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 / Health Care Access & Quality, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: To create a health insurance access program that reduces barriers to obtaining insurance to care for Latinos in Boston.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to ensure that children never become lead poisoned.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / School Environment, Children, Teens
Goal: The goal of Little Kids Rock is to offer music education free of charge to students in grades K-12.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Lowfat Lucy program is to encourage children to drink low-fat white milk.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Urban
Goal: The goal of the LUNGevity Foundation is to increase funding for lung cancer research.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Prevention & Safety, Children, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of the medical-legal partnership is to improve health outcomes through quality legal services.
Impact: The Medical-Legal Partnership provides legal assistance to patients on issues that directly or indirectly affect health.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goals of the program are to improve the health of recent immigrant families by training native speakers from different countries to help enroll members of their communities in various publicly funded health programs.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes
Goal: The goal of this investigation was to stop Ameriquest's predatory lending practices.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Food Safety, Children, Teens
Goal: The goal of the National Coalition for Food-Safe Schools is to reduce foodborne illness in the U.S. by improving food safety in schools.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults
Goal: The goal of the Neighborhood Health Clinic is to provide medical care to low-income, uninsured, working adults.