Promoting Positive Community Norms - A Supplement to CDC’s Essentials for Childhood

Dr. Jeff Linkenbach, The Montana Institute and Jay Otto of Montana State University - National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

This guide serves as a supplement to the United States CDC guide “Essentials for Childhood: Steps to Create Safe, Stable, Nurturing Relationships and Environments.” It provides guidance on creating a context for increasing safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for children and families by promoting positive community norms. The document highlights the power of positive community norms, emphasizes the importance of understanding the difference between actual and perceived norms, and provides seven steps to promoting positive community norms.

Centers for Disease Control - Department of Health and Human Services

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