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 Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Women
The goal of this program is to improve the quality of life for women diagnosed with cancer.
Filed under Good Idea, Community / Transportation
The goal of this project is to make the streets more pedestrian friendly and supportive of active living.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Children, Adults, Older Adults
The goal of the CARES program is to decrease barriers and improve access to dental care.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children
The goal of the Community Dental Facilitator Project is to facilitate access to oral health services among low income, urban children.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Adults, Urban
The mission of The Fortune Society is to support successful reentry form prison and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Built Environment
The goal of the Green Map System is to cultivate citizen participation and community sustainability in hundreds of places around the world.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Teens
The goal of this program is to prevent injuries and violence among children and adolescents in Harlem.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Wellness & Lifestyle, Children, Families
The Healthy Lifestyles Initiative works to integrate efforts to increase the proportion of Kansas City children and their families practicing healthy behaviors at a healthy weight.
Collaboration among multiple agencies across public and private sectors resulted in reaching almost 1 million people in the Kansas City area. Healthy weight assessments and plans received at primary care clinics are helping to promote healthy eating and living among children and their families.
Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Adults
The goal of this mass media campaign was to promote walking as a form of exercise.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The mission of the Interfaith Coalition on Energy (ICE) is to inspire congregations to reduce the costs of operating their facilities in order to create money for community service while practicing environmental stewardship.