The Center for Health and Safety Culture worked with the Washington Traffic Safety Commission to more fully incorporate drivers’ traffic safety culture beliefs into planning and implementation of traffic safety programs and development of traffic safety messages. Sponsor: Washington Traffic Safety Commission Start Date: 06/01/17 End Date: 06/30/19 PI: Ward
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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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Traffic Safety Culture and Impaired Driving
Cannabis use by U.S. adults has increased by 50% over the last decade, and over the same period, cannabis use by drivers has increased by an estimated 8 -12%. Cannabis impairs psychomotor functions that can impair driving ability, which in turn may increase crash risk. As a result, drug-impaired driving is a growing traffic concern. While traditional approaches […]
NCRRS Rural Traffic Safety Culture Plan Demonstration
The Center for Health and Safety Culture developed tools and provided guidance for two rural communities to develop a localized action plan and began implementing that plan to grow positive traffic safety culture. Sponsor: US Federal Highway Administration Start Date: 12/01/19 End Date: 05/31/21 PI: Otto
Nevada Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Culture Guide Project
The Center for Health and Safety Culture provided guidance to support the Nevada Department of Transportation (DOT) Safety Working Group tasked with examining their Department of Transportation’s culture and implementing strategies to improve worker safety. Sponsor: Nevada Department of Transportation Start Date: 10/31/2017 End Date: 12/31/2019 PI: Ward
Oregon Problem Gambling Year 2
The Center for Health and Safety Culture continued its efforts in OR to reduce problem gambling by utilizing the 7 Communication Steps of the Positive Culture Framework, laying a foundation for which a communications campaign can be developed. Sponsor: Oregon Health Authority – State of Oregon Start Date: 06/01/2017 End Date: 06/30/2021 PI: Dively
Applying Traffic Safety Culture in Minnesota
In partnership with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Center for Health and Safety Culture, and CHI St. Joseph’s Health engaged in a project to understand how culture impacts traffic safety behavior in Park Rapids, Minnesota, while creating common language, common understanding, and a portfolio of strategies to positively impact traffic safety culture. Sponsor: Minnesota […]
Clackamas County Transportation Safety Culture Project
The Center for Health and Safety Culture within the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University sought to continue the partnership with Clackamas County in their efforts to cultivate a positive transportation safety culture to reduce fatalities and serious injuries among those in the Molalla, OR region and support the update of Clackamas County’s Transportation […]
Engaging Montana Parents to Reduce Underage Drinking (ParentingMontana.org)
The Center for Health and Safety Culture assisted with efforts to cultivate a positive, healthy culture among Montana parents to reduce underage drinking. The Center created resources and provided training for Montana’s prevention system to engage parents in evidence-based practices. Sponsor: Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services Start Date: 06/01/2017 End Date: 03/31/2019 […]
Quality Improvement Center on Child Welfare Involved Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence
The Center for Health and Safety Culture will support the implementation of Futures Without Violence’s (FWV) Quality Improvement Center (QIC) on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare project by supporting the Institutional Analysis process at (2) sites and conducting assessment with (4) sites to support planning for technical assistance to address the FWV “Hearts and Minds” […]
Using the Positive Community Norms Approach to Increases Seatbelt Usage in Rural Utah (TogetherforLifeUtah.org)
The Center for Health and Safety Culture and the UT Highway Safety Office sought to improve rural traffic safety and reduce injuries, and fatal car crashes with this project by utilizing the Positive Community Norms framework across the social ecology to transform the driving culture. Throughout this multi-year project, the Center provided trainings on the […]
West Virginia’s Strategic Prevention Framework Partnerships for Success Positive Community Norms Project
The Center for Health and Safety Culture worked with six regional prevention providers in West Virginia to develop and support implementation of various activities using the Positive Community Norms framework to reduce underage drinking and the misuse of prescription drugs among youth and young adults. This work was performed in collaboration with the state’s Strategic […]
Understanding Law Enforcement Support for Traffic Safety
The Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University conducted a comparative case study to better understand law enforcement’s attitudes and beliefs about traffic safety. This research project was part of the Traffic Safety Culture Transportation Pooled Fund and examined the differences between agencies in two rural and two urban states. The researchers […]
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.