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Note: This practice has been Archived.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 Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Teens, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Healthy Hoops uses a holistic approach to not only enhance disease management and health outcomes, but also improve quality of life, helping children live healthy and happier lives.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Older Adults
The goal of this program is to educate Senior Companions and senior women in general about cardiovascular disease.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families
The goal of the Children's Health Initiative is to provide children with consistent access to health care services.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Children, Teens
The goal of the Lions Quest Working Toward Peace program is to teach anger management and conflict resolution skills to adolescents.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Teens, Adults, Women, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
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.
Supporting At-Risk Youth with Summer High School Preparatory Programs (Cherokee-Graham-Swain Counties, NC)
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens
The goal is to help prepare at-risk youth to develop their academic skills and self-confidence for as they transition from middle school to high school.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Wildlife, Children, Teens
The goal of the Voyager School was to supplement the current science curriculum with some outdoor activities and environmental education.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens
The goal of the Initiative was to reduce youth tobacco use by 30% by 2005.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to help prevent cardiovascular disease through education and interventions.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Diabetes
The goal of this program is to help meet the recommended standards of care for people with diabetes in Utah.