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
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
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
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
Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)
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)
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Access to Care
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
Healthy home environment assessments
Train volunteers, professionals, or paraprofessionals to help residents assess and remediate environmental home health risks and recommend low cost changes (e.g., improved ventilation, integrated pest management, etc.)
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Housing and Transit
HIV/STI partner notification by providers
Elicit information about sex or needle-sharing partners from STI-positive patients, then notify partners of risk, testing, and services; also called contact tracing, or partner counseling and referral services
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Sexual Activity
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 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
Mass media campaigns against alcohol-impaired driving
Use mass media campaigns to persuade individuals to avoid drinking and driving or to prevent others from doing so; campaigns often focus on fear of arrest or injury to self, others, or property
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Alcohol and Drug Use
Mass media campaigns against tobacco use
Use broad media-based efforts to educate large groups of current and potential tobacco users about the dangers of tobacco use
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Tobacco Use
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 fall prevention interventions for older adults
Provide a fixed, multi-component set of fall prevention interventions to older adults, usually in community settings, without an individualized risk assessment
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Community Safety, Quality of Care
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
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
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
Professionally trained medical interpreters
Provide interpretation services for patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) in outpatient and inpatient health care settings, following training and certification
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Quality of Care
Risk assessments & personalized approaches to fall prevention among older adults
Conduct individual assessments that gauge older adults’ risk of falling and develop personalized approaches to help prevent falls
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Community Safety, Quality of Care
Rollover protective structures (ROPS)
Attach metal bars, frames, or crush proof cabs to a tractor that provide a safety zone for an operator in the event of a rollover or overturn
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Community Safety
Smoke-free policies for indoor areas
Implement private sector rules or public sector regulations that prohibit smoking indoors or restrict it to designated, often outdoor, areas
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Tobacco Use
Statewide comprehensive tobacco programs
Coordinate state and community-level cessation and prevention interventions and provide information on the dangers of tobacco using a combination of educational, regulatory, clinical, social, and economic strategies
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Tobacco Use
Syringe services programs
Provide sterile injection equipment and often other treatment and referral services to people who inject drugs; also called needle or syringe exchange programs and needle syringe programs
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Alcohol and Drug Use
Telemedicine
Deliver consultative, diagnostic, and treatment services remotely for patients who live in areas with limited access to care or would benefit from frequent monitoring; also called telehealth
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Access to Care
Worksite obesity prevention interventions
Use educational, environmental, and behavioral strategies to improve food choices and physical activity opportunities in worksite settings, also called workplace health programs
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise