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 / Public Safety, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to increase booster seat use among children aged 4 to 8 years.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce motor vehicle injuries and fatalities among children in Maricopa County.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Older Adults
Goal: A key goal of this program is to help clients continue to reside at home, despite serious chronic conditions.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Other Conditions, Adults
Goal: CPSMP seeks to help build self-management skills in individuals who have a primary or secondary diagnosis of chronic pain.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Air
Goal: The goal of Clear the Air Utah is to improve the air quality in Utah.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Teens, Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal of the program is to reduce the spread of STDs/STIs in high risk populations under 25 years old by decreasing the length of time from diagnosis to treatment.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide students with skills that can be used for understanding and controlling their emotions.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Adults, Families, Urban
Goal: Common Ground seeks to help homeless individuals and families develop stability and independence by providing housing and support services.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Goal: The goal of HealthSentry is to meet the challenge of linking public health organizations to reliable clinical data without burdensome manual data collection and reporting.more timely and accurate reporting.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Goal: The clear goal of CARE is to foster projects that will become self-sustaining and use CARE funding as seed money. The CARE Process is designed to encourage communities to enlist the support of project partners that will enable the project to continue even without EPA resources. Rather than supporting one time projects, CARE will support community partnerships that will endure and provide environmental benefits long into the future.