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.
Providing Educational Enrichment for Students Expelled from Traditional School Settings (Indianapolis, IN)
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Opportunity School is to provide educational enrichment for middle school (6th - 8th grades) students who have been expelled from standard school settings.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Goal: The goal of the program is to optimize the efficient utilization of public health resources by targeting tuberculin screening activities to persons at increased risk for TB infection or disease.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Wellness & Lifestyle, Adults, Women, Men, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: To increase physical activity among Hispanic populations by promoting the use of stairways.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce tobacco use among groups experiencing the most pronounced tobacco-related disparities.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Goal: The goal of the Mercury Challenge is to eliminate mercury from industrial sites.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens
Goal: The goal of the Initiative was to reduce youth tobacco use by 30% by 2005.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Women
Goal: The goal is to reduce prenatal smoking, thereby improving the health of babies.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Urban
Goal: To increase physical activity among children in a low-income urban neighborhood.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mortality Data
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce the number of lives lost to suicide among Air Force members.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Diabetes
Goal: The goal of this program is to improve health outcomes for people with diabetes in Washington.