Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 5 Strategies Business Nonprofits Community Safety Diet and Exercise Family and Social Support Housing and Transit Income Sexual Activity Scientifically Supported Expert Opinion Mixed Evidence Increase or supplement income Prevent intimate partner violence Reduce risky sexual behavior Air and Water Quality Alcohol and Drug Use Clear all Bookmark this strategy Child care subsidies Provide financial assistance to working parents, or parents attending school, to pay for child care Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Income Bookmark this strategy Comprehensive risk reduction sexual education Provide information about contraception and protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in classroom or community settings Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Sexual Activity Bookmark this strategy Condom availability programs Provide condoms free of charge or at a reduced cost in community and school-based settings Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Sexual Activity Bookmark this strategy Court mandated programs for perpetrators of intimate partner violence Expand court-referred intimate partner violence offenders’ understanding of abuse, teach alternative reactions, and work to change gender role attitudes; also called batterer intervention programs (BIPs) Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Community Safety 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 Child care subsidies Provide financial assistance to working parents, or parents attending school, to pay for child care Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Income
Bookmark this strategy Comprehensive risk reduction sexual education Provide information about contraception and protection against sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in classroom or community settings Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Sexual Activity
Bookmark this strategy Condom availability programs Provide condoms free of charge or at a reduced cost in community and school-based settings Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Sexual Activity
Bookmark this strategy Court mandated programs for perpetrators of intimate partner violence Expand court-referred intimate partner violence offenders’ understanding of abuse, teach alternative reactions, and work to change gender role attitudes; also called batterer intervention programs (BIPs) Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Community Safety
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