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 / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Adults, Urban
The goal of Project Ujima is to stop the cycle of violent crimes by reducing the number of repeat victims of violence.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Older Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of Project VIVA is to rapidly immunize hard-to-reach urban populations through a community-public health partnership.
Provider Intervention to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Among African American Patients (Washington D.C.)
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this intervention is to improve colorectal cancer screening rates for African Americans.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Women
The goal of this program is to increase prenatal entry into WIC. The ultimate purpose is to lower the rate of low birth weight as well as the rate of infant mortality.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Urban
The goal was to evaluate the regionwide impacts of turning off the ramp meters for a six-week period.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to improve cardiovascular health among residents of the Atlanta Empowerment Zone (AEZ).
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Literacy, Children
The mission of the R.E.A.D. program is to improve children's literacy skills through the use of literacy mentors.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Literacy, Children, Urban
Reading Partners mission is to help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Teens
The goal of the program is to prevent young offenders from becoming chronic delinquents.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Diabetes, Rural
The goal of this project is to build community support for persons with Type 2 diabetes living in frontier Eastern Montana.