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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.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Families

Goal: The goal of The Zombie Solution is to teach youth to eat healthy and learn coping skills to deal with stress via games.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety

Goal: The goal of the program was to improve child passenger safety.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Economic Climate

Goal: The mission of the RPA is to improve the quality of life and the economic competitiveness of the 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region through research, planning, and advocacy.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Community & Business Resources, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural

Goal: The Thoreau Community Center provides resources and special programs focused on health/well-being, education, and recreation in order to inspire hope, joy, and progress within Thoreau and neighboring communities.

Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Economic Climate

Goal: MI seeks to build a critical mass of people and organizations with systems thinking skills, by promoting systems literacy and dynamic modeling tools in the public policy realm, civil society, private sector, and academic institutions in the developing and industrialized world.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use

Goal: The goal of the program is to reduce the tobacco buy rate to minors. To accomplish this, the program aims to produce a "zero sale" result in each of the retail establishments every time a compliance check is conducted.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use

Goal: The goal of the program is to increase compliance with the public health law that prohibits the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 19.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce tobacco use in Nebraska.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Adults

Goal: The goal of TIPS is to train alcohol providers to recognize and prevent over consumption of alcohol.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Adults, Families

Goal: TransForm aims to create world-class public transportation and walkable communities in the Bay Area and beyond.

Michigan Health Improvement Alliance