Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 15 Strategies Community Members Educators Tobacco Use Implement broad initiatives to reduce alcohol and drug use Increase early childhood education Reduce risky sexual behavior Alcohol and Drug Use Education Employment Housing and Transit Sexual Activity Clear all Bookmark this strategy Publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs Provide publicly funded pre-kindergarten (pre-K) education to 3- and 4-year-olds, through large-scale or universal efforts Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Education 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 Smart Start North Carolina Provide comprehensive early childhood services, including high quality educational child care, health, and family support to address local needs Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Education Bookmark this strategy Social norms campaigns on alcohol misuse among college students Provide objective, normative information to reduce college students’ misperceptions about alcohol use and, ultimately, change their drinking behavior Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Universal school-based alcohol prevention programs Provide all students with the information and skills to prevent alcohol use; programs can be delivered via a specific curriculum or as a component of classroom behavior management Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use First page |« Previous page ‹ Page 1 Currently on page 2
Bookmark this strategy Publicly funded pre-kindergarten programs Provide publicly funded pre-kindergarten (pre-K) education to 3- and 4-year-olds, through large-scale or universal efforts Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Education
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 Smart Start North Carolina Provide comprehensive early childhood services, including high quality educational child care, health, and family support to address local needs Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Education
Bookmark this strategy Social norms campaigns on alcohol misuse among college students Provide objective, normative information to reduce college students’ misperceptions about alcohol use and, ultimately, change their drinking behavior Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Universal school-based alcohol prevention programs Provide all students with the information and skills to prevent alcohol use; programs can be delivered via a specific curriculum or as a component of classroom behavior management Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use