Best and Promising Practices
What are best (evidence-based) practices, promising practices, and local efforts?
- Best Practice (i.e., Evidence-Based Practice)
A program formally evaluated to be effective and able to be replicated and implemented with appropriate modifications in other settings. - Promising Practice
A program not yet formally evaluated but identified by experts as a program with results suggesting efficacy and worthy of further study in broader pilot implementation efforts. - Local Effort
A program or activity that has not been evaluated but is identified by local programs as producing positive results. - Resource
Information or material that might help develop a program or project in a community but cannot be defined as a Best Practice, Promising Practice, or Local Effort.
IHS supports using Best and Promisting Practices to:
- Assist our AI/AN communities with getting the information and health services they need;
- Improve informed consultation with Tribal and Urban programs by facilitating transparency in Indian Health Service (IHS) and IHS supported activities; and,
- Highlight the great work that occurs in the field.
