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 Community Development Community Members Income Public Health Scientifically Supported Insufficient Evidence Mixed Evidence Access to Care Alcohol and Drug Use Education Employment Clear all Bookmark this strategy Later middle and high school start times Delay school start times for middle and high schools to better align with adolescent sleep-wake cycles; often until 8:30 a.m. or later Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Education Bookmark this strategy Mass media campaigns against underage drinking Use television, radio, print, and social media efforts to increase awareness of underage drinking and its consequences Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Naloxone education & distribution programs Distribute Naloxone to trained community members and first responders to reverse opioid overdoses Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Preschool education programs Provide center-based programs that support cognitive and social-emotional growth among children who are not old enough to enter formal schooling Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Education Bookmark this strategy Syringe services programs Provide sterile injection equipment and often other treatment and referral services to people who inject drugs; also called needle or syringe exchange programs and needle syringe programs Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Text message-based health interventions Provide reminders, education, or self-management assistance for health conditions, especially chronic diseases, via text message Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care First page |« Previous page ‹ Page 1 Currently on page 2
Bookmark this strategy Later middle and high school start times Delay school start times for middle and high schools to better align with adolescent sleep-wake cycles; often until 8:30 a.m. or later Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Education
Bookmark this strategy Mass media campaigns against underage drinking Use television, radio, print, and social media efforts to increase awareness of underage drinking and its consequences Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Naloxone education & distribution programs Distribute Naloxone to trained community members and first responders to reverse opioid overdoses Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Preschool education programs Provide center-based programs that support cognitive and social-emotional growth among children who are not old enough to enter formal schooling Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Education
Bookmark this strategy Syringe services programs Provide sterile injection equipment and often other treatment and referral services to people who inject drugs; also called needle or syringe exchange programs and needle syringe programs Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Text message-based health interventions Provide reminders, education, or self-management assistance for health conditions, especially chronic diseases, via text message Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care