Publications
Public Health
- Awofeso N, Irwin T, Forrest G. Using positive deviance techniques to improve smoking cessation outcomes in New South Wales prison settings. Health Promot J Aust. 2008;19(1):72-3.
- Babalola S, Awasum D, Quenum-Renaud B. The correlates of safe sex practices among Rwandan youth: a positive deviance approach. African Journal of AIDS Research 2002, 1: 11–21.
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Friedman SR. Mateu-Gelabert P. Sandoval M. Hagan H. Des Jarlais DC. Positive deviance control-case life history: a method to develop grounded hypotheses about successful long-term avoidance of infection. BMC Public Health. 2008;8:94.
- Naimoli JF, Challa S, Schneidman, M, Kostermans K. Toward a grounded theory of why some immunization programmes in sub-Saharan Africa are more successful than others: a descriptive and exploratory assessment in six countries. Health Policy Planning. 2008;23(6):379-89.
- Stuckey H, Boan J, Kraschnewski J, et al. Using Positive Deviance for Determining Successful Weight-Control Practices. Qualitative Health Research. 2011; 21(4) 563–579.
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Walker l, Sterling B, Hoke M, Dearden K. Applying the Concept of Positive Deviance to Public Health Data: A Tool for Reducing Health Disparities. Public Health Nurs. 2007;24(6):571-576.
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.