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
Policies & Programs
Policies and programs that can improve health
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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
Healthy school lunch initiatives
Modify the school lunch food environment by prominently displaying, marketing, and increasing the convenience of healthy foods and providing healthy options
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Healthy vending machine options
Increase healthy options in vending machines by reducing the price of healthy choices, increasing the number of healthy choices compared to unhealthy choices, etc.
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Higher education financial incentives for health professionals serving underserved areas
Expand incentives such as scholarships and loans with service requirements and loan repayment or forgiveness programs for health care providers who practice in rural or other underserved areas
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Access to Care
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
HOME Investment Partnership Program
Provide grants to states and localities to fund activities that build, buy, or rehabilitate affordable housing for rent or homeownership or provide direct rental assistance to low income households
Evidence Rating:
Expert Opinion
Health Factor(s):
Housing and Transit
Homework or extra credit for PE class
Assign homework or extra credit activities for physical education (PE) or health classes that require students to be physically active outside of school
Evidence Rating:
Some Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Diet and Exercise
Hospital wristband color standardization
Establish national standards for the colors of patient wristbands used to alert health care providers about specific conditions such as allergies or elevated fall risk
Evidence Rating:
Insufficient Evidence
Health Factor(s):
Quality of Care
Hot spot policing
Focus police resources and enforcement on high-activity crime locations within a community (e.g., street blocks and buildings) using policing tactics such as increasing enforcement time, problem-oriented policing, etc.
Evidence Rating:
Scientifically Supported
Health Factor(s):
Community Safety