Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 5 Strategies Business Funders Tobacco Use Government Improve access to substance abuse counseling and treatment Reduce exposure to environmental toxins Air and Water Quality Community Safety Family and Social Support Income Quality of Care Clear all Bookmark this strategy Drug courts Use specialized courts to offer criminal offenders with drug dependency problems an alternative to adjudication or incarceration Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Family treatment drug courts Use specialized courts to work with parents involved in the child welfare system who may lose custody of their children due to substance abuse Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Household lead control education interventions Inform parents and caregivers about lead exposure pathways from contaminated dust, soil, water, and air as well as the irreversible health consequences of lead exposure Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit Air and Water Quality Bookmark this strategy Lead contaminated soil abatement Clean, remove, replace, or cover lead contaminated soil with non-contaminated soil, mulch, sod, grass, or concrete Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Air and Water Quality Bookmark this strategy Lead pipe & plumbing material replacement Replace lead plumbing material such as pipes, service lines, fittings, solder, flux, and fixtures with non-lead plumbing material Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Drug courts Use specialized courts to offer criminal offenders with drug dependency problems an alternative to adjudication or incarceration Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Family treatment drug courts Use specialized courts to work with parents involved in the child welfare system who may lose custody of their children due to substance abuse Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Household lead control education interventions Inform parents and caregivers about lead exposure pathways from contaminated dust, soil, water, and air as well as the irreversible health consequences of lead exposure Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Lead contaminated soil abatement Clean, remove, replace, or cover lead contaminated soil with non-contaminated soil, mulch, sod, grass, or concrete Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Lead pipe & plumbing material replacement Replace lead plumbing material such as pipes, service lines, fittings, solder, flux, and fixtures with non-lead plumbing material Evidence Rating: Expert Opinion Air and Water Quality
