Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 5 Strategies Funders Health Care Increase patient engagement Reduce availability of alcohol and other drugs Support responsible marketing and provision of alcohol and other legal drugs Alcohol and Drug Use Diet and Exercise Income Quality of Care Sexual Activity Clear all Bookmark this strategy Consumer participation in health care governance Involve consumers in health care governance via roles on governing boards, advisory committees, or shorter-term special projects Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Quality of Care Bookmark this strategy Health literacy interventions Increase patients’ health-related knowledge via efforts to simplify health education materials, improve patient-provider communication, and increase overall literacy Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Access to Care Quality of Care Bookmark this strategy Mass media campaigns against underage drinking Use television, radio, print, and social media efforts to increase awareness of underage drinking and its consequences Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) Use databases, housed in state agencies, to track prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs and other controlled substances Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Proper drug disposal programs Establish programs that accept expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from designated users and dispose of them responsibly Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Alcohol and Drug Use Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Consumer participation in health care governance Involve consumers in health care governance via roles on governing boards, advisory committees, or shorter-term special projects Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Quality of Care
Bookmark this strategy Health literacy interventions Increase patients’ health-related knowledge via efforts to simplify health education materials, improve patient-provider communication, and increase overall literacy Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Access to Care Quality of Care
Bookmark this strategy Mass media campaigns against underage drinking Use television, radio, print, and social media efforts to increase awareness of underage drinking and its consequences Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) Use databases, housed in state agencies, to track prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs and other controlled substances Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Proper drug disposal programs Establish programs that accept expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from designated users and dispose of them responsibly Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Alcohol and Drug Use Air and Water Quality