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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.
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Filed under Good Idea, Education / Literacy, Adults

Goal: Vision Literacy aims to empower adults by improving reading, writing, basic math, and computer skills.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Older Adults

Goal: The Beverly Foundation's mission is to foster new ideas and options to enhance mobility and transportation for today's and tomorrow's older population.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Families

Goal: To help Texans establish the habit of regular physical activity as a way to reduce excess body weight.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Urban

Goal: The goal of Walk in to Work Out is to increase daily physical activity.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Children

Goal: The goals of the Walking School Bus are to get children to be more physically active and to decrease crime on the way to and from schools.

Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Government Assistance

Goal: The goal of this program is to help individuals move toward self-sufficiency.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families, Urban

Goal: The goal of the program is to improve access to fresh drinking water as a calorie-free beverage option in select NYC school cafeterias at lunchtime.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Teens, Families

Goal: The goal of We Can! is to bring families and communities together to promote healthy weight in children ages 8 through 13 through improved food choices, increased physical activity, and reduced screen time.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural

Goal: The goal of the WATCH project is to improve diet and colorectal cancer screening rates among African American adults.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults

Goal: The goal of Welvista is to provide prescription medications to those who cannot afford them.