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, Environmental Health / Built Environment
The goal of this initiative was to pinpoint community conditions that were detrimental to health in the Planada, California community.
The Student Education Empowerment Development Squad (SEEDS), with the help of the Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program (CCROPP), addressed community issues through a youth-led process using Prevention Institute’s Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE).
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Urban
Access to Care aims to meet primary health care needs of low-income uninsured individuals.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity
The mission of ACT!vate Omaha is to create awareness, advocacy and excitement about activity and the importance of designing our community for active lifestyles.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer
The American Brain Tumor Association exists to eliminate brain tumors through research and to meet the needs of brain tumor patients and their families.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Children, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The Asthma Home Visiting Program aims to reduce asthma triggers present in the home.
Home visiting can help reduce asthma triggers in the home, decreasing symptoms, missed days of work or school, and emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of the Bard Prison Initiative is to prevent reincarceration by providing higher-education to prison populations.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Urban
The goal of the Transportation Justice Working Group is to increase awareness of the relationship between transportation and health.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
The goal of the program is to raise awareness of the most effective Lyme disease prevention practices, to educate the community about the early signs and symptoms of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, and to promote timely diagnosis and treatment.
The BLAST program has raised awareness of the most effective Lyme disease prevention practices through various outlets and has been recommended by the CDC.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Adults, Women, Older Adults
To increase awareness, understanding, diagnosis and treatment options for people with COPD.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children
The goal of the Breathmobile® program is to help children control their asthma by providing accessible care at local school sites.