Applying the Concept of Positive Deviance to Public Health Data: A Tool for Reducing Health Disparities
Public Health NursingPublished 26 October 2007
Lorraine O. Walker, Bobbie Sue Sterling, Mary M. Hoke, Kirk A. Dearden
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A protocol for extending the concept of positive deviance to analysis of existing public health data is presented and may aid public health nurses in efforts to reduce health disparities.
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The concept of positive deviance (PD), which highlights uncommon practices that reduce risk in low-resource communities, has been effective in community mobilization and programming to improve health outcomes. We present a protocol for extending the concept to analysis of existing public health data. The protocol includes assessing whether PD fits the situation, identifying positive deviants, and identifying behaviors associated with positive deviants' healthy outcomes. Analyzing existing datasets from a PD perspective may aid public health nurses in efforts to reduce health disparities. The effectiveness of our protocol will be clarified in future research.
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