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 Public Health Education Family and Social Support Housing and Transit Sexual Activity Tobacco Use Some Evidence Mixed Evidence Evidence of Ineffectiveness Create environments that support learning Improve housing quality Reduce risky sexual behavior Access to Care Diet and Exercise Clear all Bookmark this strategy Household lead control education interventions Inform parents about lead exposure pathways and cleaning and hygiene techniques and undertake minor repairs or specialized cleaning Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit 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 after 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Education Bookmark this strategy Mass media and social marketing campaigns to prevent HIV and other STIs Use traditional and digital media to disseminate information about safe sex 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 Radon mitigation programs Prevent radon from entering occupied buildings and reduce existing indoor air radon levels via soil depressurization, home or room pressurization, heat recovery ventilation, etc. Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Housing and Transit
Bookmark this strategy Household lead control education interventions Inform parents about lead exposure pathways and cleaning and hygiene techniques and undertake minor repairs or specialized cleaning Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit
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 after 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Education
Bookmark this strategy Mass media and social marketing campaigns to prevent HIV and other STIs Use traditional and digital media to disseminate information about safe sex 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 Radon mitigation programs Prevent radon from entering occupied buildings and reduce existing indoor air radon levels via soil depressurization, home or room pressurization, heat recovery ventilation, etc. Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Housing and Transit
