ArticleBMC public health2013
Determinants of better health: a cross-sectional assessment of positive deviants among women in West Bengal.
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- Relationship between health information literacy and health promoting lifestyle among first-degree relatives of patients with colorectal cancer in China: the mediating effect of health belief.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Basic determinants of child linear growth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-sectional survey analysis of positive deviants in poor households.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Positive deviance in health and medical research on individual level outcomes - a review of methodology.Annals of epidemiology · 2022Review
- Uptake of Skilled Maternal Healthcare in Ethiopia: A Positive Deviance Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- What does high and low have to do with it? Performance classification to identify health system factors associated with effective prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV delivery in Mozambique.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundRural women in West Bengal have been found to have low rates of formal education, poor health knowledge, high rates of malnutrition and anemia, and low levels of empowerment. Despite these difficult circumstances, some women have positive health outcomes compared to women with similarly disadvantaged backgrounds. The purpose of this study is to identify factors associated with positive health outcomes among women with primary education or less.
methodsMultivariable regression models were built for outcomes of positive deviance to better characterize the factors in a woman's life that most impact her ability to deviate from the status quo.
resultsPositive deviants in this context are shown to be women who are able to earn an income, who have access to information through media sources, and who, despite little schooling, have marginally higher levels of formal education that lead to improved health outcomes.
conclusionsStudy findings indicate that positive deviant women in disadvantaged circumstances can achieve positive outcomes amidst a host of contextual barriers that would predict poor health outcomes. Focusing on areas such as enhancing access to media sources, facilitating self-help groups for married women, and promoting prolonged education and delayed marriage for girls may improve health knowledge and behavior among married women with low levels of education.
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