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Promising Practices

The Promising Practices database informs professionals and community members about documented approaches to improving community health and quality of life.

The ultimate goal is to support the systematic adoption, implementation, and evaluation of successful programs, practices, and policy changes. The database provides carefully reviewed, documented, and ranked practices that range from good ideas to evidence-based practices.
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Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Women, Urban

Goal: The goal of the Breast Cancer Fund is to identify and advocate for elimination of environmental and other preventable causes of breast cancer.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities

Goal: The goal of the Cancer SOS provider education program is to increase cancer screening in primary care settings serving disadvantaged populations.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Women

Goal: The goal of this program is to provide routine cancer screenings to the underserved population of incarcerated women in Indiana.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer

Goal: The goal of CancerCare is to provide free support services to anyone affected by cancer.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Cancer, Adults, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: The goal of this project is to improve colorectal cancer screening awareness among low-income women traditionally underserved by cancer control efforts.

Filed under Good Idea, Health / Alternative Medicine, Women, Urban

Goal: CMCC’s mission is to ensure more equitable access to the full range of evidence-based cancer treatments, programs and resources that could potentially benefit individuals diagnosed with cancer, allowing the women who come to our clinics to make informed choices about their health care and their lives.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Families

Goal: The goal of this program is to increase cancer screening among individuals with first-degree relatives who have had colorectal cancer.

Filed under Effective Practice, Health / Cancer, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, Urban

Goal: The goal of this project was to promote colorectal cancer screening among Chinese Americans.