Strategies

Provide information and increase motivation to change or prevent problematic alcohol consumption in a short session; also called alcohol screening & brief intervention

Expand broadband availability and adoption in unserved and underserved areas through initiatives that address infrastructure and cost barriers

Support multi-component educational interventions for college students that address nutrition, physical activity, and healthy weight management; often with environmental modifications

Use specialized courts to offer criminal offenders with drug dependency problems an alternative to adjudication or incarceration

Provide confidential worksite-based counseling and referrals to employees to address personal and workplace challenges

Provide patients with prescriptions for exercise plans, often accompanied by progress checks at office visits, counseling, activity logs, and exercise testing

Use specialized courts to work with parents involved in the child welfare system who may lose custody of their children due to substance abuse

Offer payments, credits toward health insurance premiums, or other financial rewards to encourage employees to lose weight, eat more healthily, quit smoking, engage in physical activity, etc.

Offer employees control over an aspect of their schedule through arrangements such as flex time, flex hours, compressed work weeks, or self-scheduled shift work

Offer flexible working arrangements, allowing the duties of a single full-time position to be covered by two part-time employees