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.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
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.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / Literacy, Children
The goal of In2Books is to promote reading, writing, and critical thinking skills in students grades three through five through partnership with a pen pal, and provide teachers with a structured curriculum designed to enhance their students' learning experiences.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
The goal of the project was to publish an up-to-date Essential Reporting Guidelines which would be distributed to approximately 90% of healthcare providers in Santa Cruz county. As mentioned above, they wanted to increase reporting and surveillance activities with the primary physicians and also educate them on bioterrorism agents.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Men
To reduce unprotected anal intercourse between men and decrease the incidence of HIV among gay and bisexual men that have sex with men.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Poverty, Adults
The goal of the program is to help people living in poverty to become self-sufficient by working toward short and long term goals of self-improvement.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Teens
To facilitate behavior change among adolescents such that the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors yields weight loss and sustained weight control.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults, Women, Urban
The goal of Project SAFE is to reduce new Chlamydia and gonorrhea infections by reducing risky sexual behaviors.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Urban
The goal of this promising practice was to reduce television, videotape, and video game use.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Urban
The program aims to both reduce waste disposal of usable building materials and create long-term jobs by dismantling, transporting, cleaning, presenting and selling the components.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / School Environment, Teens
The goals of this program are to decrease student anonymity, to increase student accountability, and to enhance students' abilities to learn school rules and exceptions.