Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 26 Strategies Scientifically Supported Evidence of Ineffectiveness Sexual Activity Tobacco Use Create opportunities for active living Increase access to healthy food options Reduce initiation and/or increase cessation Access to Care Air and Water Quality Community Safety Diet and Exercise Family and Social Support Clear all Bookmark this strategy Tobacco cessation therapy affordability Reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs for tobacco cessation therapies such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and cessation counseling participation Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use Bookmark this strategy Tobacco quitlines Deliver phone-based counseling to tobacco users who want to quit, usually with follow-up calls proactively scheduled after initial contact Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use Bookmark this strategy Tobacco taxes Increase tobacco price per unit through taxes at the federal, state, or local level Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use 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 Water availability & promotion interventions Make water readily available in various settings via regular placement of drinking fountains, water coolers, bottled water in vending machines, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise Bookmark this strategy Zoning regulation and land use policy reforms Reform zoning regulations to remove exclusionary zoning codes, address physical environment aesthetics and safety, street continuity and connectivity, residential density, and mixed-use development, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Housing and Transit Diet and Exercise First page |« Previous page ‹ Page 1 Page 2 Currently on page 3
Bookmark this strategy Tobacco cessation therapy affordability Reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs for tobacco cessation therapies such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and cessation counseling participation Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use
Bookmark this strategy Tobacco quitlines Deliver phone-based counseling to tobacco users who want to quit, usually with follow-up calls proactively scheduled after initial contact Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use
Bookmark this strategy Tobacco taxes Increase tobacco price per unit through taxes at the federal, state, or local level Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use
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 Water availability & promotion interventions Make water readily available in various settings via regular placement of drinking fountains, water coolers, bottled water in vending machines, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Zoning regulation and land use policy reforms Reform zoning regulations to remove exclusionary zoning codes, address physical environment aesthetics and safety, street continuity and connectivity, residential density, and mixed-use development, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Housing and Transit Diet and Exercise