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 Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Adults, Urban
The mission of the Portland Fruit Tree Project is to increase equitable access to healthy food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown food resources.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Family Planning, Teens, Urban
The goal of this program is to delay sexual activity among adolescents.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Women
The goal of this program is to improve the individual oral hygiene practices of the prenatal women in order to reduce the number of low birth weight, pre-term infants born to this population.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Teens, Rural
The goal of Project MAGIC is to help juvenile offenders leave the criminal justice system.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Educational Attainment
To provide a freely-available source of public health expertise in which seasoned professionals can share their wealth of professional expertise with those interested in learning about Public Health and potential career options.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Literacy, Children, Urban
Reading Partners mission is to help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Literacy, Children
The goal of this program is to help children who are having difficulty learning to read and write.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Teens
The goal of the program is to prevent young offenders from becoming chronic delinquents.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Urban
The goal of this program is to redistribute food waste to food banks, farmers, and compost.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Civic Engagement, Older Adults
The goal of this program is to match seniors with volunteer opportunities.