Interventions

The Best Practices Section of the Portal is a searchable list of chronic disease prevention and health promotion interventions which provides program planners and public health practitioners with easy and immediate access to successful public health programs, interventions and policies that have been evaluated and have the potential to be adapted and used.

Featured Interventions

  • Caring Dads: Helping Fathers Value their Children Program

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    • Canada
    • Community/ Neighbourhood
    • English
    • Healthy child development
    • Personal health practices and coping skills
    • Social environments
    • Social Relationships That Respect Diversity

    The Caring Dads program targets the needs of fathers who are abusive or at risk of being abusive. This 17 week group intervention aims to: increase men’s awareness of the impact of coercive, shaming and under-involved behaviour on children; enhance …

  • Breaking the Cycle

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    • Individual
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    • Infancy (ages 0-2) icon
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    • Young Adult (ages 19-24) icon
    • Adult (ages 25-64) icon
    • English
    • Health Care Setting
    • Healthy child development
    • Healthy Eating
    • Home
    • Income and social status
    • Maternal and Infant Health
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    • Personal health practices and coping skills

    Breaking the Cycle is a Toronto-based program for pregnant women and mothers of young children who are struggling with problems related to substance abuse and recovery issues. The program also focuses on their young children (prenatal to 6 years) whose …

  • Okichitaw Indigenous Martial Arts Program

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    • Individual
    • Canada
    • Culture
    • English
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    • Personal health practices and coping skills
    • Physical Activity
    • Social Support Networks

    A culturally based and developed martial arts program offered to urban Aboriginal adults since 1997. The program, developed by a George Lépine, is based on Cree combat manoeuvres. The Okichitaw aims to empower students and strengthen mental and physical strength.