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, Community / Transportation, Urban
The goal of METRO's HOV lane network is to reduce traffic congestion and promote ridesharing and the use of public transportation.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Teens, Urban
The goal of Adolescents Living Safely is to prevent HIV infection and AIDS among runaway adolescents.
Adolescents Living Safely changes youth sexual behavior to reduce transmission of HIV among runaways.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of Adopt-A-Highway programs is to improve the appearance of roadsides and to reduce the annual cost of picking up litter on the highway system.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Teens
The school's philosophy is "to provide the individual student with the academic and vocational/technical skills essential to achieve success in a productive career as well as to provide the global community with a highly qualified and prepared workforce."
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Prevention of HIV/AIDS, other STIs and Pregnancy: Group-Based Comprehensive Risk Reduction Interventions for Adolescents (USA)
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens
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 Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Children, Teens
The goal of the CLEAR intervention is to empower HIV-positive youth to reduce risk behaviors and improve mental and physical health.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to reduce the risk of coronary heart disease among African American families with a history of coronary disease.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens
The goal of CAST training is to deliver life-skills training to high-risk high school students in order to increase mood management skills, improve school performance, and decrease drug involvement.
CAST participants in several NIH-funded studies saw significant and sustained reduction of suicide risk behaviors, reduction of drug use, reduction in depression, increase in personal control, increase in problem-solving, and increase in family support.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of Cultivando la Salud is to increase breast and cervical cancer screening among low-income Hispanic women.