What is Positive Deviance?
Positive Deviance is based on the observation that in every community there are certain individuals or groups whose uncommon behaviors and strategies enable them to find better solutions to problems than their peers, while having access to the same resources and facing similar or worse challenges.
The Positive Deviance approach is an asset-based, problem-solving, and community-driven approach that enables the community to discover these successful behaviors and strategies and develop a plan of action to promote their adoption by all concerned.
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09.22.10
Register Now: Positive Deviance and Better Health Conference to be held September 22-24, 2010 in Bethesda, Maryland. Description: Positive Deviance and Better Health Conference sponsored by Plexus Institute and the Positive Deviance Initiative. Problems often contain solutions that aren't immediately apparent. All the parts of a healthcare system-or any system-are interconnected and continuously changing, visibly and invisibly. Join us to learn how Positive Deviance can help liberate the hidden forces that bring out the best in your community.
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08.30.10
The Global Maternal Health Conference 2010, hosted by the Maternal Health Task Force at EngenderHealth and The Public Health Foundation of India, begins on Monday, August 30. This gathering of over 600 maternal health experts and their allies aims to build on the existing momentum around MDG5 to coalesce and catalyze the maternal health field. The conference themes are: Ideas and Interventions to Improve Maternal Health; Underlying Factors in Maternal Mortality & Morbidity; Measuring and Monitoring Maternal Health; Reproductive and Sexual Health; Strengthening Systems for Maternal Health; and Policy, Advocacy, and Communications.
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