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 Scientifically Supported Income Sexual Activity Tobacco Use Some Evidence Mixed Evidence Prevent neighborhood crime and violence Reduce initiation and/or increase cessation Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety Diet and Exercise Housing and Transit Clear all Bookmark this strategy Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Match disadvantaged or at-risk youth with volunteer mentors in school or community settings Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Community Safety Education Bookmark this strategy Cell phone-based tobacco cessation interventions Deliver tobacco cessation advice and motivational messages via text or video message Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use Bookmark this strategy Internet-based tobacco cessation interventions Use websites, computer programs, and other electronic means to provide information, strategies, or behavioral support to tobacco users who want to quit, sometimes with counseling or pharmacotherapy Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use Bookmark this strategy Summer youth employment programs Provide short-term employment opportunities for youth, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Community Safety Employment Bookmark this strategy Tobacco cessation therapy affordability Reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs for tobacco cessation therapies such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and cessation counseling participation Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use
Bookmark this strategy Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) Match disadvantaged or at-risk youth with volunteer mentors in school or community settings Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Community Safety Education
Bookmark this strategy Cell phone-based tobacco cessation interventions Deliver tobacco cessation advice and motivational messages via text or video message Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use
Bookmark this strategy Internet-based tobacco cessation interventions Use websites, computer programs, and other electronic means to provide information, strategies, or behavioral support to tobacco users who want to quit, sometimes with counseling or pharmacotherapy Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use
Bookmark this strategy Summer youth employment programs Provide short-term employment opportunities for youth, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds Evidence Rating: Some Evidence Community Safety Employment
Bookmark this strategy Tobacco cessation therapy affordability Reduce patients’ out-of-pocket costs for tobacco cessation therapies such as nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and cessation counseling participation Evidence Rating: Scientifically Supported Tobacco Use