Offer group educational, social, or physical activities that promote social interactions, regular attendance, and community involvement among older adults
Policies & Programs
Policies and programs that can improve health
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Activity programs for older adults
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise, Family and Social Support
Community arts programs
Support locally-based visual, media, and performing arts initiatives for children and adults; also called participatory arts programs
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Community centers
Support community venues that facilitate local residents’ efforts to socialize, participate in recreational or educational activities, gain information, and seek counseling or support services
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Crisis lines
Provide free and confidential counseling and service referrals via telephone-based conversation, web-based chat, or text message to individuals in crisis, particularly those with severe mental health concerns
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Early childhood home visiting programs
Provide at-risk expectant parents and families with young children with information, support, and training regarding child health, development, and care from prenatal stages through early childhood via trained home visitors
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Community Safety, Family and Social Support
Extracurricular activities for social engagement
Support organized social, art, or physical activities for school-aged youth outside of the school day
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Father involvement programs
Support fathers’ active involvement in child rearing via various father-focused or family-focused interventions
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Georgia Fatherhood Program
Provide employment-based services for non-custodial fathers who pay child support and experience a job loss or a decrease in income
Evidence Rating:
Insufficient Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
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
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Group-based parenting programs
Teach parenting skills in a group setting using a standardized curriculum, often based on behavioral or cognitive-behavioral approaches and focused on parents of at-risk children
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Intergenerational communities
Create communities that promote interaction and cooperation between individuals of different ages and focus on the needs of all residents, especially children and older adults
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
National Fatherhood Initiative's 24/7 Dad
Help men improve their parenting skills and fathering knowledge via a voluntary, comprehensive fatherhood program
Evidence Rating:
Insufficient Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP)
Provide home visiting services to low income, first time mothers and their babies, starting during pregnancy and continuing through a child’s second birthday
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
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
Social media for civic participation
Support individual and group use of internet-based tools to receive news, communicate or share information, collaborate on ideas, mobilize networks, and make collective decisions
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Social service integration
Coordinate access to services across delivery systems and disciplinary boundaries (e.g., housing, disability, physical health, mental health, child welfare, workforce services, etc.)
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Trauma-informed approaches to community building
Support and strengthen traumatized and distressed residents and communities and address effects of trauma (e.g., violence, poverty, homelessness, social isolation, racism, etc.) via a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder...
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Youth leadership programs
Provide youth with leadership and empowerment opportunities, often through social activities such as advocacy groups, peer education, youth-led participatory research, and local government youth advisory councils and boards
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support
Youth peer mentoring
Establish an ongoing relationship between an older youth or young adult and a younger child or adolescent, usually an elementary or middle school student; also called cross-age peer mentoring
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Family and Social Support