Center for Health and Safety Culture

The Center for Health and Safety Culture at Montana State University is an interdisciplinary center serving communities and organizations through research, training, and support services to cultivate healthy and safe cultures. The Center is dedicated to applying research to develop sustainable solutions to complex social problems. The Center's research focuses on understanding how culture impacts behavior – especially behavior associated with health and safety. We use a broad operating model to measure, analyze, and transform culture called the Positive Culture Framework (PCF). The framework provides a process for researchers, practitioners, and community leaders to improve health and safety. It is grounded in validated psychological models of human social behaviors related to health and safety. We address a variety of issues working with tribal, federal, state, and community agencies as well as private non-profit and for-profit organizations and companies. Our current research projects include addressing substance abuse, traffic safety, child maltreatment and violence. We believe the solutions are in the community. A cultural approach is about cultivating health and safety across all the layers of our society or the many levels of organizations that impact the behaviors of interest. By focusing on the multiple layers of culture involved in a behavior, it is possible to create change that can be sustained over time. Contact information: (406) 994-7873 [email protected] www.chsculture.org Connect with us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CHSCWTI Twitter: https://twitter.com/CHSCWTI