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Promising Practice Winners 2011


These 40 programs were reviewed by a committee of peers (other local health department professionals) and were determined to have met the following criteria: local health department (LHD) role, collaboration, innovation, and responsiveness, and some qualitative and quantitative evidence that the practice improves health outcomes. A promising practice exhibits the potential to become a model practice.

 
 
2011 Promising Practice Awardees

Aim4Peace: Violence Prevention Project City of Kansas City, Missouri , MO


Billing Opportunities Process Lake County Health Department, FL


Climate Change Adaptation Planning at the Local Level Milford Health Department, CT


Clinical Productivity Dashboard Project Volusia County Department of Health, FL


Color-Coded Consent Forms for Performance Excellence during Mass Prophylaxis Event St. Johns County Public Health Department, FL


Community Nutrition Series Houston Department of Health and Human Services,TX


Custom Cash Management Application Volusia County Department of Health, FL 


Dial Smart Program Orange County Health Department, FL


Emergency Color Codes Hernando County Health Department,FL


Enhancing Information Sharing with Public Health Stakeholders Through the Use of Situational Awareness Reports During the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Pandemic Milwaukee City Health Department, WI


Environmental Health Services Electronic Inspection Program, To-Do List Organizational System Oakland County Health Division, MI


FACILITY USE ASSESSMENTS:  A MULTI-AGENCY COOPERATIVE EFFORT Stanislaus County Public Health, CA


Geocoded Database for Measuring Neighborhood Food Access Clark County Public Health, WA


Health Department Mobile Website Orange County Health Department,  FL


HIV Prevention Faith Initiative Fairfax County Health Department, VA


I Love All My Animals--Promoting Rabies Vaccination For Domestic Animals Through A Collaborative Multi-media Campaign Tri-County Health Department, CO


Influenza Reporting Improvement System Licking County Health District, OH


Kansas City Extreme Heat Mitigation and Communication Kansas City Health Department, MO


Kevin's Korner Project Lake County Health Department, FL


Licking County Breast Cancer Screening Program  Licking County Health District    OH
Local Medical Reserve Corps Unit Strategic Planning Process,  FL


Model Practice:  Sexual Assault Examination Response Brevard County Health Department, FL


Multicultural Storytelling: A New Process for Community Engagement Minneapolis Department, Health and Family Support, MN


Primary Access To Health Brevard County Health Department, FL


Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health's Partnership with Neighborhood Emergency Preparedness Planning Indian River County Health Department, FL


Public Health Budgeting Using Decision Support Software    Spokane Regional Health District, WA


Public Health Preparedness Epidemiology Annex Application        FL


Reducing Wait Times For Public Participating in Points of Dispensing Washoe County District Health Department, NV


Schools United in Disease Surveillance (SUDS). Defiance County Medical Reserve Corps, OH


Surveying the Community and Applying Market Research to Improve Public Health Outcomes Broome County Health Department MRC, NY


Sustaining New Programs in Public Health: "A Work in Progress" Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, WV


The Boston Safe Nail Salons Project    Boston Public Health Commission, MA


The Marion County Health Department Dental Clinic Collaboration Benefits the Citizens of Marion County Marion County Health Department, FL


The Nurse on Call Program Oakland County Health Division, MI


Timecard Scheduling System: An Approach to Decrease Client Wait Times    Independence City Health Department, MO


Tobacco Free Parks Hernando County Health Department, FL


Utilizing Public-Private partnerships to Build Sustainable Community Resilience    Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, WV


Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Boston Public Health Commission, MA

Violence Prevention through Neighborhood Revitalization: The Meadowood Model Madison and Dane County Public Health, WI