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"Positive Deviance: The What. The How." July 26-27, 2010 workshop
The PDI's most recent workshop "Positive Deviance: The What. The How." was held from July 26-27 at Tufts University in Boston. 64 brilliant participants traveled from across the U.S. (and beyond!) and came from a very diverse array of sectors including education, nutrition, healthcare, environmental conservation, business, and organizational development. Participants attended the workshop to gain a basic understanding of the Positive Deviance concept and approach. Small group work focused on how to begin applying the approach in their own communities to diverse topics such as the childhood obesity epidemic, high school drop-out rates, prevention of healthcare associated infections, conflict resolution, and economic and political challenges in East Africa, just to name a few.
Girls' Access to Education Peace Corps Positive Deviance Training, Burkina Faso, April 12-16, 2010
From April 12-16, 2010 a five day workshop was held in Ouayiguya, Burkina Faso, West Africa to train Peace Corps (PC) staff, volunteers and host country nationals in the PD methodology. The workshop focused on using the PD approach in the context of a pilot project addressing girls' access to education.
Peace Corps Positive Deviance Training, Burkina Faso, April 12-16, 2010
From April 12-16, 2010 a five day workshop was held in Ouayiguya, Burkina Faso, West Africa to train Peace Corps (PC) staff, volunteers and host country nationals in the PD methodology. The workshop focused on using the PD approach in the context of a pilot project addressing girls' access to education.
PD meeting in Dakar, Senegal
On April 8, 2010, PDI team members attended a half day meeting on the Positive Deviance approach in Dakar, Senegal in partnership with the Helen Keller International (HKI) Senegal office. Why West Africa? Many players have implemented the PD approach in nutrition in West Africa where it was introduced by Basics II, the CORE group and other important local and international NGOs. It was embraced by many NGOs and by some ministries of health. Some regional meetings on the use of the PD approach in nutrition have taken place over the last decade, namely in Mali and Senegal in 2000.
Canadian PD MRSA Prevention Project
The Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI) awarded a grant to support PD/MRSA prevention initiatives over an 18 month period in six pilot hospitals: Vancouver General Hospital, BC, Kelowna General Hospital, BC, Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre, MB, Toronto East General Hospital, ON, Trillium Health Centre, ON, and Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital, ON. These photos are from a Toronto Phase Two meeting that took place January 21-22, 2010. The pilot sites are currently in the early stages of implementing PD in their facilities, and are starting to gather data for baseline measurements.The six pilot hospitals will be provided with local training, close mentoring and PD coaching over the 18 month period.
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Surfaid PD Hearth Project in Nias, Indonesia
In April of 2009, NZAID conducted an end of program monitoring visit and feedback from the donor was all extremely positive and was seen as validation of the results now evident from the Pos Gizi (PD Hearth) sessions, the Nias team spirit and great collaboration with local communities. The photos in this gallery document the NZAID end of program visit.
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First Regional PD Forum Indonesia Participants
This is a photo gallery of the participants in the First Regional PD Forum.
First Regional PD Forum Indonesia Speakers
This is a photo gallery of the speakers at the First Regional PD Forum.
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Resource Spotlight:
Letting Go, Gaining Control: Positive Deviance and MRSA Prevention
This article, recently featured in Clinical Leader, discusses healthcare-associated infections and outlines the specific steps of the PD process that some pioneering hospitals are taking to reduce transmission.