Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 16 Strategies Business Funders Income Quality of Care Tobacco Use Build social capital within communities Prevent neighborhood crime and violence Reduce initiation and/or increase cessation Air and Water Quality Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety Education Family and Social Support Clear all Bookmark this strategy Public libraries for community building Lend materials, offer gathering space, and provide educational, civic, and social programming; open to the community and publicly funded Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Family and Social Support 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 Tobacco cessation contests Encourage participants to quit using tobacco by a set date or during a specific time period and give successful participants a chance to win financial rewards or other prizes; often called Quit & Win contests Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Tobacco Use 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 retailer licensing Require retailers to purchase licenses to sell tobacco products; retailers must follow all tobacco control laws to keep licenses Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Tobacco Use Bookmark this strategy Youth civics education Teach students attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behavior needed to participate in and contribute to a democracy Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Family and Social Support Education First page |« Previous page ‹ Page 1 Currently on page 2
Bookmark this strategy Public libraries for community building Lend materials, offer gathering space, and provide educational, civic, and social programming; open to the community and publicly funded Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Family and Social Support
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 Tobacco cessation contests Encourage participants to quit using tobacco by a set date or during a specific time period and give successful participants a chance to win financial rewards or other prizes; often called Quit & Win contests Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Tobacco Use
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 retailer licensing Require retailers to purchase licenses to sell tobacco products; retailers must follow all tobacco control laws to keep licenses Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Tobacco Use
Bookmark this strategy Youth civics education Teach students attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behavior needed to participate in and contribute to a democracy Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Family and Social Support Education