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.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Education / Educational Attainment
The goal of this program was to teach staff the skills necessary to encourage an optimum learning environment for disabled students.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Food Safety
The goal of this program is to provide more dynamic and effective food safety training programs in order to engage food service workers and get them to adopt healthier food handling practices. In turn, this will reduce the number of food borne disease outbreaks and improve public health.
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Filed under Good Idea, Health / Health Care Access & Quality
ECCO seeks to improve access to vision health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Respiratory Diseases, Adults
The goal of the FirstAir Asthma Education Program is to increase knowledge of asthma treatments and improve self-management.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The goals of the KPIs are to ensure optimal efficiency as well as cost control and functionality.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The goal of next>edge is to maximize energy efficiency for commercial facilities.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of this program was to conserve energy in Azusa, California.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability
The goal of these projects is to improve energy efficiency in Redondo Beach.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The goal of these programs was to reduce energy consumption in Santa Clara.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Environmental Health / Energy & Sustainability, Urban
The goal of this program is to improve energy efficiency at Cypress Semiconductor.