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 / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Women
Goal: The goal of this program is to increase prenatal entry into WIC. The ultimate purpose is to lower the rate of low birth weight as well as the rate of infant mortality.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens, Adults, Women, Men, Older Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
Goal: Re/Storing Nashville seeks to end hunger through creating a healthy, just and sustainable food system.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Mental Health & Mental Disorders, Children
Goal: The primary goal of the program is to reduce the level of children's psychological problems, as well as preventing the development of more serious problems among children who are not referred for formal mental health services.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Children, Teens
Goal: The goal of the Rocky View Schools Healthy Eating Initiative is to implement healthy eating guidelines that will change the school food environment, thereby supporting students in making healthy food choices.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children
Goal: The program has two main focuses. The first is prevention of sexual, emotional, or physical abuse by people known to the child. The other focus of the program is safety around strangers.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Children, Families
Goal: The goal of the program is to promote child passenger safety by teaching parents and caregivers how to correctly use car seats, booster seats and seat belts.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families, Urban
Goal: The goal of Safe Passages' Early Childhood Initiative is to reduce the impact of violence on young children and to encourage the development of positive social skills and healthy family environments in order to prevent future violence.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Transportation, Children, Families
Goal: The goal of the Safe Routes to School program is to empower communities to make walking and bicycling to school a safe and routine activity.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Public Safety, Children, Families
Goal: Safe Walk to School's goal is to keep children walking to school safe.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Children, Teens, Adults
Goal: The mission of the Safer Homes Program is to help residents to create healthy comes for their families in order to prevent environmentally related health problems such as lead poisoning, asthma, mold, and moisture.