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 / Immunizations & Infectious Diseases, Teens, Adults
The goal of inSPOT is to improve STD partner notification by providing online resources including electronic postcards.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Wellness & Lifestyle
The goal of this program is to create a connection to nature, gardening and hiking for the Kalihi valley's urban residents.
Filed under Good Idea, Education / Educational Attainment, Adults, Rural
The goal of this program is to expand educational opportunities in the community while addressing the issue of a continuing nursing shortage at Central Valley Medical Center.
Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Housing & Homes, Families, Urban
McAuley Village attempts to take poor single parents from a life of welfare dependence to one of independence. Although primarily a housing program, it also holistically addresses the many factors contributing to the vulnerability of these families, while attempting to tailor a solution to each family.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Crime & Crime Prevention, Children, Teens
The goal of this program is to provide effective and affordable treatment for juvenile offenders.
Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Education, Teens
The mission of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program is to intervene in the lives of high-school dropouts and provide them with the values, life skills, education, and self-discipline necessary to succeed.
The National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program resulted in participants succeeding in several aspects of their lives compared to their control group counterparts. Program participants were more likely to have a GED certificate, more likely to have started college, and more likely to be working.
Filed under Good Idea, Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
The goal of this program is to maintain and restore water quality in the face of threats and impairments caused by nonpoint source pollution.
Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Children, Families
NFN's mission is to provide first-time parents with parenting information and education and connect them to services in the community.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Disabilities, Children, Families
The program's mission is to empower families of children with special needs to understand and access the systems that serve them.
Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality, Adults
The goal of this program is to improve access to health care for uninsured and underinsured adults.