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.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / School Environment
Goal: The overall mission of this initiative is to develop an active, healthy community. Goals of this initiative include increasing the number of children walking or biking to school, and developing opportunities for Garfield's children and families to be more physically active and eat more healthily.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
Goal: The goal of the Steps Program is to encourage healthy eating among elementary school students.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: To reduce violence among low-income African American youth in urban settings.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance, Women, Urban
Goal: The goal of Women's Initiative is to help low-income women start their own businesses.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Economic Climate, Urban
Goal: The YBG neighborhood was developed to (1) reclaim a severely blighted sector of the City, (2) provide public amenities, (3) support San Francisco's hospitality industry, and (4) increase economic vitality and employment.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Teens, Adults
Goal: The goal of the Asthma Self-Management Program is to improve asthma self-management and outcome.
Note: This practice has been Archived.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide risk factor management training and services to individuals with cardiovascular disease.
Impact: Intervention participants had significantly fewer cardiovascular events than patients who received usual care (4.1% vs. 15.7%, p = 0.053). Reduced hospitalization and emergency room expenses resulted in a gross cost savings of $1,418 per patient.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Diabetes, Adults, Rural
Goal: The goal of Advancing Diabetes Self Management at the Department of Family and Community Health was to improve self management among people with type 2 diabetes.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Diabetes, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goal of the Advancing Diabetes Self Management project at the Holyoke Health Center was to improve health outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Diabetes, Adults, Urban
Goal: The goal of Advancing Diabetes Self Management at the St. Peter Family Medicine Residency Program was to support healthy self management among people with chronic conditions.