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 Community Members Educators Government Mixed Evidence Evidence of Ineffectiveness Air and Water Quality Alcohol and Drug Use Housing and Transit Sexual Activity Clear all Bookmark this strategy Household lead control education interventions Inform parents about lead exposure pathways and cleaning and hygiene techniques and undertake minor repairs or specialized cleaning Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit Bookmark this strategy Medical marijuana legalization Allow eligible patients to use marijuana for medical purposes; often called medical marijuana laws (MMLs) Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Bookmark this strategy Retail alcohol sale privatization Repeal government control over retail sales of alcoholic beverages, allowing commercial retailing of those beverages Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Alcohol and Drug Use 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 Household lead control education interventions Inform parents about lead exposure pathways and cleaning and hygiene techniques and undertake minor repairs or specialized cleaning Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Housing and Transit
Bookmark this strategy Medical marijuana legalization Allow eligible patients to use marijuana for medical purposes; often called medical marijuana laws (MMLs) Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use
Bookmark this strategy Retail alcohol sale privatization Repeal government control over retail sales of alcoholic beverages, allowing commercial retailing of those beverages Evidence Rating: Evidence of Ineffectiveness Alcohol and Drug Use
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