Provide education, information, counseling, and support for breastfeeding to women throughout pre- and post-natal care
Policies & Programs
Policies and programs that can improve health
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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
Child-focused advertising restrictions for unhealthy foods & beverages
Restrict child-focused advertising for unhealthy foods and beverages via bans on unhealthy food and drink ads during children’s TV programs, product placement in children’s movies, etc.
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Community health workers
Engage professional or lay health workers to provide education, referral and follow-up, case management, home visiting, etc. for those at high risk for poor health outcomes; also called promotores de salud
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Access to Care
Community water fluoridation
Adjust and monitor fluoride in public water supplies to reach and retain optimal fluoride concentrations
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Access to Care
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
Comprehensive clinic-based programs for pregnant & parenting teens
Address the needs of teenage mothers via clinic-based programs that provide health care and family planning services as well as case management, counseling, and other supports
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Sexual Activity
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
Expedited partner therapy for treatable STIs
Provide prescriptions or medications to patients diagnosed with treatable STIs to give to their partners without provider visits; also called patient-delivered partner therapy (PDPT)
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Sexual Activity