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 Mixed Evidence Evidence of Ineffectiveness Improve housing quality Prevent neighborhood crime and violence Reduce risky sexual behavior Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety Employment Housing and Transit Sexual Activity Clear all Bookmark this strategy Household lead control education interventions Inform parents about lead exposure pathways and cleaning and hygiene techniques and undertake minor repairs or specialized cleaning Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit Bookmark this strategy Juvenile curfews Restrict youth under a certain age from being in public places during certain hours, usually at night Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Community Safety Bookmark this strategy Scared Straight Organize tours of prison facilities for juvenile delinquents or youth at risk of delinquency and allow them to observe prison life and attend inmates’ presentations; also called juvenile awareness programs Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Community Safety 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 about lead exposure pathways and cleaning and hygiene techniques and undertake minor repairs or specialized cleaning Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit
Bookmark this strategy Juvenile curfews Restrict youth under a certain age from being in public places during certain hours, usually at night Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Community Safety
Bookmark this strategy Scared Straight Organize tours of prison facilities for juvenile delinquents or youth at risk of delinquency and allow them to observe prison life and attend inmates’ presentations; also called juvenile awareness programs Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Community Safety
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