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 Community Members Educators Housing and Transit Income Tobacco Use Scientifically Supported Evidence of Ineffectiveness Reduce access to unhealthy foods Reduce emissions from mobile sources Support active travel Air and Water Quality Diet and Exercise Family and Social Support Clear all Bookmark this strategy Clean diesel technology fleet transition programs Replace or retrofit diesel buses or other vehicles to operate with clean diesel technology Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Air and Water Quality Bookmark this strategy Competitive pricing for healthy foods Assign higher costs to non-nutritious foods than nutritious foods via incentives, subsidies, or price discounts for healthy foods and beverages or disincentives or price increases for unhealthy choices Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise Bookmark this strategy Electric vehicle initiatives Replace internal combustion engine vehicles with all-electric vehicles through financial incentives, regulations, and multi-component initiatives Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Air and Water Quality Bookmark this strategy Safe Routes to Schools Promote walking and biking to school through education, incentives, and environmental changes; often called SRTS Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Housing and Transit Diet and Exercise Bookmark this strategy Walking school buses Arrange active transportation with a fixed route, designated stops, and pick up times when children can walk to school with adult chaperones Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Housing and Transit Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Clean diesel technology fleet transition programs Replace or retrofit diesel buses or other vehicles to operate with clean diesel technology Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Competitive pricing for healthy foods Assign higher costs to non-nutritious foods than nutritious foods via incentives, subsidies, or price discounts for healthy foods and beverages or disincentives or price increases for unhealthy choices Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Electric vehicle initiatives Replace internal combustion engine vehicles with all-electric vehicles through financial incentives, regulations, and multi-component initiatives Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Safe Routes to Schools Promote walking and biking to school through education, incentives, and environmental changes; often called SRTS Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Housing and Transit Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Walking school buses Arrange active transportation with a fixed route, designated stops, and pick up times when children can walk to school with adult chaperones Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Housing and Transit Diet and Exercise
