Healthcare
- “A multicenter study using positive deviance for improving hand hygiene compliance”, American Journal of Infection Control
- "A Practical Guide to Using the Positive Deviance Method in Health Services Research", Adam Rose, Megan McCullough
- “A qualitative positive deviance study to explore exceptionally safe care on medical wards for older people”, Ruth Baxter, Natalie Taylor, Ian Kellar, Rebecca Lawton
- “Advancing Antimicrobial Stewardship in Outpatient Dialysis Centers Using the Positive Deviance Process”, Claire M. Lindberg, Curt C. Lindberg, Erika M.C. D’Agata, Brandi Esposito
- “Beyond the hospital infection control guidelines: a qualitative study using positive deviance to characterize gray areas and to achieve efficacy and clarity in the prevention of healthcare-associated infections”, Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
- “Combating infections at Maine Medical Center: Insights into complexity- informed leadership from positive deviance”, Curt Lindberg, Marguerite Schneider
- “Deconstruction of central line insertion guidelines based on the positive deviance approach—Reducing gaps between guidelines and implementation: A qualitative ethnographic research”, Ricky CohenI, Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Arvind Singhal, Shmuel Benenson, Allon E. Moses
- “Deviance and resistance: Malaria elimination in the greater Mekong subregion”, Chris Lyttleton
- “Embracing collaboration: A novel strategy for reducing bloodstream infections in outpatient hemodialysis centers”, Curt Lindberg DMan, MHA, Gemma Downham MPH, CIC, Prucia Buscell BA, Erin Jones RN, BSN, Pamela Peterson RN, BSN, MBA, Valdis Krebs MLIR
-"Exploring the Concept and Use of Positive Deviance in Nursing", JC Gary
- "Front-line ownership: generating a cure mindset for patient safety", Healthcare Papers
- “How can Competing Patient Safety Improvement Strategies Be Harnessed”, Jon C. Lloyd
- “Identification of outliers and positive deviants for healthcare improvement: looking for high performers in hypoglycemia safety in patients with diabetes”, Brigid Wilson, Chin-Lin Tseng, Orysya Soroka, Leonard M. Pogach and David C. Aron
- “Identifying positive deviants in healthcare quality and safety: a mixed method study”, Jane K O’Hara, Katja Grasic, Nils Gutacker, Andrew Street, Robbie Foy, Carl Thompson, John Wright and Rebecca Lawton
- “Impact of the Positive Deviance Approach on Breastfeeding Practices among Tribal Pregnant Women: A Before – After Intervention Study”, Abhay Srivastava, Kanchan Gwande, Sudip Bhattacharya, Vijay Kumar Singh
- "La déviance positive : analyse de concept selon l'approche évolutionniste de Rodgers", Josiane Letourneau, Marie Anderson, Chantal Caux, Lucie Richard
- "Learning from positively deviant wards to improve patient safety: an observational study protocol", Ruth Baxter, Natalie Taylor, Ian Kellar, Rebecca Lawton
- “Letting Go, Gaining Control: Positive Deviance and MRSA Prevention”, Curt Lindberg, Patricia Norstrand, Mark T Munger, Christine DeMarsico, Prucia Buscell
- “Positive deviance: A program for sustained improvement in hand hygiene compliance”, American Journal of Infection Control
- “Positive Deviance: A Non-Normative Approach to Health and Risk Messaging”, Arvind Singhal and Lucia Dura
- “Positive Deviance Inquiry of Breastfeeding in Egypt”, Ayah Ebada Sarhan
- “Reducing Bloodstream Infections in an Outpatient Hemodialysis Center — New Jersey, 2008–2011”, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- “Research in action: using positive deviance to improve quality of health care”, Elizabeth H Bradley, Leslie A Curry, Shoba Ramanadhan, Laura Rowe, Ingrid M Nembhard and Harlan M Krumholz
- “The positive effects of an antimicrobial stewardship program targeting outpatient hemodialysis facilities”, The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
- "The wicked question answered: positive deviance delivers patient-centered care." JC Gary
- “Using Positive Deviance and the Citizen Healthcare Model for Coproduction”, Cole Zanetti DO, MPH; Preeti Zanwar, PhD, MPH, MS; Aimee Valeras, PhD
- "Value co-creation in healthcare through positive deviance", Cole Zanetti, Natalie Taylor
- “What Distinguishes Top-Performing Hospitals in Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality Rates?”, Annals of Internal Medicine
Education
- "Alcohol use among university students: Considering a positive deviance approach", Journal of Health Psychology
- “Communicative practices that lead to the timely high school graduation against all odds: A positive deviance inquiry in a predominantly Hispanic school”, Patricia T Ayala
- “Conditions forschool success of young people from marginalized Roma communities (MRC)in Slovakia -Looking for Positive Deviance practices”, Estera Kövérová, Slovak Academy of Sciences and Comenius University
- Evaluation of the Hawai’i Parental Information and Resource Center, Christina Simmons
- "From hunger aid to school reform: An interview with Jerry Sternin”, Journal of Staff Development
- From the Inside Out: Learning from the Positive Deviance of Your Organization, Joan Richardson
- "How schools amplify psychological resilience - A Positive Deviance Inquiry", Centrum Media & Gezondheid
- Kau Project Update, Christina Simmons
- “Life without boundaries: A positive deviance inquiry of communication behaviors that influence academic success of learning-disabled university students”, Davi Israel Kallman
- “Positive Deviance and Teacher Change”, Sharon Carroll Quinteroa
- "Positive deviance: learning from positive anomalies", Paul G. LeMahieu, Lee E. Nordstrum, Dick Gale
- “Quality Improvement Approaches: Positive Deviance”, Sarah McKay
- “Social-emotional learning practices: insights from outlier schools”, Taylor N. Allbright, Julie A. Marsh, Kate E. Kennedy, Heather J. Hough, Susan McKibben
- "Teaching and Learning about Positive Deviance: Boosting Metacognition to Grasp Global Communication Theory and Practice", Jean Claude Kwitonda, Arvind Singhal
- "Transformer l'education..par la deviance positive", Arving Singhal
- "Transforming Education from the Inside-Out: Positive Deviance to Enhance Learning and Student Retention”, Arvind Singhal
- "Uncovering Innovations that are Invisible in Plain Sight: A Call to Amplify Positive Deviance in School Settings”, Arvind Singhal
- "What Explains Enhanced Psychological Resilience of Students at VMBO schools in the Netherland: The Positive Deviance Approach in Action”, Dr. Martine Bouman, Dr Sarah Lubjunh, Dr. Arvind Singhal
- “Why some children from poor families do well—an in-depth analysis of positive deviance cases in Singapore”, Chelsea J.Y. Cheang and Esther C. L. Goh
To see the complete list of publications on Positive Deviance, see our Publications page.