Strategies, Interventions and Best Practices

Prevention Research Centers Program

Selected Interventions
Contains case studies of community health interventions and describes selected projects led by Prevention Research Centers.

CDC’s Healthy Communities Program

Recommended Community Strategies and Measurements to Prevent Obesity in the United States 
Contains 24 recommended obesity prevention strategies focusing on environmental- and policy-level changes that can be implemented by local governments and school districts to promote healthy eating and active living.

CDC’s Healthy Communities Program

Implementation and Measurement Guide
Assists local governments, states, and policy makers with implementing 24 obesity prevention strategies and reporting on the associated measurements.

Office of Smoking Health

Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs—Updated 2014 Edition!
Describes an integrated programmatic structure for implementing interventions proven to be effective and provides levels of state investment to prevent and reduce tobacco use in each state.

Office of Smoking Health

Best Practices User Guide: Coalitions—State and Community Interventions
Focuses on the critical role coalitions play in a comprehensive tobacco control program.

Office of Smoking Health

Best Practices User Guide: Youth Engagement—State and Community Interventions
Focuses on the role youth play in advancing policy as part of a comprehensive tobacco control program.