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.
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Cancer Prevention & Control, Client-Oriented Screening Interventions: Reducing Structural Barriers: Colorectal Cancer (USA)
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults
Interventions to reduce structural barriers can increase cancer screenings.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Children
The goal of this program is to increase booster seat use among children aged 4 to 8 years.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Other Conditions, Adults
CPSMP seeks to help build self-management skills in individuals who have a primary or secondary diagnosis of chronic pain.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air
The goal of Climate Leaders is to aid companies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Food Day seeks to bring together Americans from all walks of life to push for healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way.
Green Power Partnership - Bellingham's global warming pollution reduction through use of green power (Bellingham)
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air
The goal is for cities or companies to reduce their carbon footprint. For example, research shows that buying 100 percent green power is the most significant step the City of Bellingham can take to protect the climate; it would eliminating more than 65 percent of the global warming pollution caused by municipal operations.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
The goal of Health Leads is to provide patients with access to various things, besides medication, that they need to improve their health.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Children, Adults
The goal of this review was to determine whether increasing the unit price for tobacco products is an effective strategy for reducing the overall use of those products.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health
The goal of the IAQ TfS program is to provide schools with easy ways to improve air quality in classrooms.