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Together for Life Final Report

Increasing Seat Belt Use in Rural Utah Please click here to review. Citation: Center for Health & Safety Culture. (2019) Together for Life Report: Increasing Seat Belt Use in Rural Utah (Final Report). Utah Department of Public Safety.
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Key Information for Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis (DUIC) Policy

There is growing concern about driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC), especially as more states consider changing laws to legalize cannabis. A key question regarding the legalization of cannabis for recreational or medical purposes is its potential impact on public health issues such as traffic safety. To address the...
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Dr. Nic Ward Featured in The Spokesman – Review

The Spokesman – Review of Spokane, Washington interviewed Center Director, Dr. Nic Ward, about a recent survey done by the Washington Traffic Safety Commission and the Center for Health and Safety Culture. The survey found that nine percent of Washington residents say they have driven after drinking and using cannabis. ...
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A Strategic Approach to Transforming Traffic Safety Culture to Reduce Deaths and Injuries

Final Report The Center for Health and Safety Culture (CHSC) at Montana State University with Cambridge Systematics contributed to a report recently released by TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) called “A Strategic Approach to Transforming Traffic Safety Culture to Reduce Deaths and Injuries.” This report provides guidance to...
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The Role of Social Capital in Traffic Safety Citizenship

Kari Finley, Ph.D., Jay Otto, M.S., and Nic Ward, Ph.D. with the Center for Health and Safety Culture (CHSC) at Montana State University have published an article in the International Journal of Interdisciplinary Civic and Political Studies. The article titled “The Role of Social Capital in Traffic Safety Citizenship” focuses...
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Traffic Safety Culture Pooled Fund Project: An assessment of traffic safety culture: exploring traffic safety citizenship

Final Report The Center for Health Safety Culture engaged in a research project with the Traffic Safety Culture Pooled Fund to better understand the cultural factors associated with traffic safety citizenship. Road users have an important role in achieving the goal of zero deaths and serious injuries. In Sweden, the...
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Traffic Safety Culture Pooled Fund Project: An assessment of traffic safety culture: exploring traffic safety citizenship

Final Report The Center for Health Safety Culture engaged in a research project with the Traffic Safety Culture Pooled Fund to better understand the cultural factors associated with traffic safety citizenship. Road users have an important role in achieving the goal of zero deaths and serious injuries. In Sweden, the...
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How are Vision Zero, Safe System, and Traffic Safety Culture related?

Vision Zero is our target. Safe System is our approach for reaching that target. Traffic Safety Culture includes the values, beliefs, and attitudes shared by stakeholders that ensure we succeed together. [1] Vision Zero is a statement about our desired future by declaring that zero is the only acceptable number of traffic fatalities...
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Developing a theoretical foundation to change road user behavior and improve traffic safety: Driving under the influence of cannabis (DUIC)

Prof. Nicholas Ward, Prof. William Schell, Jay Otto, M.S., and Kari Finley, Ph.D. with the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University along with Tara Kelley-Baker at the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety have published an article in the Traffic Injury Prevention Journal. The article highlights a...
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Cultural predictors of future intention to drive under the influence (DUIC)

Prof. Nic Ward, Jay Otto M.S., Dr. Kari Finley, and Prof. William Schell with the Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University have published an article in the Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour journal. The article highlights a study that examines the influence of...
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