scholarly journals How the Coronavirus Inspired Teaching the Diffusion of Innovation Theory

CommonHealth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Deirdre Dingman ◽  
Sarah Bauerle Bass
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Innovation Theory ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation Theory ◽  
Health Curriculum ◽  
Health Response

Many public health courses include content on behavior change theories, including the Diffusion of Innovation Theory (DoI). In DoI, innovations are adopted based on 5 characteristics: the innovation's relative advantage of what came before, its compatibility with a person or group's culture, the complexity of the innovation, whether the innovation can be tried before fully adopted, and whether or not the effects of adopting this innovation can be observed in others. This paper describes the application of the public health response to COVID-19 in the US as a dynamic example with which to teach DoI theory in the context of an undergraduate program planning and evaluation class. Because students were forced into an online environment when essential businesses closed in an effort to ‘flatten’ the coronavirus curve, we describe the unique way the outbreak could be used in an organic online discussion in which students could use their own current experiences to extrapolate to the DoI constructs. While not done as a formal "lesson plan", we describe the students' engagement, provide commentary of their application of DoI to the COVID-19 response, and suggest how more formal exercises could be incorporated into undergraduate public health curriculum.

scholarly journals The Staged Competition Innovation Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 201
Author(s):  
Christopher A. Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Alternative Pathway ◽  
Solution Space ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Innovation Theory ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation Theory ◽  
Innovation Transfer ◽  
Innovation Mechanism

Innovation is critical to technological progress and has many theories to explain its processes. Organised competition has been shown empirically to provide an alternative pathway for innovation within an industry, increasing innovation rates and radicalness. This research introduces and develops the new staged competition innovation theory which builds on the well-understood diffusion of innovation theory and the Technology–Organisation–Environment framework to explain how decision-making and technological, organisational, and environmental characteristics of industry-based competition can drive innovation activity. The new theory comprises three principles that demonstrate how a well-designed staged competition provides: (1) a unique innovation mechanism away from parent industry constraints, (2) a unique agile environment that can increase innovation development, and (3) a return pathway for adoption back to the parent industry. Principle 2 addresses the specific competition environment criteria required to drive innovation, beginning with a co-dependency between organiser and teams in providing team confidence and a mutually beneficial outcome for both parties. Relative advantage drives teams to innovate by generating competitive pressure, while a variable solution space due to competition specific rules and competition brief clarity direct innovation efforts. Finally, competition repetition provides ongoing innovation transfer between teams within the competition and to the parent industry.

scholarly journals ANALISIS TINGKAT ADOPSI LAYANAN PERBANKAN DIGITAL MENGGUNAKAN TEORI DIFUSI INOVASI (Objek Studi: Jenius oleh Bank BTPN di Kota Bandung dan Jakarta)

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 1196-1207
Author(s):  
Athifah Nadya Akmalia ◽  
Brady Rikumahu
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Innovation Theory ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation Theory

Teknologi yang terus mengalami perkembangan mendorong berbagai industri untuk melakukan transformasi menuju era digital, salah satu diantaranya ialah industri perbankan. Saat ini, industri perbankan di Indonesia telah menghadirkan layanan perbankan digital, salah satunya ialah Jenius oleh Bank BTPN. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat faktor-faktor apa saja yang berpengaruh dalam tingkat adopsi Jenius di Kota Bandung dan Jakarta dengan menggunakan model penelitian Diffusion of Innovation Theory. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kuantitatif dengan teknik analisis deskriptif serta menggunakan analisis regresi linier berganda sebagai teknik analisis data. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa relative advantage, compatibility, dan observability memiliki pengaruh positif signifikan, kemudian complexity dan perceived risk memiliki pengaruh negatif signifikan terhadap tingkat adopsi layanan perbankan digital Jenius di Kota Bandung dan Jakarta. Sedangkan trialability tidak memiliki pengaruh positif signifikan. Dengan demikian, diharapkan hasil penelitian ini dapat bermanfaat bagi penelitian selanjutnya dan bagi Jenius agar dapat mengembangkan dan meningkatkan layanannya.  

Intentions to Use Groupware

2011 ◽  
pp. 238-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Van Slyke ◽  
Hao Lou ◽  
John Day
Keyword(s):  
Support Groups ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Electronic Mail ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Innovation Theory ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation Theory ◽  
Lotus Domino

Information technologies that support groups of individuals have become increasingly visible. While some of these, such as electronic mail, have become almost ubiquitous in many organizations, other groupware applications have not enjoyed similar acceptance. This study uses diffusion of innovation theory to investigate factors that may influence intentions to use a specific groupware application, Lotus Domino discussion databases. Findings indicate that intentions to use Domino discussion databases are impacted by perceptions of relative advantage, complexity, compatibility and result demonstrability. There was not a significant relationship between intentions to use and perceived trialability, visibility or voluntariness. Suggestions for positively impacting important perceptions are also offered. Those interested in increasing the use of groupware technologies may find these suggestions helpful in guiding their efforts.

You're not alone: A public health response to immigrant/refugee distress in the current sociopolitical context.

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (S1) ◽  
pp. 128-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca E. Ford-Paz ◽  
Catherine DeCarlo Santiago ◽  
Claire A. Coyne ◽  
Claudio Rivera ◽  
Sisi Guo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Sociopolitical Context

Responsibility and Blame

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M. Sharfstein
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Public Health Response ◽  
Difficult Situation ◽  
Health Training ◽  
Health Response ◽  
Public Health Training ◽  
Health Agencies ◽  
Sincere Apology

Issues of responsibility and blame are very rarely discussed in public health training, but are seldom forgotten in practice. Blame often follows a crisis, and leaders of health agencies should be able to think strategically about how to handle such accusations before being faced with the pain of dealing with them. When the health agency is not at all at fault, officials can make the case for a strong public health response without reservation. When the agency is entirely to blame, a quick and sincere apology can allow the agency to retain credibility. The most difficult situation is when the agency is partly to blame. The goal in this situation is to accept the appropriate amount of blame while working quickly to resolve the crisis.

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