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, Community / Transportation, Adults, Urban
The goal of the Get on Board program is to reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality in Tucson, AZ.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Children, Teens
The goal of this program is to prevent violence among children and adolescents.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation, Teens
The curriculum is designed to build upon a young person's capacity for critical thinking, problem-solving, decision-making and other life skills essential for a systematic approach to addressing issues of community sustainability. More specifically, they chose transport as a lens through which a community's environment, culture, and value systems are examined.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment
The goal of this program is to help individuals make a successful transition to employment.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Children, Teens, Adults, Families
The goal of the Great Allegheny Passage is to provide hikers, bicyclists, cross-country skiers and people with disabilities with a trail through the region.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Built Environment, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The mission of PUSH Buffalo is to mobilize residents to create strong neighborhoods with quality, affordable housing; to expand local hiring opportunities; and to advance economic and environmental justice in Buffalo.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of the Green Power Partnership is to promote the use of green power in the United States.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Prevention & Safety, Children, Teens, Adults
To decrease the number of children hit by motor vehicles in school zones and crosswalks.
Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Built Environment
The goal of GreenScapes is to encourage companies and organizations to make more environmentally conscious landscaping decisions and to reduce, reuse, recycle and rebuy.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The Hair, Heart & Health program embraces the notion that health education at the community level is an effective intervention strategy for preventable diseases like CHD, stroke and kidney disease.