Provide education, information, counseling, and support for breastfeeding to women throughout pre- and post-natal care
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Breastfeeding promotion programs
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Cell phone-based tobacco cessation interventions
Deliver tobacco cessation advice and motivational messages via text or video message
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Tobacco Use
Community-wide physical activity campaigns
Engage a variety of partners in a highly visible, multi-component effort to increase physical activity, often with efforts to address cardiovascular disease risk factors
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Computer-based interventions to prevent HIV and other STIs
Provide tailored health information and computer-mediated decision making, behavior change, and emotional support via interactive programs
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Sexual Activity
Condom availability programs
Provide condoms free of charge or at a reduced cost in community and school-based settings
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Sexual Activity
Designated driver promotion programs
Encourage use of designated drivers via population-based mass media campaigns, incentive programs based in drinking establishments, and other efforts
Evidence Rating:
Insufficient Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Alcohol and Drug Use
Fruit & vegetable taste testing
Offer samples of fresh fruits and vegetables in cafeterias, nutrition classes, school gardens, or workplace well-being meetings, often as part of a multi-faceted nutrition intervention
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Healthy food initiatives in food banks
Combine hunger relief efforts with nutrition information and healthy eating opportunities, often with on-site cooking demonstrations, recipe tastings, produce display stands, etc.
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Healthy foods at catered events
Provide more fresh fruits and vegetables, smaller portions, low fat, and reduced sodium or reduced sugar food options and other healthy foods at catered events
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Internet-based tobacco cessation interventions
Use websites, computer programs, and other electronic means to provide information, strategies, or behavioral support to tobacco users who want to quit, sometimes with counseling or pharmacotherapy
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Tobacco Use
Lead contaminated soil abatement
Clean, remove, replace, or cover lead contaminated soil with non-contaminated soil, mulch, sod, grass, or concrete
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Air and Water Quality
Lead paint abatement programs
Eliminate lead-based paint and contaminated dust by removing or encapsulating lead paint, or removing lead painted fixtures and surfaces
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Housing and Transit
Lead pipe & plumbing material replacement
Replace lead plumbing material such as pipes, service lines, fittings, solder, flux, and fixtures with non-lead plumbing material
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Air and Water Quality
Mental Health First Aid
Provide an 8 or 12 hour training to educate laypeople about how to assist individuals with mental health problems or at risk for problems such as depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Multi-component community interventions against alcohol-impaired driving
Work to reduce alcohol-impaired driving via sobriety checkpoints, responsible beverage service training, education and awareness activities, and other efforts
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Alcohol and Drug Use
Multi-component obesity prevention interventions
Combine educational, environmental, and behavioral activities that increase physical activity and improve nutrition (e.g., nutrition education, aerobic/strength training, dietary prescriptions, etc.) in various settings
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Nutrition and physical activity interventions in preschool & child care
Offer young children opportunities to eat healthy foods and engage in physical activity by providing fresh fruits and vegetables, incorporating physical activity into daily classroom routines, etc.
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Open Streets
Allow community members to gather, socialize, walk, run, bike, skate, etc. by closing selected streets temporarily to motorized traffic; also called Ciclovía programs
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise, Family and Social Support
Point-of-decision prompts for physical activity
Place motivational signs on or near stairwells, elevators, and escalators that encourage individuals to use stairs
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Point-of-purchase prompts for healthy foods
Place motivational signs on posters, front of package labels, or shelf labels near fruits, vegetables and other items that encourage individuals to purchase healthier food options
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise