A promising practice must be:

• Relevant to the goals and objectives of Learn the Signs. Act Early.;
• Based on common sense and sound health education, communication, or public health practice; and
• Completed or near completion.

A promising practice will also have several of the following characteristics:

• Activity was well-executed and met its goals
• Reached the appropriate target audience
• Reached a good quantity of the desired target audience, as appropriate for the activity
• Was acceptable to implementation partners (if applicable)
• Activity has the potential to be implemented and sustained over time
• Activity has the potential to be replicable/generalizable to other places
• Had evaluation data, in the form of formative or outcome data

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