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, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Children, Women
The goal of UWASA is to teach girls to build their cultural and gender identity, discourage alcohol and drug use, promote HIV awareness, and explore possible career options.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Teens, Older Adults, Urban
The program strives to provide jobs for young people and fresh produce for low-income seniors.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Families
The Utah Commission on Marriage is charged with making recommendations about how to promote, strengthen and increase awareness of the importance of marriage in Utah.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Government Assistance
The goal of this program is to promote stability by preventing families and individuals from being evicted.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Interventions may aim to increase community demand, enhance access to vaccination services, or reduce missed opportunities by vaccination providers.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
The initial goal of the PMDB development project was to: enable registry staff to collect, store, and easily retrieve large volumes of provider data; accelerate provider recruitment and enrollment by allowing for more organized, effcient outreach; improve provider retention by improving the quality and timeliness of follow-up; and allow registry management to quickly assemble meaningful data for program and staff evaluation.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of the Vietnamese REACH for Health Initiative is to promote awareness and use of breast and cervical cancer screening.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Urban
The goal of VBC is to recreate a sense of kinmanship and collaboration through community building and the creative reclamation of public space.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Literacy, Adults
Vision Literacy aims to empower adults by improving reading, writing, basic math, and computer skills.