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 Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Men
The goal of this dental office based intervention is to reduce smokeless tobacco use and other tobacco use.
The dental office-based intervention succeeded in increasing the rates of smokeless tobacco cessation among participants.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Adults, Older Adults
To reduce death from heart disease among their members in Northern California.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Families
The goal of Kids Get Care was to ensure that children, regardless of insurance status, received integrated preventive physical, oral, and developmental health services.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
The goal of this program is to improve health care accessibility and availability for low income, uninsured and underinsured residents of Marion County.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Adults
The goal of Maryland's Prevention Case Management program is to decrease HIV transmission following release from prison.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
-To identify and provide early intervention for those with or at risk for untreated or uncontrolled hypertension
-To screen and identify those at risk for cardiovascular and renal disease
-To educate those found at risk for CVD
-To provide early chronic disease intervention
-To facilitate access for long term chronic disease care with partner sites
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Racial/Ethnic Minorities
The goal of this project is to identify disparities in cancer deaths among minority and low-income populations.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural
The goal of the North Carolina Breast Cancer Screening Program is to increase breast cancer screening among older African American women.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Diabetes, Adults
The goal of the North Dakota Diabetes Care Provider Report is to improve quality of diabetes care and management in the state.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Older Adults, Older Adults
The goal of NICHE is to achieve systematic nursing change that will benefit hospitalized older patients. The vision of NICHE is for all patients 65 and over to be given sensitive and exemplary care. The mission of NICHE is to import principles and tools to stimulate a change in the culture of healthcare facilities to achieve patient-centered care for older adults.