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 Educators Funders Employment Income Quality of Care Tobacco Use Government Scientifically Supported Mixed Evidence Promote healthy eating Reduce access to unhealthy foods Reduce unnecessary spending & overtreatment Air and Water Quality 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 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 Patient financial incentives for preventive care Use payments, vouchers, and other incentives to encourage patients to undergo preventive care such as screenings, vaccinations, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Quality of 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 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 Patient financial incentives for preventive care Use payments, vouchers, and other incentives to encourage patients to undergo preventive care such as screenings, vaccinations, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Quality of 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