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 Educators Health Care Public Health Expert Opinion Mixed Evidence Evidence of Ineffectiveness Air and Water Quality Housing and Transit Income Sexual Activity Clear all Bookmark this strategy Household lead control education interventions Inform parents and caregivers about lead exposure pathways from contaminated dust, soil, water, and air as well as the irreversible health consequences of lead exposure Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit Air and Water Quality Bookmark this strategy Lead contaminated soil abatement Clean, remove, replace, or cover lead contaminated soil with non-contaminated soil, mulch, sod, grass, or concrete Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Air and Water Quality Bookmark this strategy Lead pipe & plumbing material replacement Replace lead plumbing material such as pipes, service lines, fittings, solder, flux, and fixtures with non-lead plumbing material Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Air and Water Quality 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 School or community-based abstinence-only education Promote abstinence from sexual activity, generally only with mention of condoms and birth control to highlight failure rates Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Sexual Activity
Bookmark this strategy Household lead control education interventions Inform parents and caregivers about lead exposure pathways from contaminated dust, soil, water, and air as well as the irreversible health consequences of lead exposure Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Lead contaminated soil abatement Clean, remove, replace, or cover lead contaminated soil with non-contaminated soil, mulch, sod, grass, or concrete Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Lead pipe & plumbing material replacement Replace lead plumbing material such as pipes, service lines, fittings, solder, flux, and fixtures with non-lead plumbing material Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Air and Water Quality
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 School or community-based abstinence-only education Promote abstinence from sexual activity, generally only with mention of condoms and birth control to highlight failure rates Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Sexual Activity