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 Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of this project was to promote colorectal cancer screening among Chinese Americans.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Oral Health, Families
The goal of this program is to improve the health of all its community members, while providing the same quality of service paid for by privately insured patients.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Community Voice is a grassroots program that utilizes community residents to provide factual perinatal information throughout the community in an effort to reduce African American infant mortality.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Diabetes, Rural
The goals of this project are:
-to promote individual control of diabetes.
-to help patients become partners with their healthcare providers in the care of their disease.
-to help diabetes patients realize that small continous changes do make big differences.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Older Adults
The goal of the Driving Decisions Workbook is to increase self-awareness of driving skills in older adults.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families
The goal of Family Friends is to offer support to families who are raising children with developmental disabilities or special needs.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults
The goal of "Flu in 15" is to increase the acceptance of the seasonal flu vaccine among healthcare workers.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air
The goal of the Green Flag Incentive Program is to reduce air pollution in communities surrounding the Port of Long Beach.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air
The goal of this program is to increase the amount of reliable air quality data that is available to the public in Harris County.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement
The program's mission is to bring community members together to provide food for the hungry by promoting sustainable use of excess resources.