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Note: This practice has been Archived.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 Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children
The goal of the Healthy Kids Clinics is to provide access to free health care to children in high-poverty schools in Fayette County.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
The main objective of this program is to enhance blood lead screening rates of children who are enrolled in all major managed care plans in Rhode Island.
Note: This practice has been Archived.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 Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Domestic Violence & Abuse, Women
The goal of this clinic-based and counseling intervention is to reduce Intimate Partner Violence by encouraging behaviors that promote safety for women.
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Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Housing & Homes, Children, Older Adults, Families
The Kahiau Program addresses the non-medical needs of individuals and families in the community served by Castle Medical Center.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Teens
The goal of KYB is to teach students the necessary knowledge, attitudes, skills, and experience to practice positive health behaviors and reduce their risk of future illness.
Studies suggest that the program had a favorable impact on many risk factors, such as systolic and diastolic pressures, HDL cholesterol, ratio of total to HDL cholesterol, fitness (postexercise pulse recovery rate), and smoking.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens
The goal of the study was to conduct a multi-component, cross-site evaluation of California's LEAF program. The report analyzes the fiscal impacts experienced by the 16 LEAF schools as a result of the implementation of SB 19/56.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Oral Health, Children
The goal of My Mouth Matters was to raise dental health awareness, improve knowledge, and reduce plaque.
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Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of the program is to encourage, through recognition, networking, and case example distribution, the minimization of hazardous and industrial wastes, particularly those waste streams containing one or more of the 31 priority chemicals. Under the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA), EPA has established a goal of reducing the amount of Priority Chemicals reported to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) by ten percent by 2008, using the year 2001 as a baseline.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Families
The goal of this program is to help New York families apply for public health care programs.