An Overview of the Social Norms Approach
An Overview of the Social Norms Approach Berkowitz, A. D. (2005). An overview of the social norms approach. Changing the culture of college drinking: A socially situated health communication campaign , 193-214. Please reference to source, this paper for note only Introduction “Social Norms” is a theory and evidence-based approach to addressing health issues that has gained increasing attention. A social norms intervention have been successful in reducing alcohol and tobacco use in college and high school populations, and has promise as an intervention to address violence and social justice issues. As a result of these successes, practitioners in the field of social norms have received national recognition for their work and social norms programs have received a number of best practice awards from Federal agencies. Currently social norms interventions are being funded by the United States Department of Education, the Department of Justice, and the Center...