Use of the positive deviance approach for healthcare system service improvement: a scoping review protocol
Introduction Healthcare systems are currently facing challenges in enhancing access and improving the quality of healthcare services around the world, and one of the innovative strategies that have been used to address such challenges is the positive deviance (PD) approach. The approach assumes that...
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| description | Introduction Healthcare systems are currently facing challenges in enhancing access and improving the quality of healthcare services around the world, and one of the innovative strategies that have been used to address such challenges is the positive deviance (PD) approach. The approach assumes that identifying, examining, understanding and disseminating solutions to problems that are already available within the community and organisations including the healthcare system can help in bringing improvements at scale. However, to the best of the researcher’s knowledge, there is no scoping review, that is, conducted to map and synthesise the available evidence on the use of the PD approach for healthcare system service improvements. Hence, this scoping review aims to map and synthesise resources on the methodologies and reported outcomes and identify gaps and potentials regarding the use of the PD approach in the healthcare system.Methods and analysis Articles will be searched and retrieved in research databases such as PubMed, Embase and Scopus. Retrieved articles will be screened independently for inclusion through a title and, or abstract review. Then, articles that passed the title and abstract review will be screened by reading the full texts. A descriptive mapping and synthesis of the literature will be employed to present data using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews checklist and data will be presented in text, figure and table formats.Ethics and dissemination The results of this scoping review will be published in peer-reviewed reputable international journals. Furthermore, it will also be disseminated through conference presentations, and popular press to the wider community. However, formal ethical approval is not required as primary data will not be collected. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7578027f32d444bb8b7abc16f78463772025-08-20T03:10:55ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552023-12-01131210.1136/bmjopen-2023-078809Use of the positive deviance approach for healthcare system service improvement: a scoping review protocolElizabeth Eakin0Ayelign Mengesha Kassie1Biruk Beletew Abate2Eskinder Wolka3Anteneh Zewdie4Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaDepartment of Nursing, College of Health science, Woldia University, Woldia, EthiopiaInternational Institute for Primary Health Care, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaInternational Institute for Primary Health Care, Addis, EthiopiaIntroduction Healthcare systems are currently facing challenges in enhancing access and improving the quality of healthcare services around the world, and one of the innovative strategies that have been used to address such challenges is the positive deviance (PD) approach. The approach assumes that identifying, examining, understanding and disseminating solutions to problems that are already available within the community and organisations including the healthcare system can help in bringing improvements at scale. However, to the best of the researcher’s knowledge, there is no scoping review, that is, conducted to map and synthesise the available evidence on the use of the PD approach for healthcare system service improvements. Hence, this scoping review aims to map and synthesise resources on the methodologies and reported outcomes and identify gaps and potentials regarding the use of the PD approach in the healthcare system.Methods and analysis Articles will be searched and retrieved in research databases such as PubMed, Embase and Scopus. Retrieved articles will be screened independently for inclusion through a title and, or abstract review. Then, articles that passed the title and abstract review will be screened by reading the full texts. A descriptive mapping and synthesis of the literature will be employed to present data using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews checklist and data will be presented in text, figure and table formats.Ethics and dissemination The results of this scoping review will be published in peer-reviewed reputable international journals. Furthermore, it will also be disseminated through conference presentations, and popular press to the wider community. However, formal ethical approval is not required as primary data will not be collected.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/12/e078809.full |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth Eakin Ayelign Mengesha Kassie Biruk Beletew Abate Eskinder Wolka Anteneh Zewdie Use of the positive deviance approach for healthcare system service improvement: a scoping review protocol BMJ Open |
| title | Use of the positive deviance approach for healthcare system service improvement: a scoping review protocol |
| title_full | Use of the positive deviance approach for healthcare system service improvement: a scoping review protocol |
| title_fullStr | Use of the positive deviance approach for healthcare system service improvement: a scoping review protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Use of the positive deviance approach for healthcare system service improvement: a scoping review protocol |
| title_short | Use of the positive deviance approach for healthcare system service improvement: a scoping review protocol |
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