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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Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Governance, Teens
The aim of the program is to persuade merchants to obey the law by refusing to sell tobacco to minors.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children, Teens, Families, Rural
The goal of this project was to prevent substance abuse among high-risk youth in Arizona.
Participants in the experimental group experienced significant differences in family relations, significant decrease in alcohol and other drugs, and also a significant decrease of alcohol use by family members. Participants of the control group did not experience similar impacts.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Cancer, Children, Families
To encourage and increase safe sun behaviors in children and adults by limiting their exposure to ultraviolet rays through the use of sunscreen and hat wear.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Teach Baltimore sought to prevent summer learning loss and promote academic achievement among early elementary school students.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children
The goal of the TEDAS program is to reduce the number of pediatric asthma-related emergency room visits.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Food Safety, Children, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural
The goal of the Abuela Project is to reduce the number of cases of salmonellosis caused by Salmonella Typhimurium due to consumption of queso fresco made from raw-milk in Yakima County, Washington.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
To reduce the incidence of cardiovascular disease by reducing risk factors among children.
The CrossPoints Project: Using Virtual Reality to Teach Pedestrian Safety to Children (Ontario, Canada)
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Public Safety, Children
The goal of the CrossPoints Project is to use a Virtual Reality software program to teach pedestrian safety to children.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Oral Health, Children, Rural
The goal of this program is to reduce the dental cavity rate among children.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Teens, Women
The goal of the program was to reduce Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and encourage zero alcohol use by pregnant women through educational and social marketing techniques for select target groups.
The NineZero program increased knowledge regarding FAS, and also showed that an approach with more emphasis on health education principles that have been shown to be effective in changing other substance use behaviors would have a more successful effect on attitudes, beliefs, and intentions.