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 Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Teens, Women, Urban
The Centering Pregnancy Plus Project aims to reduce risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases and improve health outcomes for young pregnant women, aged 14-21.
Facilitated group discussions promoting condom use among young women can increase condom use among participants.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders
To have an EMR system that allows medical professionals to correctly diagnose and address the medical needs of incarcerated patients in the emergency room or in the prison system.
The program has allowed for greater accessibility and sharing of medical data.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults, Older Adults
The goal of the CDSMP is to improve personal management of chronic disease.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
The goal of Color Me Healthy is to promote and encourage physical activity and healthy eating among children ages four and five.
The program has had a positive impact on children's knowledge of and participation in physical activity. Similarly, it has had a positive impact on children's ability to recognize and their willingness to try fruits and vegetables. It has also increased children's fruit/vegetable snack consumption.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults, Urban
The goal of Connect is to increase relationship communication and safer sex practices among couples.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Children, Teens
The goal of this program is to prevent depression and other mood disorders in adolescents.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Teens, Families
The objectives of the program were to educate students, parents, and school staff about asthma management and to control exposure to factors that trigger asthma attacks.
Enhanced Patient-Based Referral for Sexually Transmitted Infection Notification (New York (Brooklyn))
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of this intervention is to promote patient referral among patients with a recent STI diagnosis.
Program participants were more likely to report sexual partner notification at 1 month and were more likely to report no unprotected sexual intercourse at 6 months.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Older Adults
The goal of the FAME intervention is to improve the fitness and mobility of individuals who have suffered a stroke.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The Hair, Heart & Health program embraces the notion that health education at the community level is an effective intervention strategy for preventable diseases like CHD, stroke and kidney disease.