Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 6 Strategies Some Evidence Insufficient Evidence Quality of Care Sexual Activity Evidence of Ineffectiveness Prevent neighborhood crime and violence Reduce barriers to care Reduce risky sexual behavior Access to Care Alcohol and Drug Use Diet and Exercise Employment Clear all 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 HIV and STI interventions coordinated with work, vocational training, or sports for youth Coordinate efforts to reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents with work, vocational training, or sports Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Sexual Activity Bookmark this strategy Mass media and social marketing campaigns to prevent HIV and other STIs Use traditional and digital media to disseminate information about safe sex Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Sexual Activity Bookmark this strategy Multi-component interventions to prevent teen pregnancy Support initiatives that combine multiple components such as education, skills building, and contraceptive promotion to reduce pregnancy among youth Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Sexual Activity Bookmark this strategy Recreational marijuana legalization Allow adults to possess a limited amount of marijuana for personal, non-medical use Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety Bookmark this strategy Summer youth employment programs Provide short-term employment opportunities for youth, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Community Safety Employment
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 HIV and STI interventions coordinated with work, vocational training, or sports for youth Coordinate efforts to reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents with work, vocational training, or sports Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Sexual Activity
Bookmark this strategy Mass media and social marketing campaigns to prevent HIV and other STIs Use traditional and digital media to disseminate information about safe sex Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Sexual Activity
Bookmark this strategy Multi-component interventions to prevent teen pregnancy Support initiatives that combine multiple components such as education, skills building, and contraceptive promotion to reduce pregnancy among youth Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Sexual Activity
Bookmark this strategy Recreational marijuana legalization Allow adults to possess a limited amount of marijuana for personal, non-medical use Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety
Bookmark this strategy Summer youth employment programs Provide short-term employment opportunities for youth, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Community Safety Employment