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.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes
The goal of this program is to create affordable housing targeted for low- and moderate-income first-time home buyers in downtown Boston.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this program is to reduce tobacco use among groups experiencing the most pronounced tobacco-related disparities.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Employment, Teens, Urban
Isles, Inc., is a nationally recognized nonprofit community development and environmental organization with the mission to foster more self-reliant families in healthy, sustainable communities.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of the Mercury Challenge is to eliminate mercury from industrial sites.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Women
The goal is to reduce prenatal smoking, thereby improving the health of babies.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Educational Attainment, Children
Hands on Atlanta aims to build community and meet critical needs through volunteer service and civic engagement. This program meets those goals while providing valuable work experience and education for youth.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Oral Health, Children, Teens, Adults
The goal of this program is to provide free and reduced-cost oral health services to children and adults.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
The goal of the Network is to increase public awareness about the signs and symptoms of stroke.
Transcendental Meditation Stress Reduction Intervention for Congestive Heart Failure (Philadelphia, PA)
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of the intervention is to use meditation to improve health and reduce the risk of heart failure among older African Americans with congestive heart failure.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Urban
TNT's goals are to create an active group of neighborhood leaders, committed to developing a long-term vision for their neighborhoods; to establish a process for resident input and consensus; to develop a comprehensive body of knowledge about the neighborhoods; and to develop written action plans for achieving the vision, which may include goals for investment in and development of the neighborhoods.