Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 4 Strategies Scientifically Supported Evidence of Ineffectiveness Increase opportunities for oral health care Reduce access to unhealthy foods Access to Care Diet and Exercise Employment Family and Social Support Housing and Transit Sexual Activity Clear all Bookmark this strategy Community water fluoridation Adjust and monitor fluoride levels in public water supplies to reach and retain optimal fluoride concentrations Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care 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 School dental programs Provide sealants, fluoride treatment, screening, and other preventive dental care on school grounds via partnerships with dental professionals Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care Bookmark this strategy Soda taxes Increase the price of sugar sweetened beverages (e.g., soda) by adding an excise or sales tax Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Community water fluoridation Adjust and monitor fluoride levels in public water supplies to reach and retain optimal fluoride concentrations Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care
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 School dental programs Provide sealants, fluoride treatment, screening, and other preventive dental care on school grounds via partnerships with dental professionals Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care
Bookmark this strategy Soda taxes Increase the price of sugar sweetened beverages (e.g., soda) by adding an excise or sales tax Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
