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, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases
Goal: The goal of this program is to protect the public from the spread of SARS by using the least restrictive means possible. Program objectives are1) to provide a mechanism for effectively monitoring patients on voluntary home isolation and quarantine, 2) to enable visual verification of patient compliance and condition, and 3) to maximize limited resources by being cost-effective and time-efficient.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Urban
Goal: The main goal of the project was to reduce water consumption.
In the Greater Copenhagen area 98% of the water supply is based on ground water. However, the reliance on ground water means that the municipal water company has to face an increased number of environmental problems as the statutory water control order demands greater control and supervision of water supply plants. In consequence, Copenhagen Water had to face serious challenges concerning ground water pollution and the reduction in total wells available.
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Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban
Goal: The goal of YAPP was to increase awareness of risky sexual behaviors and to reduce the risk of HIV and STD infection associated with such behaviors.
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Filed under Good Idea, Education / Educational Attainment
Goal: The major focus of this program is on empowering classroom instructors with the knowledge, time, and compensation needed to design, implement, and evaluate 231 program activities. These activities are designed to increase and improve access for students and allow them to move through the program to reach their goals.
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Cancer Prevention & Control, Client-Oriented Screening Interventions: Group Education (USA)
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Adults
Impact: The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of group education in increasing screening for colorectal cancer, based on the small number of studies with methodologic limitations and inconsistent findings.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Children's Health, Children
Goal: The goal of CINCH’s Asthma Workgroup is to improve pediatric asthma care among underserved youth.
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Filed under Good Idea, Education / Childcare & Early Childhood Education, Children
Goal: The goal of this program is to engage middle school students in constructive activity by getting them interested in future careers.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants, Urban
Goal: The goals of the program include both ecological waste management and job creation.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Student Performance K-12, Children
Goal: The Communities and Schools for Career Success (CS2) partnership's goal is to increase academic achievement, civic engagement, and career awareness by reshaping the relationships between schools and the community.
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Filed under Good Idea, Community / Civic Engagement, Rural
Goal: The primary goal of the CBIG initiative is two-fold: to systematically change the way young people and adults in our community perceive conflict and how they respond to and resolve disputes.