Sept 18 & 19th, QHSUA Montana Institute Social Norms Training

What are Social Norms?

Social norms refer to values, beliefs, attitudes, and/or behaviors shared by a group of people. They are often based on what people believe to be normal, typical, or appropriate. Social norms can function as unspoken rules or guidelines for how people behave, and for how people are expected to behave. People generally follow social norms because they want to fit in with the people around them.

This training is open to youth, school staff, community leaders and coalition members who are working towards better understanding campaigns for youth regarding healthy life choices, of all kinds. This program helps adults and youth to understand the human desire to want to be a part of the crowd, and ways we can better leverage that desire with the knowledge that the majority of youth are making healthy and safe choices.