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, Economy / Economic Climate
The mission of the RPA is to improve the quality of life and the economic competitiveness of the 31-county New York-New Jersey-Connecticut region through research, planning, and advocacy.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
The goal of this program is to provide eyeglasses to people in developing countries and to involve students in improving conditions in developing countries.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Urban
The goal of this program is to create a regional approach to emerging infection based on public education, environmental monitoring, and disease surveillance.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Diabetes, Adults
The goal is for participants to lose seven percent of their body weight and increase their physical activity to 150 minutes per week in order to reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Urban
Access to Care aims to meet primary health care needs of low-income uninsured individuals.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alternative Medicine
The goal of the AIDS Care Project is to provide acupuncture therapy to people living with HIV/AIDS.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children, Teens
The goal of this program is to reduce bullying in schools.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
This initiative strives to alleviate nursing shortages in underserved areas.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of the Mammography Van is to make high quality breast cancer screening services more accessible to women who are medically underserved.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Built Environment
The goal of this program is to promote active people in active neighborhoods