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Note: This practice has been Archived.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 Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Goal: The model was developed to improve the ability of the American Cancer Society (ACS), the organization with the lead role, to reach underserved communities in order to increase colorectal cancer screening.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Rural
Goal: The goal of this program is to increase the availability of cancer trials and increase patient enrollment in cancer trials in an underserved rural community in Maryland.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes
Goal: Fannie Mae is committed to helping more people achieve the American Dream and to expanding minority homeownership.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Rural
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide affordable housing for Montana's low and moderate-income residents.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Children, Women, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Maternal and Child Behavioral Health Pilot Project is to prevent and treat common mental health disorders in low-income pregnant women, mothers, and their children.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders
Goal: The goals of this program are:
-To provide staff with consultation, clinical support, education and training.
-To provide clients with initial assessment, brief counseling, and access/referral to mental health resources.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Public Safety, Adults
Goal: The goal of this program is to increase seat belt use through interactive road signs and law enforcement.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Teens, Adults, Women, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goals of the SevenPrinciples Project, funded by the CDC's REACH 2010 Initiative, are to: eliminate disparities in infant mortality rates; improve African American infant survival; and improve the health of families and communities with infants through developing community capacity.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide adolescents with the knowledge and skills to act in ways that enhance their immediate and long-term health.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Women, Urban
Goal: The goal of the AIDS Prevention and Health Promotion among Women program was to reduce risk of HIV infection among women pregnant for less than six months.