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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.
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Filed under Good Idea, Community / Social Environment, Children, Teens, Urban

Goal: The goal of Kids' Place is to provide a safe after-school learning enironmental for chidren that is available and affordable to local families.

Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children

Goal: These programs aim to improve both academic and interpersonal skills in elementary school aged children.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children

Goal: The goal of the King County Asthma Forum is to improve asthma outcomes among low-income children.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Maternal, Fetal & Infant Health, Families

Goal: The initiative's mission is to provide parenting education to new parents throughout California.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Governance, Urban

Goal: The goal is to help prepare communities for earthquakes, fires, floods, terrorism, and other natural and man-made disasters.

Filed under Good Idea, Community / Domestic Violence & Abuse, Children, Teens, Women, Urban

Goal: The mission of La Casa de las Madres is to help victims of domestic violence.

Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability

Goal: The goal of Labs21 is to create environmental showcase laboratories that take a "whole-building" approach to laboratory design.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Women

Goal: The goal of this program is to make cancer screening more accessible for women with special needs.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Children, Adults

Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce public and worker exposure to secondhand smoke and to prevent youth initiation of tobacco.

Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air

Goal: The goal of the Landfill Methane Outreach Program is to promote the use of landfill gas as an energy source.