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 Funders Government Community Safety Employment Family and Social Support Income Quality of Care Nonprofits Insufficient Evidence Mixed Evidence Build social capital within communities Increase worker employability Prevent neighborhood crime and violence Access to Care Air and Water Quality Clear all Bookmark this strategy Ban the Box Prohibit criminal history questions on job applications and postpone background checks Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Employment Bookmark this strategy Grocery, housing & utilities cooperatives Establish a non-share capital cooperative model in which fee-paying members can share the communal resources of a grocery, house, or utility cooperative Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Family and Social Support 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 Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety
Bookmark this strategy Ban the Box Prohibit criminal history questions on job applications and postpone background checks Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Employment
Bookmark this strategy Grocery, housing & utilities cooperatives Establish a non-share capital cooperative model in which fee-paying members can share the communal resources of a grocery, house, or utility cooperative Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Family and Social Support
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 Evidence Rating: Insufficient Evidence Alcohol and Drug Use Community Safety