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 / Prevention & Safety, Urban
Goal: The goal of this program is to educate syringe users about access to clean syringes and proper medical waste disposal and to provide sharps containers and disposal sites to syringe users.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce rates of TB among foreign-born populations and to increase rates of treatment for latent TB infection.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Older Adults
Goal: The goal of this program is to encourage weight bearing exercise among seniors and individuals at risk of or suffering with osteoporosis.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goal of VOICES/VOCES is to increase condom use and prevent new STD infections.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goal of this program is to provide assistance to clients whose primary language is not English.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of the program is to assist students in establishing physical activity as part of their daily lives.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
Goal: The goal of plaNCY is to ensure a higher quality of life for New Yorkers, and reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions by 30%.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Children, Teens, Adults, Women, Men, Older Adults, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of the law is to protect the health of New Yorkers by reducing second hand smoke exposure.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Teens, Urban
Goal: The goal of Adolescents Living Safely is to prevent HIV infection and AIDS among runaway adolescents.
Impact: Adolescents Living Safely changes youth sexual behavior to reduce transmission of HIV among runaways.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Children, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of the program was to provide a multi-layered asthma management program for parents, children, and staff of early childhood centers.
Impact: The ABC program demonstrates that a multi-layered approach can improve asthma outcomes among preschoolers with a combination of parent and provider education having the greatest impact.