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, Teens, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of Keep It Up is to provide health screening and preventative care to Black men to promote HIV prevention and other health problems.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Domestic Violence & Abuse, Children, Teens, Women, Urban
The mission of La Casa de las Madres is to help victims of domestic violence.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of this program is to promote healthy behaviors, including physical activity and health eating, among Latinos.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment
provide financial support for their children, facilitate programs for offender families through community partnerships, and provide constructive opportunities for children to participate in special activities with their incarcerated father.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural
The mission of Migrant Health Promotion is to strengthen the capacity of farmworker and migrant families to live healthy lives within healthy communities.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults
Million Hearts seeks to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes in the next five years (by 2017) by coordinating cardiovascular prevention implementations in its private-public partnerships.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Oral Health, Children, Teens, Adults, Women, Men, Older Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of Missouri’s Community Water Fluoridation Program is to prevent dental caries and to reduce the associated health costs.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Air
- Commitment to the successful implementation of the 2007 Highway Engine Rule and the Clean Air Nonroad Diesel Rule.
- Developing new emissions standards for locomotive and marine diesel engines.
- Promoting the reduction of emissions for existing diesel engines through cost-effective and innovative strategies, including use of cleaner fuels, retrofitting and repairing existing fleets, idling reduction among others.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to encourage screening and early detection of cancer among American Indian women.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults, Rural
The purpose of the ombudsmen is to recognize potential problems and represent elderly and institutionalized clients throughout the state.