Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 6 Strategies Business Community Members Insufficient Evidence Mixed Evidence Access to Care Alcohol and Drug Use Employment Family and Social Support Clear all Bookmark this strategy Ban the Box Prohibit criminal history questions on job applications and postpone background checks Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Employment Bookmark this strategy Designated driver promotion programs Encourage use of designated drivers via population-based mass media campaigns, incentive programs based in drinking establishments, and other efforts Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Job-sharing programs Offer flexible working arrangements, allowing the duties of a single full-time position to be covered by two part-time employees Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Employment Bookmark this strategy Mass media campaigns against underage drinking Use television, radio, print, and social media efforts to increase awareness of underage drinking and its consequences Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy On-site child care Provide employees with child care options at work; care may be provided free of charge, partially subsidized as part of an employee benefit package, or offered at market rates Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Employment Bookmark this strategy Participatory budgeting Engage community members to determine how public budgets are spent, ideally to improve neighborhood conditions and reduce inequality. Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Family and Social Support
Bookmark this strategy Ban the Box Prohibit criminal history questions on job applications and postpone background checks Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Employment
Bookmark this strategy Designated driver promotion programs Encourage use of designated drivers via population-based mass media campaigns, incentive programs based in drinking establishments, and other efforts Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Job-sharing programs Offer flexible working arrangements, allowing the duties of a single full-time position to be covered by two part-time employees Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Employment
Bookmark this strategy Mass media campaigns against underage drinking Use television, radio, print, and social media efforts to increase awareness of underage drinking and its consequences Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy On-site child care Provide employees with child care options at work; care may be provided free of charge, partially subsidized as part of an employee benefit package, or offered at market rates Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Employment
Bookmark this strategy Participatory budgeting Engage community members to determine how public budgets are spent, ideally to improve neighborhood conditions and reduce inequality. Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Family and Social Support