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 / Social Environment, Children
Goal: The program has five main goals: foster the development of empathy; develop emotional literacy; reduce levels of bullying, aggression and violence, and promote children's pro-social behaviors; increase knowledge of human development, learning, and infant safety; and prepare students for responsible citizenship and responsive parenting.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity
Goal: The mission of this project is to provide leadership in promoting environments that offer choices for Active Living.
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 Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Children, Families
Goal: The goal of the program is to promote child passenger safety by teaching parents and caregivers how to correctly use car seats, booster seats and seat belts.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults, Urban
Goal: To improve cardiovascular health among seniors by improving the pedestrian environment in New York.
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 / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of Salud Para Su Corazón is to raise awareness and knowledge of heart disease risk factors and prevention among Latino populations.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Teens, Adults, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of the San Francisco Healthy Corner Stores Project is to bring healthy food to neighborhoods with limited access to fresh produce.
Impact: Four stores in San Francisco were converted to sell fresh produce. Legislation was passed in San Francisco that established Healthy Food Retailer Incentives Program to promote healthy food access in corner stores citywide.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Domestic Violence & Abuse, Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal of San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR) is to provide resources, support, advocacy, and education to support the work of individuals and communities in San Francisco that are responding to or healing from sexual violence.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Government Assistance, Families, Urban
Goal: The WFC has three primary objectives:
-increasing the federal EITC take-up rate;
-promoting asset-building; and
-retaining families in San Francisco.