scholarly journals Data-powered positive deviance: Combining traditional and non-traditional data to identify and characterise development-related outperformers

2021 ◽  
pp. 100090
Author(s):  
Basma Albanna ◽  
Richard Heeks ◽  
Andreas Pawelke ◽  
Jeremy Boy ◽  
Julia Handl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Deviance

The Analysis of Nurses’ Positive Deviance Behaviours as a Measure in Preventing the Transmission of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) at M. Djamil Hospital, Padang, West Sumatera

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-7
Author(s):  
Esthika Ariany Maisa ◽  
Yulastri Arif ◽  
Wawan Wahyudi
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Wound Care ◽  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Care Practice ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Nursing Managers ◽  
Theoretical Sampling ◽  
Develop Theory ◽  
Healthcare Associated ◽  
Grounded Theory Approach

Purpose: To explore the nurses’ positive deviance behaviors as an effort to provide solutions in preventing and controlling infections in the hospital. Method: This is a qualitative research using grounded theory approach. Thirteen nurses from Dr.M.Djamil hospital were selected based on theoretical sampling in order to develop theory as it appears. Nurses were interviewed from June to September 2014. Interviews were thematically analyzed using techniques of grounded theory to then generate a theory from themes formed. Findings: The modes of positive deviance behavior identified were practicing hand hygiene beyond the standards (bringing handsanitizer from home), applying nursing art in wound care practice, placing patients with MRSA infections at the corner side, giving a red mark on a MRSA patient’s bed for easy identification by nurses, changing clothes and shoes in hospital, reducing hooks on the wall, and cleaning the ward on scheduled days. Conclusion: The study shows that nurses have a number of positive deviance behaviors to prevent infection transmission in the wards. It is sugested that the hospital management and nursing managers adopt some of the uncommon solution highlighted by the nurses to solve the HAIs problems in the hospital.

Are Hotel Guests Altruistic? How Positive Review Disconfirmation Affects Consumers’ Online Review Behavior

2021 ◽  
pp. 109634802110303
Author(s):  
Hengyun Li ◽  
Fang Meng ◽  
Simon Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Social Influence ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Online Reviews ◽  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Online Review ◽  
Altruistic Motivation ◽  
Prior Review ◽  
Concern For Others ◽  
Post Online

The research aims to examine how positive review disconfirmation (i.e., a positive deviance between a hotel consumer’s poststay evaluation and the average review rating by prior consumers) affects subsequent consumers’ willingness to post online reviews and their own review ratings. By employing an experimental research method, this study reveals that positive review disconfirmation increases hotel guests’ willingness to post online reviews, and increases their online review ratings through the mechanism of concern for others, demonstrating an act of altruism. In addition, comparatively the positive review disconfirmation effects are stronger when the variance of prior review ratings is smaller. This study enhances the online review social influence literature, and the consumer’s altruistic motivation of posting online reviews.

Why nurses stay in departments with low turnover: A constructivist approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 205715852199143
Author(s):  
Bibi Hølge-Hazelton ◽  
Connie B. Berthelsen
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Turnover Rates ◽  
Nurse Turnover ◽  
Hospital Nursing ◽  
Professional Pride ◽  
Nurse Dissatisfaction

Hospital nursing shortage is a global problem caused by nurse dissatisfaction with their manager, an extensive workload and a stressful work environment. The study aimed to investigate nurses’ experiences of practices in hospital departments with low nurse turnover rates in relation to culture, work environment, nursing competencies, and nurse management. A constructivist design using a positive deviance approach was used for this study. Four hospital departments with the lowest nurse turnover in the Zealand region of Denmark served as settings. Data were collected from 13 nurses through focus-group conversations and analysed using directed content analysis. The reporting adhered to the COREQ checklist. The three themes – collaborative fellowship, professional pride, and embracing management – revealed a sense of community between nurses and department managers. Even though the nurses’ daily practice was exhausting, they stayed in their positions due to the special culture in the departments, which brought the nurses closer together.

scholarly journals A positive deviance-based qualitative study of stress, coping, and feeding practices among low-income, Hispanic mothers whose children do versus do not meet guidelines for fruit and vegetable intake

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 584-604
Author(s):  
Eleanor Shonkoff ◽  
Sara C Folta ◽  
Theodore Fitopoulos ◽  
Cynthia N Ramirez ◽  
Ricky Bluthenthal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
Vegetable Intake ◽  
Feeding Practices ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Healthy Weight ◽  
Hispanic Mothers

Abstract Less than 1% of children in the United States concurrently meet guidelines for fruit/vegetable intake, physical activity, screen time, and sugar-sweetened beverages. Prior evidence suggests that parents of this 1% potentially cope with stress differently. This qualitative study used a positive deviance-based approach to locate mothers whose children avoided negative feeding outcomes despite being ‘high-risk’ for obesity. Semi-structured interviews were conducted in Spanish for two groups: low-income, Hispanic mothers whose children were normal weight and met recommendations for fruits/vegetables and physical activity (n = 5); and a comparison group whose children had obesity and did not meet guidelines (n = 8). Topics included weight-related parenting practices, attitudes toward health, and stress management. Interviews were transcribed, translated, and coded using NVivo for theoretically driven thematic analysis. Results suggested that mothers viewed stress differently. Mothers of healthy weight children believed stress could be prevented, such as by paying children more attention or directing one’s attention away from stressors; comparison group mothers tended to report stress about managing their child’s eating and about financial worries. Future research is needed to understand the underlying sources of these differences (e.g. personality traits, coping practices) and test whether stress prevention interventions can promote healthy parental feeding practices.

scholarly journals Using positive deviance (PD) to reduce antibiotic resistant organisms: the Canadian PD project

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (Suppl 6) ◽  
pp. O50
Author(s):  
P Reason ◽  
L Rykert ◽  
M Gardam ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Antibiotic Resistant

Improving Regional Blood Pressure Control: a Positive Deviance Tiered Intensity Approach

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shari D. Bolen ◽  
Thomas E. Love ◽  
Douglas Einstadter ◽  
Jonathan Lever ◽  
Steven Lewis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Blood Pressure Control ◽  
Pressure Control ◽  
Positive Deviance

scholarly journals Positive deviance study to inform a Chagas disease control program in southern Ecuador

2015 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Nieto-Sanchez ◽  
Esteban G Baus ◽  
Darwin Guerrero ◽  
Mario J Grijalva
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
Chagas Disease ◽  
Control Program ◽  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Disease Control Program ◽  
Southern Ecuador

Nurse Jackson- A Positive Deviance Success Story

2012 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. e170
Author(s):  
Tricia Hutton ◽  
Jackie Nugent
Keyword(s):  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Success Story

scholarly journals Utilization of Positive Deviance into Research Activity for Community Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Harumi Bando ◽  
Mayumi Mizutani
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Positive Deviance ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Local Problem ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Activity Report

The Positive Deviance (PD) approach believes that in every community there exist individuals or groups, who without any extra resources, practice uncommon behaviors that offer better solutions to addressing problems in a community. PD is a community-driven change approach that encourages community members to discover their own assets, strengths, and wisdom to solve a local problem. The purpose of this activity report is to describe the lessons we learned about PD during a visit with pioneering global researchers and practitioners of positive deviance in the United States in September, 2018. Our key learning included: discovering “uncommon” behaviors which are already practiced by community members, and are thus actionable and more acceptable to community members; investigating positive deviants at many levels i.e., among health providers, community leaders, and the ordinary population; and the importance of designing, from the very beginning, a project that invites and engages all community members who through ownership can sustain impact.

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