The Center for Health and Safety Culture designed and implemented a survey in Bozeman, MT, and Fargo, ND that characterized the traffic safety culture of groups defined by a preferred mode of transportation regarding behavior interactions with other modes that can increase conflicts affecting mode safety. Basic analysis produced individual summary reports of key results […]
ParentingMontana.org
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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Survey of Culture Amongst Groups of Different Transportation Mode Users to Promote Safe Inter- Model Interactions
Quality Improvement Center on Child Welfare Involved Children and Families Experiencing Domestic Violence
The Center, in partnership with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the Children’s Bureau, Futures Without Violence, The Center for the Study of Social Policy, and the University of Kansas, took steps to increase the knowledge, collaboration, and systems change needed to protect children and their parents experiencing domestic violence from harm, […]
Domestic Violence Firearms Laws Pilot Project
The Center, in partnership with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and its consortium partners, the Battered Women’s Justice Project (BWJP), the National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center (NIWRC), the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), AEquitas, and the Center for Court Innovation (CCI) are taking steps to provide a firearms pilot […]
WV Pathways
The Center partnered with Community Access, Inc. in their efforts to implement the Pathways to the Future Program in West Virginia as guided by the recently enacted Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Specifically, the Center provided evaluation services that supported the implementation and evaluation of efforts led by Community Access. Sponsor: Community Access, Inc.Start Date: […]
Clackamas County Drive to Zero Program
This project sought to cultivate a positive transportation safety culture to reduce fatalities and serious injuries among those in the Molalla, Oregon region. This project collaborated with the Clackamas County Drive to Zero Program to engage existing stakeholders and recruited partners in a community-wide process focused on the community of Molalla. The project sought to […]
Using the Positive Culture Framework to Reduce Distracted Driving in Idaho
The Idaho Transportation Department and the Center for Health and Safety Culture engaged in a project that addressed distracted driving in Idaho. This project sought to improve traffic safety and reduce injuries and fatal car crashes by utilizing the Positive Culture Framework across the social ecology to transform driving culture. Throughout this multi-year project, the […]
European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program: Traffic Safety Cultures and the Safe Systems Approach – Towards a Cultural Change Research and Innovation Agenda for Road Safety
This project was part of the European Union Framework Program Horizon 2020. It was a 36-month effort that brought together expertise in engineering (vehicle safety, road building, traffic system planning) as well as in the sciences of human action (psychology, sociology, anthropology) in order to develop a comprehensive framework of traffic safety culture that was […]
An assessment of traffic safety culture: exploring traffic safety citizenship
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 origin of the Vision Zero strategy, traffic […]
An assessment of traffic safety culture related to driving after cannabis use
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 driving under the influence of cannabis. An important risk factor in traffic safety is the use of drugs that impair driver perception, decision-making, and skill. Cannabis has been shown […]
Developing a Constructive Culture
The Center supported a project at the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) to grow a constructive culture. Idaho Transportation Department’s core mission was to enhance safety, mobility, and economic development through its transportation activities serving the citizens of Idaho. Towards this end, Idaho Transportation Department sought to provide outstanding customer service to all its customers – […]
A Strategic Approach to Transforming Traffic Safety Culture to Reduce Deaths and Injuries
The transformation of our national traffic safety culture was recognized as a necessary condition for achieving our nation’s traffic safety goals (reducing injuries and fatalities), including the Toward Zero Deaths vision. However, current research and practices are not sufficient to implement a strategic program for cultural transformation. This project developed a process and guidelines for […]
Drug Free Action Alliance
The Center completed a project that provided recommendations and training support to Ohio’s Drug Free Action Alliance (DFAA). The project included reviewing Drug Free Action Alliance’s media, developed for its “We Are the Majority” campaign, and providing recommendations to make the media more effective based on social norms marketing and best practices. We provided two […]
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.