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, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens
The goal of Project SOAR is to promote academic success among youth at Galveston Elementary School.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of Project SWAT is to reduce the population of mosquitoes potentially carrying West Nile Virus by applying larvicide to common breeding habitats.
Project TRACK (Teaching, Reaching, and Collaborating for Knowledge) and Steps for Health (Town of Edenton)
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children
The goal of this program is to promote increased physical activity and a balanced diet.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children
The goal of this program is to educate children about sexual abuse.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Older Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of Project VIVA is to rapidly immunize hard-to-reach urban populations through a community-public health partnership.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Children, Teens, Adults, Families
The Project Youth Green project is a community garden project that aims to involve families and youth in learning about local, sustainable food and gardening projects. The four acre community revitalization project focuses on youth education, community gardening and physical exercise.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to extend lifesaving prevention programs and screening services across a variety of cultures by giving communities the materials and plans to implement an effective intervention while allowing them to execute these plans in a manner and at a pace that resonates with their own culture and community.
Public Health Surveillance and Communications Using Regional Emergency Medicine Internet (REMI) (Milwaukee, WI)
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment
The goal of this program is to provide real-time information about fast-breaking environmental hazards, communicable outbreaks, or terrorist events.
Filed under Good Idea, Art & Recreation / Music, Children
The program aims to provide an outlet for inpatient pediatric cancer patients to express their emotions through composing and performing music.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens
The program's main goal is to improve academic deficiencies. A secondary emphasis is to establish meaningful, long-term relationships between the participants and program Coordinators. Finally, the program encourages involvement and commitment to school and community.