Programs that Work by Setting

Recognizing both the significant problem of chronic disease and the opportunities for health improvement, innovators in communities across the U.S. are developing sustainable, replicable programs that work to improve health and lower costs.  The programs below provide examples of the tremendous potential high-impact, cost-effective population health improvement efforts have to offer.

Schools

• Action for Healthy Kids
• Assessment of Childhood and Adolescent Obesity in Arkansas
• CATCH - Coordinated Approach To Child Health
• Coronary Artery Risk Detection in Appalachian Communities — CARDIAC
• Eat Well and Keep Moving
• FUN 5
• Open Airways for Schools
• PATHWAYS
• SPARK PE
• The Delta H.O.P.E. Tri-State Initiative

Workplaces

• Asheville Project
• Bridges to Excellence
• Caterpillar, Inc.
• Health Care University
• Hip-Hop to Wellness
• IBM
• Johnson & Johnson Health & Wellness Program (formerly known as “LIVE FOR LIFE”)
• Power to the Patient
• Take Care of Your Health
• Washoe County Good Health Incentive Program

Communities

• Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
• EnhanceFitness
• Healthy Hawaii Initiative
• Healthy Homes
• HealthyTown
• Hearts N’ Parks
• Project Dulce
• Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health
• Reducing Environmental Triggers of Asthma Home Intervention Project
• Steps to a HealthierUS
• VERB: It’s What You Do

Health Systems

• APN Transitional Care Model
• Community Care of North Carolina
• Congestive Heart Failure Program
• Diabetes Prevention Program
• Evercare Health Plans
• Fit Kids and TIPPS
• Freedom From Smoking®
• Healthy Outlook Program — Chronic Heart Failure Disease Management Program
• Hospital Discharge Medication Program
• Marshfield Clinic
• Mayo Clinic
• Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE)
• Silver Sneakers