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 Community Members Educators Diet and Exercise Housing and Transit Income Sexual Activity Tobacco Use Health Care Some Evidence Mixed Evidence Reduce HIV/STIs Reduce risky sexual behavior Support responsible marketing and provision of alcohol and other legal drugs Access to Care Alcohol and Drug Use Clear all Bookmark this strategy Alcohol advertising restrictions Restrict the content and placement of alcohol advertisements on broadcasts, outdoor displays, internet marketing, etc. via state laws, local ordinances, industry self-regulation, or a combination of efforts Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Community-based interventions for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination Support HPV vaccination through multi-component community interventions, including education, outreach, navigation support, and vaccine provision Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Sexual Activity Bookmark this strategy Multi-component interventions to prevent teen pregnancy Support initiatives that combine multiple components such as education, skills building, and contraceptive promotion to reduce pregnancy among youth Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Sexual Activity Bookmark this strategy Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) Use databases, housed in state agencies, to track prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs and other controlled substances Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use 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 Alcohol advertising restrictions Restrict the content and placement of alcohol advertisements on broadcasts, outdoor displays, internet marketing, etc. via state laws, local ordinances, industry self-regulation, or a combination of efforts Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Community-based interventions for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination Support HPV vaccination through multi-component community interventions, including education, outreach, navigation support, and vaccine provision Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Sexual Activity
Bookmark this strategy Multi-component interventions to prevent teen pregnancy Support initiatives that combine multiple components such as education, skills building, and contraceptive promotion to reduce pregnancy among youth Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Sexual Activity
Bookmark this strategy Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) Use databases, housed in state agencies, to track prescribing and dispensing of Schedule II, III, IV, and V drugs and other controlled substances Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
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