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The Center is dedicated to applying research to develop sustainable solutions to complex social problems. Our work examines the cultural influences affecting behavior to better understand how to improve health and safety. This newsletter provides highlights of the basic and applied research we have been conducting over the past few months, and announces our upcoming webinars and training opportunities.
The first webinar will present preliminary results of a survey addressing the cultural factors associated with dating violence of high school students aged 18-20. The second webinar will provide an overview of the Positive Culture Framework and demonstrate how shared values, beliefs, and attitudes that already exist in a culture can be used to promote health and safety.
Space is limited at our next Positive Culture Framework training October 17th-19th in San Antonio, TX so we recommend you register soon.
We hope you can join us for a free webinar or our open training in Texas.
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Upcoming Webinars
Intimate partner violence is a major health concern. The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey conducted in 2010 found that more than 1 in 3 women (36%) and more than 1 in 4 men (29%) in the United States have experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetimes. The 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey reported that 10% of high school students (12% of females, 7% of males) experienced physical dating violence in the past 12 months, and 16% of females and 5% of males experienced sexual dating violence.
The Center for Health and Safety Culture conducted an internet-based survey of high school students aged 18 to 20 from across the country. We asked about their experiences with harassing behaviors (e.g., having someone repeatedly contact them to see where they were or who they were with, making mean or hurtful comments to them, spreading rumors about them), aggressive behaviors (e.g., making threatening or aggressive comments, trying to get them to talk about sex when they did not want to, and asking them to do something sexual that they did not want to do), and violent behaviors (e.g., physically hurting them or forcing them to do sexual things that they did not want to do). We asked about their perception of harm, sense of disapproval, and sense of acceptance for these behaviors. We also asked about how they perceived others (e.g., most boys and most girls in their school) felt about these behaviors. Finally, we asked about their willingness to intervene with a friend who was experiencing these behaviors.
Please join us for a brief webinar sharing the preliminary results of this survey. The Center is interested in working with schools seeking to grow bystander engagement to speak up and address dating violence.
Register Now!
The Positive Culture Framework (PCF) is an approach based on our latest research about improving health and safety in our communities and organizations. PCF seeks to cultivate healthy and safe environments. This framework builds on the shared values, beliefs, and attitudes that already exist in a culture to promote health and safety. This is a natural next step from “Positive Community Norms” and builds on the recognition that the solutions exist in the community. The Positive Culture Framework is a generalized process that can be used to address any public health or safety issue. Examples may be shared from the areas of traffic safety, substance abuse, and violence prevention.
Register Now!
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Annual Training - Space is Limited!
The Positive Culture Framework training will be held October 17th-19th in San Antonio, TX at the Hotel Indigo Riverwalk. This 2.5 day training will provide participants with an understanding of how culture influences behavior, how we can cultivate cultural transformation, and the benefits of a comprehensive, positive approach.
The training covers our revised process and initiates the development of your skills in three critical areas: leadership, communication, and the integration of effective strategies.
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Participants will leave with specific next steps for implementing this process for transforming culture to achieve community health and safety goals. We have updated our training to be more interactive and enhanced our materials to better support your learning. This is an excellent opportunity for you to engage with others doing similar work across the country and begin your journey towards cultivating a culture that supports improved health and safety. Register Now!
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Where We Have Been
The Center staff provides onsite trainings and presentations across the country. Here is a look at where we have been in the last three months.
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Featured Presentation
Dr. Kari Finley presented a workshop session titled: Understanding the Culture of Traffic Safety Citizenship at the 2017 Lifesavers Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. The presentation focused on sharing the results of a national survey to better understand the values, attitudes, and behaviors predictive of traffic safety behaviors and their relationship to two measures of traffic safety citizenship behaviors: asking someone to wear a seatbelt and asking someone to stop reading or typing on a cell phone. Recommendations for strategies to increase traffic safety citizenship were discussed.
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Recently Awarded Research Projects
Understanding Law Enforcement Attitudes and Beliefs about Traffic Safety
The Center will be working with the Traffic Safety Culture Transportation Pooled Fund to better understand law enforcement’s attitudes and beliefs about traffic safety. The Center for Health and Safety Culture is proposing to use a comparative case study design and will examine the differences between three states (rural and urban). By understanding the shared beliefs and attitudes that influence law enforcement engagement in traffic safety, transportation and public health leaders can take appropriate steps to bolster engagement.
Quality Improvement Center Project
The Center is partnering with Futures Without Violence in their efforts to design and evaluate a multi-dimensional and collaborative response to young children and their families who experience domestic violence in the child welfare setting.
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