Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 5 Strategies Business Educators Alcohol and Drug Use Diet and Exercise Family and Social Support Housing and Transit Income Sexual Activity Funders Health Care Some Evidence Mixed Evidence Build social capital within communities Provide physical activity information education Reduce risky sexual behavior Support affordable housing options Clear all Bookmark this strategy Community land trusts Purchase the land a home is on to lease to homeowners with low and middle incomes and require homeowners to sell the home back to the trust or to another resident with low income upon moving Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Housing and Transit Bookmark this strategy Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) Provide funding via tax credits at the state and local level to support development and rehabilitation costs of low income rental housing Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Housing and Transit 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 Youth civics education Teach students attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behavior needed to participate in and contribute to a democracy Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Family and Social Support Education
Bookmark this strategy Community land trusts Purchase the land a home is on to lease to homeowners with low and middle incomes and require homeowners to sell the home back to the trust or to another resident with low income upon moving Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Housing and Transit
Bookmark this strategy Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs) Provide funding via tax credits at the state and local level to support development and rehabilitation costs of low income rental housing Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Housing and Transit
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 Youth civics education Teach students attitudes, skills, knowledge, and behavior needed to participate in and contribute to a democracy Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Family and Social Support Education