Model Practices

Since 2003, the NACCHO’s Model Practices honors initiatives—including programs, resources and tools—that demonstrate how local health departments and their community partners can effectively collaborate to address local public health concerns. Ten years and hundreds of practices later, NACCHO introduces several interactive review features to the Model Practices Database.

The Model Practices Database is an online, searchable collection of innovative best practices across public health areas. These practices allow you to benefit from your colleagues'' experiences, to learn what works, get strategies on how to re-implement effective programs with good results, and save time and resources.

The Model Practices Database is a resource to

1. Get an idea: find proven initiatives, programs, resources, administrative practices and tools that address local public health needs

2. Give an idea: submit an application about your innovative program or practice developed to meet a particular public health program or concern.

3. Try an idea: don’t reinvent the wheel, put a practice to the test in your community

4. Evaluate an idea: what did you think? Leaving feedback leads to continuous quality improvement.

5. Reference an idea: when you refer to the Model Practices Database in a speech or a paper, you’re sharing what works in local public health.

Click here for a step-by-step video of the new Model Practices Database review features.

NACCHO is pleased to honor the 2012 recipients of Model Practice and Promising Practice awards, which will be available in the online, searchable Model Practices database.

From 167 applications, 39 public health programs were selected as "model," and 70 public health programs were selected as "promising." For a list of winners, click here.