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.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Diabetes, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
To improve three health behaviors that are risk factors for diabetes and heart disease (fruit & vegetable consumption, physical activity, and cigarette smoking) in an African American community.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Women
The goal of the Choices intervention is to provide heterosexually active women with skills to decrease risky sexual behaviors and prevent STD transmission.
Significantly reduced risky sexual behaviors from baseline levels and maintained this reduction at twelve months post-intervention. Choices participants were significantly likely to acquire a new STD.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Rural
The primary goal of the CBIG initiative is two-fold: to systematically change the way young people and adults in our community perceive conflict and how they respond to and resolve disputes.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Older Adults
The goal of the project was to find a way for elementary school children to learn about the environment and participate in community service.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of Focus on the Future is to reduce STD reinfections among young African American heterosexual males through correct and consistent condom use.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Urban
The program was designed to direct-mail a free, six-week course of nicotine treatment to eligible callers, thereby increasing access and reducing cost to people who wanted to stop smoking and improve their health.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / School Environment, Children
The Good Behavior Game (GBG) is designed to improve aggressive/disruptive classroom behavior and prevent later criminality.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
The main objective of Growing Healthy is to give students the tools to resist the social pressures to smoke, use alcohol or other drugs, and engage in other risky behavior.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
The goal of Hawaii CARES is to bring the way asthma is treated in the state up to compliance with national guidelines.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Health Works for Women aims to help low-income and minority women improve their health by eating healthier, being physically active, quitting smoking, and managing their stress.
This health promotion project was a successful model for blue collared women to obtain certain health behavior changes.