Strategies What Works for Health includes evidence-informed strategies to create communities where everyone can thrive. SORT BY A-ZBest MatchNewest VIEW 102550 3 Strategies Mixed Evidence Income, employment and wealth Clear all Bookmark this strategy Ban the Box Prohibit criminal history questions on job applications and postpone background checks Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Community Conditions Income, employment and wealth Societal Rules Institutional practices Laws and policies Worldviews, culture and norms Bookmark this strategy Minimum wage increases Increase the lowest hourly, daily, or monthly compensation that employers may legally pay to workers Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Community Conditions Income, employment and wealth Societal Rules Laws and policies Bookmark this strategy Payday loan regulations Regulate short-term loans that must be repaid by a borrower’s next pay day via bans, caps on maximum interest rates and loan amounts, or require minimum loan terms and credit cost Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Community Conditions Income, employment and wealth Societal Rules Laws and policies
Bookmark this strategy Ban the Box Prohibit criminal history questions on job applications and postpone background checks Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Community Conditions Income, employment and wealth Societal Rules Institutional practices Laws and policies Worldviews, culture and norms
Bookmark this strategy Minimum wage increases Increase the lowest hourly, daily, or monthly compensation that employers may legally pay to workers Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Community Conditions Income, employment and wealth Societal Rules Laws and policies
Bookmark this strategy Payday loan regulations Regulate short-term loans that must be repaid by a borrower’s next pay day via bans, caps on maximum interest rates and loan amounts, or require minimum loan terms and credit cost Evidence Rating: Mixed Evidence Community Conditions Income, employment and wealth Societal Rules Laws and policies
