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 Scientifically Supported Mixed Evidence Education Family and Social Support Quality of Care Evidence of Ineffectiveness Increase opportunities for oral health care Promote healthy eating Reduce access to unhealthy foods Access to Care Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety Diet and Exercise Clear all Bookmark this strategy Breastfeeding promotion programs Provide education, information, counseling, and support for breastfeeding to women throughout pre- and post-natal care Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise Bookmark this strategy Community water fluoridation Adjust and monitor fluoride levels in public water supplies to reach and retain optimal fluoride concentrations Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care Bookmark this strategy Competitive pricing for healthy foods Assign higher costs to non-nutritious foods than nutritious foods via incentives, subsidies, or price discounts for healthy foods and beverages or disincentives or price increases for unhealthy choices Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise Bookmark this strategy School dental programs Provide sealants, fluoride treatment, screening, and other preventive dental care on school grounds via partnerships with dental professionals Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care Bookmark this strategy School nutrition standards Regulate the quality of food that can be sold to students through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), à la carte options, vending machines, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise Bookmark this strategy Soda taxes Increase the price of sugar sweetened beverages (e.g., soda) by adding an excise or sales tax Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Breastfeeding promotion programs Provide education, information, counseling, and support for breastfeeding to women throughout pre- and post-natal care Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Community water fluoridation Adjust and monitor fluoride levels in public water supplies to reach and retain optimal fluoride concentrations Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care
Bookmark this strategy Competitive pricing for healthy foods Assign higher costs to non-nutritious foods than nutritious foods via incentives, subsidies, or price discounts for healthy foods and beverages or disincentives or price increases for unhealthy choices Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy School dental programs Provide sealants, fluoride treatment, screening, and other preventive dental care on school grounds via partnerships with dental professionals Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care
Bookmark this strategy School nutrition standards Regulate the quality of food that can be sold to students through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), à la carte options, vending machines, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Soda taxes Increase the price of sugar sweetened beverages (e.g., soda) by adding an excise or sales tax Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Diet and Exercise