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.
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Cancer Prevention & Control, Client-Oriented Screening Interventions: Reducing Structural Barriers: Cervical Cancer (USA)
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults
Interventions to reduce structural barriers can increase cancer screenings.
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Cancer Prevention & Control, Client-Oriented Screening Interventions: Reducing Structural Barriers: Colorectal Cancer (USA)
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults
Interventions to reduce structural barriers can increase cancer screenings.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Change The Future WV emphasizes improving access to healthy food options and safe environments for physical activity to create healthier communities in the Mid-Ohio Valley.
Change The Future WV has launched multiple community and school-based interventions to improve dietary behaviors and physical fitness in the Mid-Ohio Valley.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Urban
The goal of this program is to provide comprehensive educational support and family support to economically disadvantaged children and their parents.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children
The goal of this program is to ensure the health and safety of children attending day care facilities and the staff who care for them.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children
The central goal of CDP is to help schools become "caring communities of learners" by offering an environment of caring, supportive, and collaborative relationships to build students' sense of community in school and to promote school bonding.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families
Children's Village seeks to connect children with special needs and their families with supportive services.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
The goals of this program are to identify children at risk for chronic lead poisoning, to decrease blood lead levels in chronically poisoned children, and to help families find stable, lead-free housing.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Children
The goal of Clean School Bus USA is to reduce both children's exposure to diesel exhaust and the amount of air pollution created by diesel school buses.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Teens, Families
Coalition for Community Schools’ mission is to mobilize the resources and capacity of multiple sectors and institutions to create a united movement for community schools.