The power of positive deviance

BMJ. 2004 Nov 13;329(7475):1177-9. doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7475.1177.

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

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Delivery of Health Care / standards
  • Health Behavior*
  • Health Status*
  • Humans
  • Nutrition Policy
  • Prognosis
  • Quality of Health Care