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 Educators Increase education beyond high school Tobacco Use Increase high school completion rates Reduce exposure to environmental tobacco smoke Reduce risky sexual behavior Alcohol and Drug Use Education Employment Housing and Transit Sexual Activity Clear all Bookmark this strategy High school equivalency credentials Offer programs to help individuals without a high school diploma or its equivalent achieve a high school equivalency credential Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Education Employment Bookmark this strategy HIV and STI interventions coordinated with work, vocational training, or sports for youth Coordinate efforts to reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents with work, vocational training, or sports Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Sexual Activity Bookmark this strategy Mentoring programs for high school graduation Establish programs that connect students at risk of dropping out with trained adult mentors who provide ongoing guidance for academic and personal challenges Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Education 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 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 Smoke-free policies for indoor areas Implement private sector rules or public sector regulations that prohibit smoking indoors or restrict it to designated, often outdoor, areas Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use First page |« Previous page ‹ Page 1 Currently on page 2
Bookmark this strategy High school equivalency credentials Offer programs to help individuals without a high school diploma or its equivalent achieve a high school equivalency credential Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Education Employment
Bookmark this strategy HIV and STI interventions coordinated with work, vocational training, or sports for youth Coordinate efforts to reduce risky sexual behavior among adolescents with work, vocational training, or sports Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Sexual Activity
Bookmark this strategy Mentoring programs for high school graduation Establish programs that connect students at risk of dropping out with trained adult mentors who provide ongoing guidance for academic and personal challenges Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Education
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 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 Smoke-free policies for indoor areas Implement private sector rules or public sector regulations that prohibit smoking indoors or restrict it to designated, often outdoor, areas Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use
