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Note: This practice has been Archived.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 Good Idea, Health / Oral Health, Children, Urban
Goal: The goal of the KC Kids Oral Health Program was to provide no-cost dental services to children who lived between 250% and 300% of the Federal Poverty Level.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families
Goal: 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Note: This practice has been Archived.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 Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Adults
Goal: The goal of the Nurse-Directed Inpatient Asthma Intervention is to improve health quality and reduce hospitalization readmissions due to asthma.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Oral Health, Children, Rural
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce the dental cavity rate among children.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Adults
Goal: The goal of the FirstAir Asthma Education Program is to increase knowledge of asthma treatments and improve self-management.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Diabetes, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural
Goal: The goal of the Campesinos Diabetes Management Program was build social support as a means to improve self-management of diabetes.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Diabetes, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: To improve three health behaviors that are risk factors for diabetes and heart disease (fruit & vegetable consumption, physical activity, and cigarette smoking) in an African American community.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Women
Goal: The goal of the Choices intervention is to provide heterosexually active women with skills to decrease risky sexual behaviors and prevent STD transmission.
Impact: Significantly reduced risky sexual behaviors from baseline levels and maintained this reduction at twelve months post-intervention. Choices participants were significantly likely to acquire a new STD.
Enrolling and Supporting Organizations Who Encourage Donation of Organs, Marrow, Tissue, or Blood (Buncombe County, NC)
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Civic Engagement
Goal: In May, 2002, the Buncombe County Medical Society committed to enrolling 100 organizations into the Workplace Partnership initiative. BCMS declared itself "community headquarters" for recruiting Buncombe County businesses and organizations in the Workplace Partnership for Life program, and implemented a plan to support these organizations in their efforts to urge donation.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: Health Works for Women aims to help low-income and minority women improve their health by eating healthier, being physically active, quitting smoking, and managing their stress.
Impact: This health promotion project was a successful model for blue collared women to obtain certain health behavior changes.