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 Evidence-Based Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Urban
To improve the school readiness of children in Palm Beach County.
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Filed under Good Idea, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance
The goal of this program is to help homeowners avoid lending practices that strip away their home's equity.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children, Urban
By providing programs for students and adults in the areas of literacy, the visual and performing arts, and service learning, NSCC's goals include improving students' performance in school and encouraging parents to become more involved.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children, Older Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
The goal of Experience Corps is to improve the cognitive, physical, and psychological function of retired senior citizens while simultaneously employing their free time to help narrow the achievement gap in urban, low-income elementary schools
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Families, Urban
The goal of this program is to prevent parents who are addicted to drugs from relapsing, and to prevent substance abuse among their children.
Although studies evaluating the effectiveness of this program on the behaviors of drug-using parents and their children showed some positive findings, the overall evidence suggested no effects.
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Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Families
The goal of this program is to provide comprehensive statewide strategies for Florida to promote violence-free, substance-abuse-free, respectful, nurturing families based on the foundation of a healthy marriage relationship between parents.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Urban
The program was designed to direct-mail a free, six-week course of nicotine treatment to eligible callers, thereby increasing access and reducing cost to people who wanted to stop smoking and improve their health.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education / School Environment, Children
The Good Behavior Game (GBG) is designed to improve aggressive/disruptive classroom behavior and prevent later criminality.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Urban
The goal of the Healthy Employee Lifestyle Program is to increase healthy behaviors such as eating fruits and vegetables and engaging in regular exercise.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
- Virtually eliminating mercury-containing waste from health care facilities' waste streams by 2005
- Reducing the overall volume of waste (both regulated and non-regulated waste) by 33 percent by 2005 and by 50 percent by 2010
- Identifying hazardous substances for pollution prevention and waste reduction opportunities, including hazardous chemicals and persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic pollutants