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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 Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air

Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce sulfur hexafluoride emissions from electric power systems.

Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Urban

Goal: The goal of Sustainable Rain is to create opportunities for businesses to lead a tangible sustainable landscape project, as well as to increase community awareness of sustainability.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children

Goal: The goal of the Community Dental Facilitator Project is to facilitate access to oral health services among low income, urban children.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement

Goal: The goal of this program is to foster cultural understanding among the communities of West Palm Beach.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Older Adults, Urban

Goal: The goal of the Green Cart Initiative is to improve healthy food options for residents of New York.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety

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

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Older Adults

Goal: The goal of Wheeling Walks is to increase walking among Wheeling, WV residents aged 50-65 years.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Adults

Goal: The American Cancer Society's Workplace Solutions assists employers in implementing evidence-based health interventions that reduce risk factors for cancer by promoting healthy lifestyle choices.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: The goal of the program is to increase awareness of screening for sexually transmitted infections in African-American adolescents.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Urban

Goal: The goal of the Class of 1989 Study was to reduce risk factors for physical inactivity and promote long-term healthy behavior outcomes among children.

Michigan Health Improvement Alliance