Strategies

What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive.

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Community weight loss challenges

Support temporary programs that work to energize participants to lose weight via prizes, often combined with education, weight status and food intake tracking, regular check-ins, and group support

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  • Diet and Exercise

DARE to be You

Provide education and training sessions with parent-child activities and family meals for youth, parents, and care providers

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  • Education

Proper drug disposal programs

Establish programs that accept expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from designated users and dispose of them responsibly

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  • Alcohol and Drug Use
  • Air and Water Quality