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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 Effective Practice, Economy / Employment, Teens, Urban

Goal: Isles, Inc., is a nationally recognized nonprofit community development and environmental organization with the mission to foster more self-reliant families in healthy, sustainable communities.

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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Heart Disease & Stroke, Urban

Goal: The goal of this program was to reduce risk factors which impact cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.

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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Children's Health, Children, Urban

Goal: To increase physical activity among children in a low-income urban neighborhood.

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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Adolescent Health, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: The goal of the program was to provide year-round reproductive and contraceptive education and services to students of two inner-city schools in Baltimore, Maryland with high rates of sexual activity and teen pregnancy.

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Filed under Effective Practice, Community / Social Environment, Urban

Goal: TNT's goals are to create an active group of neighborhood leaders, committed to developing a long-term vision for their neighborhoods; to establish a process for resident input and consensus; to develop a comprehensive body of knowledge about the neighborhoods; and to develop written action plans for achieving the vision, which may include goals for investment in and development of the neighborhoods.

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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Prevention & Safety, Teens, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: To reduce violence among low-income African American youth in urban settings.

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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 Effective Practice, Economy / Investment & Personal Finance, Women, Urban

Goal: The goal of Women's Initiative is to help low-income women start their own businesses.

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Filed under Effective Practice, Economy / Economic Climate, Urban

Goal: The YBG neighborhood was developed to (1) reclaim a severely blighted sector of the City, (2) provide public amenities, (3) support San Francisco's hospitality industry, and (4) increase economic vitality and employment.