Manuals

Sector: Nutrition
Title: Poverty Alleviation and Nutrition Program (PANP) Manuals
Author(s): Jerry and Monique Sternin
Date: 1999
Summary: The following manuals were developed as part program in Vietnam led by Jerry and Monique Sternin. Within the PANP program were four integrated programs with a focus on sustainability. Manuals for each of these programs are included below:

• Introduction to PANP
• Introduction to Growth Monitoring Training
• Growth Monitoring Program Monitoring and Evaluation Training
• Family Visits Training
• Nutrition Education and Rehabilitation Program (NERP) Day One
• Nutrition Education and Rehabilitation Program Monitoring and Evaluation

Sector: Nutrition Language: Bahasa Indonesia Title: Kurikulum & Modul, Kegiatan praktik perilaku dan pemulihan gizi (KP3G) melalui pendekatan "positive deviance" Author(s): USAID, Save the Children, Positive Deviance Resource Centre (PDRC) Date: 2008 Summary: This manual was developed by the Ministry of Health, Community Nutrition Department in collaboration with Save the Children and PDRC (Positive Deviance Resource Center) University of Indonesia. It is for Training of Trainers in the context of using Positive Deviance to address under 5 malnutrition and has been reviewed and accreditied by the Indonesian Professional Training Board.   PD Module Part 1 PD Module Part 2 PD Module Part 3 PD Module Part 4

Sector: Nutrition Title: Peace Corps Mali Hearth Nutrition Guide 2008 Organization(s) Involved: Peace Corps (Mali) Date: 2008 Summary: This is a guide for a community-based approach to nutritional rehabilitation and behavior change as used by the Peace Corps in Mali.The PD/Hearth program has been conducted in a variety of countries and cultures around the world.  The program came to Mali in 2005 and has since been implemented by dozens of volunteers in a variety of sectors.  This manual will provide you with a framework and guidelines for setting up and implementing a Hearth project while keeping in mind that there is no one, right way to do a Hearth.

Sector: Nutrition Title: Designing a Community-Based Nutrition Program Using the Hearth Model and the Positive Deviance Approach - A Field Guide Author(s): Monique Sternin, Jerry Sternin, David Marsh Organization(s) Involved: Save the Children Date: 1998 Summary: This manual was published by Save the Children USA in 1998 and is a step-by-step look at what the Positive Deviance Approach involves in the field setting. It is specific to addressing childhood malnutrition and the use of the Hearth Model, with examples from experiences in Vietnam, Nepal and Mozambique. The appendices cover regional profiles compiled by Marian Zeitlin in 1996 as well as sample questions for interviews and training curriculum.

Sector: Nutrition Title: Positive Deviance Hearth – A Resource Guide for Sustainably Rehabilitating Malnourished Children Organization(s) Involved: The CORE Group Date: 2003 Summary: This manual was published in February 2003 by the Child Survival Collaborations and Resources Group (the CORE Group). The manual begins with an overview of Positive Deviance and the Hearth Approach. It explains in detail how to identify at-risk children, conduct a Positive Deviance Inquiry to identify positive practices, conduct Hearth sessions, and set up a monitoring and evaluation system. Throughout the manual are exercises, tips and lessons learned by non-governmental organizations that are successfully implementing PD/Hearth around the world. English French Bahasa Indonesia Portuguese Spanish An addendum to the manual was also published in 2005. A variety of other CORE group manuals an be found at their website: http://www.coregroup.org/working_groups/pd_hearth.cfm

Sector: Nutrition Title: O conceito da Diferença Positiva Programa de mães com crianças desnutridas. Guia para os agentes comunitários Author(s): Isabelle Michaud-Létourneau Anne St-Jacques Fortaleza Date: October 2003 Summary: This guide, in Portuguese, includes an overview of PD concepts and the six steps of a PD inquiry.

Sector: Nutrition Title: Approche des Foyers d'Apprentissage et de Rehabilitation Nutritionnelle Utilisant la Positive Deviance Organization(s) Involved: Service National de l'Alimentation et de la Nutrition-Senegal, USAID, Basics II, World Vision Date: 2001 Summary: This manual (English title: The Hearth Approach and Nutritional Rehabilitation using Positive Deviance) was developed by the Senegalese Ministry of Health National Service for Food and Nutrition with technical assistance from BASICS II and World Vision, and it discusses applications of PD nutrition and the Hearth Model in Senegal. The manual begins with a description of the context and setting, continues with an overview of PD and the Hearth Model, and then systematically goes through the steps for introducing and setting up a project using these development approaches. Specific examples come from the experience of BASICS II and World Vision in the Koungheul District. (This manual is in French.)   Sector: Nutrition Title: Manuel De Formation En Nutrition Deviance Positive Des Relais Et Partenaires   Summary: This manual, written in Friench,  was developed in Mali for nutrition interventions in French West Africa.

Sector: Nutrition Title: Positive Deviance and Hearth: Mechanisms for Community-Based Management of Malnutrition Organization(s) Involved: The Core Group/ USAID/ Counterpart India Date: December 2003 Summary: This workshop included participants from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and UNICEF India Nutrition Unit. The five day workshop aimed at training the trainers and had the objectives of introducing participants to the Positive Deviance/Hearth Approach, equipping participants with community mobilization skills, as well as the skills to monitor, evaluate and expand PD/Hearth interventions to address malnutrition among children.

Sector: Nutrition
Title: Positive Deviance Hearth – A Resource Guide for Sustainably Rehabilitating Malnourished Children
Organization(s) Involved: The CORE Group
Date: 2003
Summary:
This manual was published in February 2003 by the Child Survival Collaborations and Resources Group (the CORE Group). The manual begins with an overview of Positive Deviance and the Hearth Approach. It explains in detail how to identify at-risk children, conduct a Positive Deviance Inquiry to identify positive practices, conduct Hearth sessions, and set up a monitoring and evaluation system. Throughout the manual are exercises, tips and lessons learned by non-governmental organizations that are successfully implementing PD/Hearth around the world.

• English
• French
• Bahasa Indonesia
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• An addendum to the manual was also published in 2005.
• A variety of other CORE group manuals an be found at their website: http://www.coregroup.org/working_groups/pd_hearth.cfm

Sector: Nutrition
Title: O conceito da Diferença Positiva Programa de mães com crianças desnutridas. Guia para os agentes comunitários
Author(s): Isabelle Michaud-Létourneau Anne St-Jacques Fortaleza
Date: October 2003
Summary: This guide, in Portuguese, includes an overview of PD concepts and the six steps of a PD inquiry.

Sector: Nutrition
Title: Approche des Foyers d'Apprentissage et de Rehabilitation Nutritionnelle Utilisant la Positive Deviance
Organization(s) Involved: Service National de l'Alimentation et de la Nutrition-Senegal, USAID, Basics II, World Vision
Date: 2001
Summary:

This manual (English title: The Hearth Approach and Nutritional Rehabilitation using Positive Deviance) was developed by the Senegalese Ministry of Health National Service for Food and Nutrition with technical assistance from BASICS II and World Vision, and it discusses applications of PD nutrition and the Hearth Model in Senegal. The manual begins with a description of the context and setting, continues with an overview of PD and the Hearth Model, and then systematically goes through the steps for introducing and setting up a project using these development approaches. Specific examples come from the experience of BASICS II and World Vision in the Koungheul District. (This manual is in French.)

Sector: Nutrition

Title: Manuel De Formation En Nutrition Deviance Positive Des Relais Et Partenaires

Summary: This manual, written in Friench,  was developed in Mali for nutrition interventions in French West Africa.

Sector: Nutrition
Title: Positive Deviance and Hearth: Mechanisms for Community-Based Management of Malnutrition
Organization(s) Involved: The Core Group/ USAID/ Counterpart India
Date: December 2003
Summary: This workshop included participants from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, Indonesia, Nepal, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and UNICEF India Nutrition Unit. The five day workshop aimed at training the trainers and had the objectives of introducing participants to the Positive Deviance/Hearth Approach, equipping participants with community mobilization skills, as well as the skills to monitor, evaluate and expand PD/Hearth interventions to address malnutrition among children.

Sector: Public Health (Maternal and Newborn Care)
Title: Maternal and Newborn Health, 2005
Organization(s) Involved: Save the Children
Date: 2005
Summary: Between 2002 and 2004 Save the Children used Positive Deviance to improve maternal and newborn care in Pakistan. The following modules detail the newborn pathway to survival and the use of PD in improving maternal and newborn care.

Part One

• Module 1: Maternal & Newborn Care Practices – Pathway for Newborn and Maternal Survival
• Module 2:  Orientation to the Positive Deviance Approach and it application to Maternal and Newborn Care
• Module 3: Tools (PLA methodology) and Communication Skills to Carry Out the PD Process
• Module 4: Preliminary Visits and Community Orientation Meeting
• Module 5: Practice of PD Steps – Situation Analysis
• Module 6: Practice of PD Steps – PDI & Community Feedback Session

Part Two

• Module 1: PD-Informed Project
• Module 2: Activist Training For Monthly Mohallah Sessions
• Module 3: Village Health Committee (VHC) Workshop: VHC Creation and Project Monitoring
• Module 4: Monitoring the Project, Healthy Baby Fair (HBF) and Participatory Evaluation

Sector: Public Health (Maternal and Newborn Care)
Title: Pregnant Women Support Group Program – Training of Trainers
Organization(s) Involved: Keller International and Africare
Date: 2006
Summary: This manual was used by Helen Keller International and Africare to support positive prenatal care seeking and infant feeding practices in Guinea and Sierra Leone. Positive deviants were identified in the community, given further health training, and then acted as group leaders in classes for other pregnant women in the nearly 100 communities.

• In English
• In French