Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 4 Strategies Funders Government Diet and Exercise Family and Social Support Housing and Transit Income Some Evidence Mixed Evidence Increase worker employability Promote broad approaches to increasing physical activity Reduce emissions from mobile sources Air and Water Quality Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety Clear all Bookmark this strategy Community-wide physical activity campaigns Engage a variety of partners in a highly visible, multi-component effort to increase physical activity, often with efforts to address cardiovascular disease risk factors Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Diet and Exercise Bookmark this strategy Summer youth employment programs Provide short-term employment opportunities for youth, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Community Safety Employment Bookmark this strategy Vehicle anti-idling initiatives Implement anti-idling policies and awareness campaigns to reduce engine idling for passenger vehicles, school buses, and/or equipment and truck fleets Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Air and Water Quality Bookmark this strategy Vehicle inspection & maintenance (I/M) programs Require scheduled testing of vehicles’ tailpipe and evaporative emissions; federally mandated in areas with particularly poor air quality Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Community-wide physical activity campaigns Engage a variety of partners in a highly visible, multi-component effort to increase physical activity, often with efforts to address cardiovascular disease risk factors Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Diet and Exercise
Bookmark this strategy Summer youth employment programs Provide short-term employment opportunities for youth, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Community Safety Employment
Bookmark this strategy Vehicle anti-idling initiatives Implement anti-idling policies and awareness campaigns to reduce engine idling for passenger vehicles, school buses, and/or equipment and truck fleets Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Air and Water Quality
Bookmark this strategy Vehicle inspection & maintenance (I/M) programs Require scheduled testing of vehicles’ tailpipe and evaporative emissions; federally mandated in areas with particularly poor air quality Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Air and Water Quality