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.
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Filed under Good Idea, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to engage middle school students in constructive activity by getting them interested in future careers.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes
Goal: Fannie Mae is committed to helping more people achieve the American Dream and to expanding minority homeownership.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults, Women, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Condom Promotion program was to increase condom use.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Teens
Goal: The goal is to encourage middle and high school students to increase their civic involvement.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Older Adults
Goal: The mission of the Elders Living At Home Program is to support elders in making the transition out of homeless, to provide supportive services that build on the individual abilities of elders and to help them overcome the barriers to permanent housing.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Older Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goal of Experience Corps is to improve the cognitive, physical, and psychological function of retired senior citizens while simultaneously employing their free time to help narrow the achievement gap in urban, low-income elementary schools
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of Focus on the Future is to reduce STD reinfections among young African American heterosexual males through correct and consistent condom use.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Teens
Goal: The goal of this program is to help girls in middle school (ages 11-14) acquire knowledge, skills, and support systems to avoid substance abuse.
Impact: In 2016, independent evaluation of PEERsuasion failed to find evidence that Friendly PEERsuasion was effective in delaying or reducing girls’ use of ATOD or changing girls’ attitudes toward ATOD use and their associations with peers who use substances.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
Goal: The main objective of Growing Healthy is to give students the tools to resist the social pressures to smoke, use alcohol or other drugs, and engage in other risky behavior.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: To increase consistent condom use among low-income African American young adults.