drugs and 100% completing an action plan.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
To improve participation of African Americans in health promotion and intervention research.
Increased Medicaid Reimbursements to Enhance Breast/Cervical Cancer Screening Project (Leon County, FL)
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Women's Health, Women
The goal of this program is to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among medically underserved women.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults, Urban
The goal of this program is to increase access to colorectal cancer screening by improving the efficiency in health care clinics.