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The Positive Deviance Initiative (PDI) is a network organization, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, dedicated to amplifying the use of the Positive Deviance (PD) approach to enable communities worldwide to solve seemingly "intractable" problems requiring behavioral and social change. The work of PDI is grounded in the discovery of innovations and people's wisdom and the community transformation realized from unleashing them.
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- Reducing Bloodstream Infections in an Outpatient Hemodialysis Center in New Jersey
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- PD/Hearth project in Mozambique
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- Seattle Metro
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Project Spotlight
PD Hearth Project in Indonesia
Sector: Nutrition
Location(s): Indonesia
Organization: USAID
From 2003 – 2008, USAID funded five international NGOs, (CARE, Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Mercy Corps (MC), Save the Children US (SC), and World Vision International (WVI)), to implement Positive Deviance in Indonesia as part of food security programs. Together, the five NGOs reached 9,997 children across the country. Of this number, 59.6% gained 200g between admission into the program (Day 1) and graduation from the program (Day 10). Of 4,847 participants who were weighed again at the end of the month, 45% had gained the recommended 400g. Results differed slightly (but not significantly) between implementers; however, they differed dramatically between different communities.
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