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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 Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Air, Adults

Goal: The Car Heaven program aims to help Canadians reduce their personal impact on the environment by providing car retirement services for their old, higher-polluting vehicles.

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

Goal: The goal of this program is to enhance the life options of disadvantaged, urban high school students.

Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Income, Adults, Families, Urban

Goal: The Cash Back initiative aims to help low-income residents take advantage of tax credits by offering free tax preparation services.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Teens, Urban

Goal: A goal of the program is to reduce high-risk youth involvement in the criminal justice system by intervening immediately or very soon after youth are violently injured.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: The goal is to increase cessation within communities with the highest tobacco use rates through culturally appropriate services provided through community-based organization partners.

Impact: The intervention has resulted in a 39% quit success rate.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Physical Activity

Goal: To enable consumers to make healthier choices when ordering food at chain restaurants.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Urban

Goal: The goal of this strategy is to improve the effectiveness of policing in Chicago.

Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Public Safety, Children

Goal: The goal of this program is to increase booster seat use among children aged 4 to 8 years.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Urban

Goal: The CCP is a part of a comprehensive childhood lead poisoning program that seeks to eradicate childhood lead poisoning in Milwaukee by the year 2010.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Older Adults

Goal: A key goal of this program is to help clients continue to reside at home, despite serious chronic conditions.