General News

National Speaker Jeff Linkenbach, a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Health & Human Development at Montana State University, will be presenting at the Holiday Inn Convention Center at Stevens Point, WI from 8:30am to 4:00pm. This event will be an engaging and informative presentation on the Science of the Positive and the Positive […]

FAIRFIELD, Conn.—Students returned to Sacred Heart University last week to find their hallways and classrooms filled with posters conveying non-traditional messages designed to reduce high risk drinking behavior. The effort is part of a newly implemented “social norming” program at SHU that dismisses the idea that binge drinking and drug use are common behaviors at […]

Omaha Healthy Kids PSA

Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance launches innovative television commercials to promote lead safety. In honor of National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, October 20-27, the Omaha Healthy Kids Alliance has teamed up with the UNL Extension Office and the MOST of Us® organization from Montana to launch a television commercial campaign which promotes Omaha’s continued commitment to […]

Campaign takes aim at attitudes By John Martin Tuesday, October 9, 2007 A new initiative to fight teenage drinking takes aim at the “everybody does it” attitude. Youth First! and the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corp. on Monday unveiled the “Most of Us” campaign, which will permeate EVSC schools and other community outlets. The message is based […]

By TED SULLIVAN, Chronicle staff Writer and MSU NEWS SERVICE Recent research has found that Montanans are more concerned than most Americans about people driving drunk or high. A statewide survey indicates that 94 percent of Montanans believe driving while impaired is a crucial issue, while a national survey showed that 88 percent of Americans […]

By Dan McRoberts – Banff Attendees and organizers were giving a groundbreaking conference rave reviews last week. Innovations 2007 – a gathering organized by the nascent Bow Valley Young Adult Coalition in Banff on Thursday and Friday (June 28 and 29), brought together community organizations working with young people across Alberta and around the country. […]

Significantly more likely to consider impaired driving a crucial issue BOZEMAN, Mont. (May 31, 2007) – A health promotion research group released two new surveys today that show significant differences between Montanans and Americans overall when it comes to impaired driving. According to a statewide survey, 94 percent of Montanans believe driving while impaired is […]

In the summer of 2006, Montana State University MOST of Us contracted a statewide phone survey of 404 randomly selected adult Montanans. The survey asked questions about law enforcement in general and impaired driving in detail. Citizen Harm and Perception of Harm from Impaired Driving • Ninety-four percent of Montana adults agree or strongly agree […]

BOZEMAN, Mont. (March 7, 2007) – A new statewide survey released today shows that 94 percent of Montanans agree or strongly agree that impaired driving is a crucial issue in the state, according to MOST of Us, a research institute based at Montana State University (MSU) that conducted the survey. With nearly a third of […]