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The power of positive deviance

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Identifying individuals with better outcome than their peers (positive deviance) and enabling communities to adopt the behaviours that explain the improved outcome are powerful methods of producing change

Source: BMJ

DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1177

Authors: David R Marsh, Dirk G Schroeder, Kirk A Dearden, Jerry Sternin, Monique Sternin

Institutions: Save the Children, Emory University, Brigham Young University, Tufts University

Language: English

Topic: Community Health and Development

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2100573616

FWCI: 12.78

Cites: 20

Cited by: 794

Related to: 10