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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 / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: The goal of this program is to encourage early detection of breast cancer among diverse populations in New Jersey. When breast cancer is diagnosed at a local stage, 97% of women still are alive 5 years later. The 5-year survival rate decreases to 21% when the disease is diagnosed after it has spread to other sites.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alcohol & Drug Use, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce tobacco use in Nebraska.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer

Goal: The goal of these media campaigns was to increase awareness of cancer prevention, protection, and early detection.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Women, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: The goal of the Vietnamese REACH for Health Initiative is to promote awareness and use of breast and cervical cancer screening.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Rural

Goal: The goal of the WATCH project is to improve diet and colorectal cancer screening rates among African American adults.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Women

Goal: The goal of this program is to reduce barriers to exercise and increase the likelihood that people will engage in physical activity.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Adults

Goal: The American Cancer Society's Workplace Solutions assists employers in implementing evidence-based health interventions that reduce risk factors for cancer by promoting healthy lifestyle choices.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Cancer, Children, Families

Goal: The intervention aimed to improve sun protection practices among day care and preschool staff in the daily care of the children. Other goals of the intervention was to improve the sun protection of children by their parents and to educate children about sun protection.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Physical Activity, Adults, Families, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: The goal of the Body & Soul program is to encourage African Americans to eat a healthy diet rich in fruit and vegetables in order to promote health and prevent cancer and other chronic diseases.

Note: This practice has been Archived.

Filed under Evidence-Based Practice, Health / Cancer, Men

Goal: To educate men over the age of 45 about prostate cancer and to increase prostate cancer screening in order to reduce the incidence of prostate cancer.