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, Health / Diabetes, Children, Teens, Adults, Rural
The overall goal is to reduce the prevalence of diabetes and improve the care of people with diabetes.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Urban
The goal of this program is to reduce drug and disorder problems in Oakland, California.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety, Children, Adults, Families
To prevent pedestrian deaths and injuries in Oakland, California.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Weight Status
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Urban
The goals of the program are to carry out a comprehensive strategy to apprehend and prosecute offenders who carry firearms, to put others on notice that offenders face certain and serious punishment for carrying illegal firearms, and to prevent youths from following the same criminal path.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Oral Health, Older Adults
The mission of the Oral Health Equity Project (OHEP) is to increase access to preventative services and dental care for economically disadvantaged elders living in Boston's public housing. The specific goal of the three-year project is to provide oral health screening to 1000 low-income elders.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Teens, Families
The goal of PACE+ for adolescents is to: decrease total dietary fat consumption; increase fruits & vegetable consumption; increase participation in moderate and vigorous physical activity; decrease sedentary habits among adolescents aged 11-15.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment, Children, Urban
The goal of this program is to provide flexible, nurturing education and child care for working families.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Families
To prepare children of disadvantaged families for academic success and to strengthen families through intensive home visiting.
When families are engaged in facilitated discussion, the participating families tend to talk more, read more, and have more positive interactions with their children. They engage in more educational activities at home and in their communities.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children, Families
The goal of this program is to teach effective parenting practices in order to promote healthy child adjustment.
Immediate changes for parents include improved positive parenting practices and reduced family coercion. Benefits to these parenting practices, in turn, have been found to result in reductions in child behavior problems and parental depression.