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 Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Adults
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) recommends publicized sobriety checkpoint programs to reduce alcohol-impaired driving.
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Reducing Tobacco Use Initiation: Increasing the Unit Price of Tobacco Products (USA)
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Teens, Adults
who have limited incomes and a variety of ways to spend their money.
showed strong evidence of their effectiveness in:
• Reducing tobacco use among adolescents and adults
• Reducing population consumption of tobacco products
• Increasing tobacco use cessation
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Universally Recommended Vaccinations: Vaccination Requirements for Child Care, School, & College Attendance (USA)
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Children, Teens, Adults
CDC COMMUNITY GUIDE: Use of Child Safety Seats: Community-Wide Information and Enhanced Enforcement Campaigns (USA)
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Children, Families
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Children, Families
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Adults
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Adults
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Adults
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Governance, Children, Urban
To advocate for children and help them resolve their most pressing legal problem: being in the custody of the state when they need to be in the custody of a family - biological or adoptive - within the 12 months provided by law.
Children represented by the Foster's Children Project were more likely to exit the foster system to permanency due to higher rates of adoption and long-term custody, but not reunification, than their peers not represented by FCP.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Community / Governance, Children
The goal of requiring that all Connecticut children receive at least 1 dose of influenza vaccine each year to attend a licensed child care program and preschool setting is to reduce influenza transmission and decrease influenza-associated hospitalizations statewide.
Requiring vaccination for admission into a licensed child care program or preschool program has helped to increase vaccination rates among children in Connecticut and reduced serious morbidity from influenza statewide.