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 / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Urban
Goal: The goal of this program is to create a regional approach to emerging infection based on public education, environmental monitoring, and disease surveillance.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Children
Goal: The goal of the WHACK the Flu project was to provide strategies for children to employ to reduce the transmission of communicable diseases to their families and other contacts.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Diabetes
Goal: The goal of this program is to improve diabetes care in Wisconsin.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Children, Teens
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce the prevalence of health risk behaviors among young people by creating healthy school environments that promote health and wellness.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Domestic Violence & Abuse, Women, Urban
Goal: Women Overcoming Violence assists women who are victims of domestic violence, homelessness, substance abuse, and mental health issues in their recovery using a unique, holistic approach.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: This project seeks to demonstrate the effectiveness of both providing the intervention and recruiting participants in a community setting.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Women
Goal: The goal of the Women's Lifestyle Heart Trial is to reduce cardiovascular risk factors among postmenopausal women with coronary heart disease through lifestyle changes.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Weight Status
Goal: The goal of worksite programs for obesity prevention is to help employees reduce weight through diet and/or physical activity.
Impact: Worksite programs for obesity prevention are likely to help employees lose weight and reduce their BMI.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance, Urban
Goal: The goal of this program is to encourage capital investment in low-income areas.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Diabetes, Adults
Goal: The goal is for participants to lose seven percent of their body weight and increase their physical activity to 150 minutes per week in order to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.