The Center for Health and Safety culture will continue work on the Together for Life Project – a project to increase seatbelt use in rural Utah based on the Center’s Positive Culture Framework. The Center has worked with 7 rural counties over the past several years and will continue to provide support, media, and evaluation […]
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ParentingMontana.org strengthens social and emotional skills of parents and their children contributing to healthy, successful lives and reductions in risky behaviors.
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Washington Traffic Safety Commission Training and Guidance FY22
Sponsor: Washington Traffic Safety Commission Status: Closed PI: Otto and Dively The Center for Health and Safety Culture will increase the knowledge and skills of Washington Traffic Safety Commission staff, Target Zero Managers, and partners in promoting proactive traffic safety and implementation projects to grow supportive behavioral, normative, and control beliefs leading to effective and safer behaviors.
Organizing Safety Culture Self-Assessment for Transportation Agencies
The Center for Health and Safety Culture in partnership with the Western Transportation Institute will serve as a subcontractor for Battelle Memorial Institute to provide support for U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration safety culture activities. […}
Washington Traffic Safety Commission Training and Guidance FY21
The Center for Health and Safety Culture continued to work with Washington Traffic Safety Commission to address traffic safety in the State of Washington. This phase of work included the analysis and recommendations based on the 2019 Parent Traffic Safety Survey, developed and provided training and ongoing technical support to the Commission’s Program Managers and […]
Positive Culture Framework Ongoing Support for Clackamas County, Oregon
The Center for Health and Safety Culture will continue to support efforts in Clackamas County to apply the Center’s Positive Culture Framework to grow a positive traffic safety culture through training and guide service. Sponsor: Clackamas County Department of Transportation Start Date: 08/20/2021 End Date: 12/31/2024 PI: Otto
Support Development of Statewide Survey
The Center for Health and Safety Culture continued to work with Washington Traffic Safety Commission to address traffic safety in the State of Washington. This phase of work included developing a survey to assess traffic safety behaviors and beliefs that will support efforts by program managers in implementing effective strategies and countermeasures to reduce serious […]
Target Zero Manager Training and Guide
The Center for Health and Safety Culture worked with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to provide onsite training and guide service to the Target Zero Manager and TZM program manager. Sponsor: Washington Traffic Safety Commission Start Date: 06/15/2021 End Date: 09/30/2021 PI: Otto
Support the Collection of Data on Emotional Intelligence
The Center for Health and Safety Culture continued to work with Washington Traffic Safety Commission to address traffic safety in the State of Washington. This phase of work included expanding research on social and emotional competence and traffic safety. Sponsor: Washington Traffic Safety Commission Start Date: 04/27/2021 End Date: 09/30/2021 PI: Otto
A Review of Methods to Change Beliefs
The Center for Health and Safety Culture will conduct a narrative literature review to understand how belief change can result in changed behaviors. Based on the literature review, the research team will develop a resource to guide stakeholders in developing and implementing effective strategies to change beliefs that define traffic safety culture and influence road […]
Developing a Survey to Measure the Culture of Social Connectedness in Colorado
The Center for Health and Safety Culture partnered with Illuminate Colorado to develop a survey to measure the behaviors and beliefs about social connectedness as it relates to providing informal support for families – especially families with young children. Sponsor: Illuminate Colorado Start Date: 11/15/2020 End Date: 12/31/2021 PI: McMahill and Otto
WTSC Workplace Distracted Driving
The Center for Health and Safety Culture implemented and evaluated a culture-based intervention to address distracted driving in the workplace consistent with Washington state laws. The main goal was to transform traffic safety culture within workplaces around the Target Zero priority of distracted driving, resulting in a workplace transformation that would embrace the values and […]
Next Steps to Support Efforts to Grow a Positive Traffic Safety Culture
The Center for Health and Safety Culture partnered with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to grow a positive traffic safety culture in Washington State. The Center conducted formative research to inform the development of tools to promote best practices among parents as their children learn to drive, revised and presented the Center’s Positive Culture Framework […]
The Role of Research in the Developement of Effective Strategies
We develop strategies that transform culture to improve health and safety in organizations and communities. The development of these strategies is based on scientific research to ensure they are valid and effective.
Given the diversity of communities, there are rarely existing solutions that fit the unique culture of a community. Instead, efforts to improve health and safety in a community need to begin with research to understand the local culture and analyze its effect on behavior.
Our research is designed in partnership with the communities we serve to ensure we are addressing the social issues that are most important to them. Such partnerships ensure that the strategies we propose from this research are relevant and supported by these communities.