An important ingredient in the development of a best
practices approach to health promotion is the experience
of individual practitioners and organizations who
have, in one way or another, been using a best practices
approach in their own work. A number of organizations
are building on this groundwork in an attempt to define
and implement a best practices approach that takes into
account all the factors necessary for effective health
promotion practice.2 Synthesizing the experiences and
lessons from these attempts to develop a systematic approach
to best practices will greatly benefit the field of
health promotion.