Winter 2022 - 2023
Quarterly Newsletter - Kickoff of 2023 & Grateful Recap of 2022
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Already the start of another year, and the Center for Health and Safety Culture is grateful to continue our work to enhance health and safety alongside good people like you! Here’s to all our efforts in 2023 – may they be impactful, valuable, and meaningful. |
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Register Now for the First In-Person Positive Culture Framework (PCF) Training We’ve Held in Over Three Years
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You can be among the first in nearly four years to come together with other health and safety practitioners from around the country and be a part of this unique training experience. The PCF Training provides a solid foundation for health and safety efforts addressing a wide variety of social issues, and Katie Dively is known as a dynamic and engaging trainer who helps attendees feel equipped and inspired to apply the knowledge and skills she presents. |
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See what past attendees have said about our in-person training:
“Perfect amount group discussion/interaction. The ice breakers were great! I loved the training. It’s funny how everything lined up – this training on concern, hope words.”
“Awesome presenter, great examples, amazing enthusiasm”
“Also beneficial to hear core/struggles/perspective from other people attending conference.”
“Love hearing the experience from others, Very helpful”
“Great use of multi-modes of learning. Videos, clicker question, PPT. All great ways to keep group engaged.”
“I like the structured approach but also the ability to interact and discuss specific topics or experiences.”
“Great training format and content! Really enjoyed the active learning handout.”
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Training attendees will:
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Develop and refine skills in three critical areas: leadership, communication, and the integration of effective strategies
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Learn how culture influences behavior and how to cultivate cultural transformation
- Gain specific next steps for transforming culture in your community or organization
Who should attend?
Our training is designed for anyone working to improve health and safety including (but not limited to) substance misuse professionals, prevention specialists, violence prevention advocates, coalition members, traffic safety professionals, educators, government personnel, and law enforcement officers.
You can view a sample agenda and get more information here.
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Register for this FREE Webinar
Challenges of Fear-Based Approaches
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Date: January 25, 2023, 10 am MST
Presenter: Dr. Kari Finley
Fear appeals are persuasive messages that scare an audience into adopting a recommended response. Fear appeals are effective with many people; however, we need to ask the question if there are any unintended consequences in our work. This presentation will discuss the need to create a sense of concern rather than fear to cultivate cultural change.
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Register for this FREE Webinar
Practical Suggestions for Useful Evaluations
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Date: February 22, 2023, 10 am MST
Presenter: Dr. Bridget Hanson
The work we do to improve health and safety in our communities can be strengthened through evaluation. Practical evaluation approaches can help us understand what’s working well, what can be improved, and how to make improvement tweaks. Evaluation can be useful without being overly costly or burdensome. Join us for a conversation with practical suggestions for utilizing evaluation in health and safety work.
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An Appreciative Look Back on a Productive and
Hope-Filled Year
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In 2022, Our Team:
Engaged in 24 research projects
Provided guide service to over 33 communities/clients
Worked with/in over 25 states and D.C.
Had research expenditures that exceeded $1.8 million
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Our Valued Partners of 2022
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Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Utah Department of Public Safety
Montana Department of Transportation
Traffic Safety Culture Transportation Pooled Fund Program
Washington Traffic Safety Commission
National Center for Rural Road Safety
National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Battelle Memorial Institute
Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program
Clackamas County Department of Transportation
Futures without Violence
City of Mercer Island, Youth and Families Services
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Seward Prevention Coalition
Western Transporation Insitute
Illuminate Colorado
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Project Highlights of 2022
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Our partnership with the Traffic Safety Culture Pooled Fund continued with the opening of two new research projects in 2022. The first project -- Resources and Tools to Improve Pedestrian Safety -- seeks to improve pedestrian safety by developing resources to assess and grow beliefs among transportation stakeholders that support deployment of effective pedestrian safety strategies. The second project -- Understanding Aggressive Driving – seeks to define aggressive driving, formulate a contextual model to explain its occurrence, develop and implement a survey of road users to identify and differentiate clusters of driving behaviors that are perceived as “aggressive,” and ultimately develop strategies to prevent and reduce the incidence of aggressive driving behavior. These two exciting projects are just the latest in a series of important research endeavors the Center and the Traffic Safety Culture Pooled Fund have been engaged in over the past eight years to positively transform traffic safety.
This project has been a labor of love for the Center for the past four years, and it continues to evolve, grow, and extend as we, with the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, explore more ways to utilize its value. In an effort to understand the value of ParentingMontana.org to date as well as examine the extent to which ParentingMontana.org is achieving its goals, CHSC collaborated with Dr. Kaylin Greene, PhD, associate professor of sociology at Montana State University, to conduct a multi-year evaluation. Preliminary evaluation results received in 2022 showed ParentingMontana.org is valuable to users and stakeholders, parents are able to use the 5-step intentional parenting process to address their challenges, parents become more comfortable and confident with the 5-step intentional parenting process over time, and repeated engagement with the 5-step parenting process is associated with improvements in the social and emotional skills of parents and children.
In addition to the positive preliminary findings in the evaluation are powerful parent testimonials that vividly demonstrate the personal impact ParentingMontana.org is having on parents, children, and households who have been employing its strategies. We eagerly anticipate the final evaluation report this summer 2023. You can see more about ParentingMontana.org and the recent preliminary evaluation results on our website.
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How does Emotional Intelligence Predict Driving Behaviors among Non-commercial Drivers?
Ahmed, J., Ward, N., McMahill, A., & Otto, J. (2022) How does emotional intelligence predict driving behaviors among non-commercial drivers. Transportation Research Part F: Traffics Psychology and Behavior, 85, 38-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2021.12.013.
Assessing the Impact of Culture: A Systemic Analysis of Culture-Based Interventions and Evaluations
Austin, E., Ward, N., Otto, J., Green, K., & Watson, H. (2022). Assessing the impact of culture: A systemic analysis of culture-based interventions and evaluations. Frontiers in Future Transportation, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffutr.2022.917915
Role of Trusted Sources and Behavioral Beliefs in Promoting Mitigation Behaviors: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
Hanson, B.L., Finley, K., Otto, J., & Ward N.J. (2022). Role of trusted sources and behavioral beliefs in promoting mitigation behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: Survey study. JMIR Human Factors, 9,e37454. https://doi.org/10.2196/37454
Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission
Otto, J., Ward, N., Finley, K., Baldwin, S. T., & Alonzo, W. (2022). Increasing Readiness to Grow Traffic Safety Culture and Adopt the Safe System Approach: A Story of the Washington Traffic Safety Commission. Frontiers in Future Transportation, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffutr.2022.964630
A Review of Methods to Change Beliefs
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Science of Stigma (Prevention First, Chicago, IL)
February 23, 2022, by Kari Finley
Three Tips for Public Health Communication (MT Public Health Association)
April 13, 2022, by Jay Otto
Results of the Initial Evaluation of ParentingMontana.org (2022 Montana Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect Conference)
April 13, 2022, by Annmarie McMahill
Traffic Safety Culture Dialogue (FHWA)
June 28, 2022, by Jay Otto
Impulsivity, Emotional Intelligence, and Safe Driving (American Driver & Traffic Safety Education Association, Vancouver, WA)
July 27, 2022, by Jay Otto
Ossining Coalition Workshop (Open Door – Ossining, NY)
October 23, 2022, by Katie Dively
Bystander Engagement (New York Highway Safety Symposium)
October 27, 2022, by Kari Finley
Challenge of Fear Based Approaches (New York Highway Safety Symposium)
October 27, 2022, by Kari Finley
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Beliefs – what are they, how are they formed, and how do we change them?
March 30, 2022, by Jay Otto & Nic Ward
Tips to Grow Traffic Safety Culture
July 14, 2022, by Jay Otto & Katie Dively
Impulsivity, Emotional Intelligence, and Safe Driving
September 22, 2022, by Jay Otto
What is The Positive Culture Framework for Improving Health & Safety?
November 16, 2022, by Katie Dively
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Positive Culture Framework Training (Open)
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February 15-17, 2022, by Katie Dively
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April 12-14, 2022, by Katie Dively
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August 23-25, 2022, by Katie Dively
Science of Stigma Training
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March 9, 2022, by Kari Finley (Ohio State University)
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March 16, 2022, by Kari Finley (Ohio State University)
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April 13-14, 2022, by Kari Finley (Seward AK Prevention Coalition)
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June 22, 2022, by Kari Finley (Recover Alaska)
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August 16, 2022, by Kari Finley (Rocky Mountain Tribal Leadership Council)
Project Trainings
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January 31 – February 3, 2022, by Jay Otto and Katie Dively -- Communication Training on PCF (Clackamas County)
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March 22, 2022, by Jay Otto -- Program Managers (Washington Traffic Safety Commission)
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May 9-10, 2022, by Jay Otto -- PCF Communications Level 2 (Idaho Transportation Department)
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July 18, 2022, by Kattie Dively & Jay Otto -- WTSC Program Manager Training (Washington Traffic Safety Commission)
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September 14, 2022, by Jay Otto Inquiry on the WTSC Target Zero Manager Program (Washington Traffic Safety Commission)
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September 27-30, by Jay Otto, Katie Dively, Annmarie McMahill, & Anjali Nandi --Together for Life Utah (Utah Department Public Safety)
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October 12-14, 2022, by Jay Otto & Annmarie McMahill -- ParentingMontana.org Training (MT DPHHS)
- November 29 – December 3, 2022, by Katie Dively – PCF (Youth Connections, MT)
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December 8, 2022, by Annmarie McMahill -- Webinar for Montana Extension agents on ParentingMontana.org
MN TZD Workshop
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April 19, 2022, by Katie Dively (Mn DOT – Ottertail, MN)
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April 21, 2022, by Katie Dively (Mn DOT – Mankato, MN)
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April 26, 2022, by Jay Otto (Mn DOT – Thief River Falls, MN)
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April 27, 2022, by Jay Otto (Mn DOT – Brooklyn Center, MN)
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May 4, 2022, by Katie Dively (Mn DOT – Rochester, MN)
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May 5, 2022, by Katie Dively (Mn DOT – Granite Falls, MN)
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May 11, 2022, by Jay Otto (Mn DOT – Duluth, MN)
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May 12, 2022, by Jay Otto (Mn DOT – Onamia, MN)
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Jay Otto and Annmarie McMahill attended the 8th International Congress on Emotional Intelligence in Palermo, Italy from August 29 to September 2, 2022. The 8th ICEI Palermo 2022 was to promote research in the field of Emotional Intelligence (EI), bringing together leading researchers and scholars from around the world to collaborate, exchange and share theoretical and empirical research findings and innovative applications of EI.
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From Alaska to New York, Kari Finley traveled from her home in Cody, WY, to bring trainings like the Science of Stigma Training to numerous states and organizations across the country in 2022. This popular training is helping practitioners in the field of health and safety understand how stigma is associated with a variety of negative social and health outcomes; why certain conditions and issues become stigmatized; how stigma is a barrier to progress on social issues in the fields of public health, prevention, mental health, and substance misuse; and how stigma can be reduced to better serve our communities. Learn more about the Science of Stigma Training here.
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The Center welcomed new co-directors, Kari Finley and Jay Otto, in 2022 as Nic Ward, our former director, moved on to pursue a career in the private sector. Both Finley and Otto have embraced their new role at the Center, and the transition has been an exciting time of growth and continued commitment to excellence from all Center staff.
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The Center for Health and Safety Culture is an interdisciplinary center serving communities and organizations through research, training, and support services to cultivate healthy and safe cultures. We are dedicated to applying research to develop sustainable solutions to complex social problems. Our research focuses on understanding how culture impacts behavior – especially behavior associated with health and safety. Some of our services include: |
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- Conducting, Exchanging, and Applying Research
- Cultural Assessments, Surveys, and Evaluation
- Positive Culture Framework
- Integration Skills
- Stigma Training
- Instructional Videos
- Communication & Leadership Skills
- Moving From Knowledge to Practice
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Feel free to contact us if you are interested in our services. |
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