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 / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children
Goal: The program has two main focuses. The first is prevention of sexual, emotional, or physical abuse by people known to the child. The other focus of the program is safety around strangers.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Teens, Urban
Goal: The group’s mission is to improve the leadership skills of Denver’s youth while supporting and improving the community.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of Safe Passages' Early Childhood Initiative is to reduce the impact of violence on young children and to encourage the development of positive social skills and healthy family environments in order to prevent future violence.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens, Urban
Goal: The main goal of the Middle School strategy is to reduce the incidence of violence among youth measured by the reduction in suspensions for violence and to improve the perception of safety at school.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Children, Families
Goal: The goal of the Safe Routes to School program is to empower communities to make walking and bicycling to school a safe and routine activity.
Safe STEPS (Safe and Successful Transition of Elderly Patients Study) Intervention Program (PA, MD, NC)
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of the program is to ensure effective discharge of patients from the hospital back to their homes, and to reduce 30-day hospital readmission.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety, Children, Families
Goal: Safe Walk to School's goal is to keep children walking to school safe.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Teens
Goal: SAFE-T is committed to conducting research in the areas of child sexual abuse, sexualized behaviour in children and adolescents who have offended sexually. Our treatment is uniquely tailored to respond to the strengths and challenges of individuals and families with the overarching goal of healthy future relationships.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults, Women, Men
Goal: The goal of the Safety Counts is to reduce behaviors which place drug users at a high risk of HIV infection.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: To increase the awareness of healthy eating in Latino communities and deliver targeted nutrition information.