Strategies

What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive.

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Community kitchens for nutrition education

Use existing kitchen spaces for community members to share knowledge, resources, and labor to prepare, cook, and consume food, often with nutrition education provided for participants experiencing food insecurity
Evidence Rating:
Insufficient Evidence

Community Conditions

  • Diet and exercise
  • Civic and community resources

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

Community Conditions

  • Civic and community resources

Societal Rules

  • Governance

Housing mediation services

Facilitate mediation between tenants and landlords to resolve conflict and prevent eviction
Evidence Rating:
Insufficient Evidence

Community Conditions

  • Housing and transportation