Strategies

Establish high deductible health plans paired with pre-tax medical expense accounts such as Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) or Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) and information tools

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)

Use a public health approach to detect and intervene in potentially violent situations, educate and mobilize communities, and connect individuals at high risk of violence to services; formerly called Chicago CeaseFire

Allow eligible patients to use marijuana for medical purposes; often called medical marijuana laws (MMLs)

Engage community members to determine how public budgets are spent, ideally to improve neighborhood conditions and reduce inequality.

Allow adults to possess a limited amount of marijuana for personal, non-medical use; often called recreational marijuana laws (RMLs)

Promote abstinence from sexual activity, generally only with mention of condoms and birth control to highlight failure rates