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 Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Children, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of the program was to provide a multi-layered asthma management program for parents, children, and staff of early childhood centers.
Impact: The ABC program demonstrates that a multi-layered approach can improve asthma outcomes among preschoolers with a combination of parent and provider education having the greatest impact.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Oral Health, Children
Goal: The goal of the Baby Bottle Tooth Decay Program is to prevent early childhood caries.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Educational Attainment, Children, Teens, Urban
Goal: The goal is to guide students from underserved communities towards careers in healthcare, simultaneously fulfilling workforce needs.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Teens, Women, Families
Goal: The mission of BirthMatters is to provide community-based doula services to vulnerable mothers in need of pregnancy and birth support. The program aims to increase breastfeeding rates and decrease cesarean (c-section) rates among young, low-income mothers.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Rural
Goal: The goal of the Bootheel Heart Health Project was to reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease and decrease morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Public Safety, Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of this program is to increase safety belt use among senior drivers.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families
Goal: The goal of BUB is to increase awareness about CPS and usage rates of seats amongst low-income families in the city of Boston.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment
Goal: The goal of this program was to improve the skills and productivity of the Massachusetts workforce.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
Goal: The goal of Project Access is to improve access to specialty health care in Buncombe County.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Teens, Urban
Goal: A goal of the program is to reduce high-risk youth involvement in the criminal justice system by intervening immediately or very soon after youth are violently injured.