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, Economy / Employment
The goal of this program is to increase entry-level employee retention, promote skill building for employee success, and reduce employee absenteeism and turnover.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Children
The goal of this website is to provide younger children with basic information about acid rain and help them form a foundation of knowledge about, and an interest for, a variety of environmental issues.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Family Planning, Teens, Women, Urban
This program aimed to improve birth and early child outcomes among high-risk pregnant and parenting adolescents.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
The goal of this program is to provide health care access to uninsured, low income residents of Anne Arundel County.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Prevention & Safety, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Urban
The goal of the Backyard Initiative is to improve health and health care.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
The goal of the center is to help members achieve total health, fitness, and wellness.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Urban
One of the primary goals of Bronx Center is to ensure that area residents and businesses gain access to as many jobs, both construction and permanent, and contracting opportunities as possible. Other goals include renovating the Bronx Borough Courthouse and transforming it into The Bronx Planning Center and improving education, housing, and the economic state of the community.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation
The goal of this project is to make the streets more pedestrian friendly and supportive of active living.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to improve the health of the Cambodian population in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults
The goal of the CareFile project is to improve patients' knowledge and satisfaction level following stroke.