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 Improve patient safety Reduce alcohol-impaired driving Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety Employment Clear all Bookmark this strategy Administrative license suspension/revocation laws Enable law enforcement to immediately take the license of a driver who fails or refuses to take a chemical test for alcohol Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Blood alcohol concentration laws Set legal limits for drivers’ blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Breath testing checkpoints Implement checkpoints where law enforcement officers can stop drivers suspected of drinking and driving and assess their level of alcohol impairment Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Ignition interlock devices Strengthen policies that mandate ignition interlock installation in vehicles to prevent operation by a driver with a high blood alcohol concentration Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Multi-component fall prevention interventions for older adults Provide a fixed, multi-component set of fall prevention interventions to older adults, usually in community settings, without an individualized risk assessment Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Quality of Care Bookmark this strategy Risk assessments & personalized approaches to fall prevention among older adults Conduct individual assessments that gauge older adults’ risk of falling and develop personalized approaches to help prevent falls Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Quality of Care
Bookmark this strategy Administrative license suspension/revocation laws Enable law enforcement to immediately take the license of a driver who fails or refuses to take a chemical test for alcohol Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Blood alcohol concentration laws Set legal limits for drivers’ blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Breath testing checkpoints Implement checkpoints where law enforcement officers can stop drivers suspected of drinking and driving and assess their level of alcohol impairment Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Ignition interlock devices Strengthen policies that mandate ignition interlock installation in vehicles to prevent operation by a driver with a high blood alcohol concentration Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Multi-component fall prevention interventions for older adults Provide a fixed, multi-component set of fall prevention interventions to older adults, usually in community settings, without an individualized risk assessment Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Quality of Care
Bookmark this strategy Risk assessments & personalized approaches to fall prevention among older adults Conduct individual assessments that gauge older adults’ risk of falling and develop personalized approaches to help prevent falls Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Community Safety Quality of Care