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 / Physical Activity, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The aim of the Healthier Haskell program is to improve health and prevent obesity in the American Indian population by encouraging physical activity and healthy eating.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Older Adults
The goal of the Healthy Communities Walking Program is to reduce the occurrence of preventable chronic diseases, especially those associated with being overweight, by assisting participants in setting up exercise regimes and encouraging healthy eating.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families, Urban
To provide children and parents with the education and resources they need to improve their health.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
The goal of Healthy Lifestyle Choices is to improve children’s behavioral and health choices.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Children, Families, Urban
The Healthy Pest Free Housing Initiative aims to reduce environmental health risks and asthma among residents of Boston public housing through education, outreach, and systems change.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Women, Older Adults, Families
The overarching goal of the Healthy Silicon Valley collaborative is to increase nutrition and physical activity opportunities by positively changing the built environment.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults
The goal of the Heart to Heart program is to reduce risk factors of cardiovascular disease.
Filed under Good Idea, Health, Families, Urban
Heartsong’s mission is to provide children with special needs and their families with clinically-based music and art therapy programs.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families
The program’s goal is to identify children at risk for developmental or behavioral problems and to connect them to existing community resources.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of Hep Free Hawai'i is to offer hepatitis vaccinations, encourage Hawaiians to learn of their hepatitis status through testing, and connect individuals with hepatitis or liver disease to medical resources and support groups.