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
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
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
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
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