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 Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of EnhanceWellness is to improve the health and functioning of older adults.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Air
Goal: The mission of Enviro Board Corporation is to become the world's leading manufacturer of low-cost, environmentally friendly building panels. These durable and architecturally versatile panels will contribute significantly to a healthier environment by recycling agricultural waste, greatly reducing pollution and preserving our natural resources, while creating the ability to construct high-quality, affordable housing worldwide utilizing unskilled labor.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Goal: Environmental Health Faculty Champions Initiative seeks to create a network of environmental health champions at medical and nursing schools, knowledgable about the benefit of prescribing outdoor activity to children.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Environmental Justice, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Environmental Health Leadership Training is to inform and empower the predominately low income people of three urban communities in Northern Manhattan (Central Harlem, West Harlem, and Washington Heights) to improve their capacity to organize for community environmental health and justice in New York City. The long term goal of these efforts is to help intervene and reduce exposure to environmental toxicants which are adversely affecting the health of disadvantaged, medically underserved, predominantly African American and Latino populations in Northern Manhattan.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Goal: The goal of ETV is to provide credible performance data for commercial-ready environmental
technologies to speed their implementation for the benefi t of vendors, purchasers, permitters, and the public.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to introduce healthy eating habits in elementary schools to counter the recent increase in childhood obesity.
Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Literacy, Children, Adults, Families
Goal: The Even Start Literacy Program is an education program for economically challenged families that is designed to improve the academic achievement of young children and their parents, especially in the areas of reading and language.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of the Evergreen Action Nutrition program is to prevent chronic diseases and encourage health eating and nutrition among seniors in the community.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Teens
Goal: The goal of Every 15 Minutes is to prevent deaths by highlighting the dangers associated with drunk driving and texting while driving.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of this program is to improve access to breast cancer information with linguistically and culturally appropriate outreach efforts.