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 Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Children
The goal of Trooper Island Camp is to support the development of children's self image, including physical, mental, and spiritual growth.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Families
The Utah Commission on Marriage is charged with making recommendations about how to promote, strengthen and increase awareness of the importance of marriage in Utah.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Prevention & Safety, Children, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
To promote water safety in the Latino community.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Families
To help Texans establish the habit of regular physical activity as a way to reduce excess body weight.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety, Older Adults
To build community support for and awareness of senior-pedestrian safety issues.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Urban
The goal of this program is to create a regional approach to emerging infection based on public education, environmental monitoring, and disease surveillance.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Diabetes
The goal of this program is to improve diabetes care in Wisconsin.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Diabetes, Adults
The goal is for participants to lose seven percent of their body weight and increase their physical activity to 150 minutes per week in order to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Supporting At-Risk Youth with Summer High School Preparatory Programs (Cherokee-Graham-Swain Counties, NC)
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens
The goal is to help prepare at-risk youth to develop their academic skills and self-confidence for as they transition from middle school to high school.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of the Body & Soul program is to encourage African Americans to eat a healthy diet rich in fruit and vegetables in order to promote health and prevent cancer and other chronic diseases.