Strategies

Provide mental health care services (e.g., psychotherapy or counseling) via telephone or videoconference

Provide health care services on school premises to attending elementary, middle, and high school students; physical and mental health services provided by teams of nurses, nurse practitioners, and physicians

Make water readily available in various settings via regular placement of drinking fountains, water coolers, bottled water in vending machines, etc.

Assign higher costs to non-nutritious foods than nutritious foods via incentives, subsidies, or price discounts for healthy foods and beverages or disincentives or price increases for unhealthy choices

Provide prenatal care in a group setting, integrating health assessment, education, and support

Increase the price of snack products high in sugar and fat by adding an excise or sales tax

Increase support for non-profit health care organizations and deliver comprehensive care to uninsured, underinsured, and vulnerable patients regardless of ability to pay; often called community health centers (CHCs)

Expand incentives such as scholarships and loans with service requirements and loan repayment or forgiveness programs for health care providers who practice in rural or other underserved areas

Pair youth at risk for delinquent behavior with mentors to develop relationships and spend time at regular meetings for an extended period; mentors have greater knowledge, skills, etc. than mentees

Increase the price of sugar sweetened beverages (e.g., soda) by adding an excise or sales tax