Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 66 Strategies Community Development Funders Employment Tobacco Use Public Health Scientifically Supported Some Evidence Insufficient Evidence Access to Care Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety Education Clear all Bookmark this strategy Telemental health services Provide mental health care services (e.g., psychotherapy or counseling) via telephone or videoconference Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Access to Care Bookmark this strategy Text message-based health interventions Provide reminders, education, or self-management assistance for health conditions, especially chronic diseases, via text message Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care Bookmark this strategy Tobacco cessation contests Encourage participants to quit using tobacco by a set date or during a specific time period and give successful participants a chance to win financial rewards or other prizes; often called Quit & Win contests Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Tobacco Use Bookmark this strategy Traffic calming Modify the built environment to affect traffic speed and patterns via speed humps, pedestrian center crossing islands, roundabouts, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Housing and Transit Community Safety Bookmark this strategy Universal school-based suicide awareness & education programs Deliver a curriculum-based program that helps all students learn to recognize warning signs of suicide in themselves and others in a school setting Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Education 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 First page |« Previous page ‹ Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Currently on page 7
Bookmark this strategy Telemental health services Provide mental health care services (e.g., psychotherapy or counseling) via telephone or videoconference Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Access to Care
Bookmark this strategy Text message-based health interventions Provide reminders, education, or self-management assistance for health conditions, especially chronic diseases, via text message Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Access to Care
Bookmark this strategy Tobacco cessation contests Encourage participants to quit using tobacco by a set date or during a specific time period and give successful participants a chance to win financial rewards or other prizes; often called Quit & Win contests Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Tobacco Use
Bookmark this strategy Traffic calming Modify the built environment to affect traffic speed and patterns via speed humps, pedestrian center crossing islands, roundabouts, etc. Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Housing and Transit Community Safety
Bookmark this strategy Universal school-based suicide awareness & education programs Deliver a curriculum-based program that helps all students learn to recognize warning signs of suicide in themselves and others in a school setting Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Education
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
