Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 16 Strategies Community Members Government Nonprofits Insufficient Evidence Mixed Evidence Evidence of Ineffectiveness Alcohol and Drug Use Family and Social Support Housing and Transit Sexual Activity Clear all Bookmark this strategy Participatory budgeting Engage community members to determine how public budgets are spent, ideally to improve neighborhood conditions and reduce inequality. Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Family and Social Support Bookmark this strategy Recreational marijuana legalization Allow adults to possess a limited amount of marijuana for personal, non-medical use; often called recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety 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 Sales to intoxicated persons (SIP) law enforcement Increase enforcement of laws that prohibit alcoholic beverage service to intoxicated customers, usually with fines, imprisonment, or revocation of a license Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence 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 Seller & server minimum age Require a minimum age for sellers in off-premise locations that sell alcohol and servers and bartenders in on-premise locations Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use First page |« Previous page ‹ Page 1 Currently on page 2
Bookmark this strategy Participatory budgeting Engage community members to determine how public budgets are spent, ideally to improve neighborhood conditions and reduce inequality. Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Family and Social Support
Bookmark this strategy Recreational marijuana legalization Allow adults to possess a limited amount of marijuana for personal, non-medical use; often called recreational marijuana laws (RMLs) Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety
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 Sales to intoxicated persons (SIP) law enforcement Increase enforcement of laws that prohibit alcoholic beverage service to intoxicated customers, usually with fines, imprisonment, or revocation of a license Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence 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 Seller & server minimum age Require a minimum age for sellers in off-premise locations that sell alcohol and servers and bartenders in on-premise locations Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use